The best Perth boutique hotels range from the brand spanking new QT Perth with its whimsical glamour to the luxurious minimalism of COMO The Treasury, along with a clutch of contemporary design driven hotels that are stylish, yet cosy and welcoming. I had to pinch...
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The most beautiful Blue Mountains accommodation includes everything from remote conservation-based lodges serving Australian cuisine based on fresh local produce to Art Deco-era grand hotels sprawling across clifftop escarpments overlooking vast misty valleys. Encompassing a whopping 11,400 km² of native Australian bushland, rocky escarpments, dramatic rock...
Living like locals in Phuket will give you a more enriching experience of the Southern Thai island than staying at a beach resort. Rent an apartment, breakfast with the locals, learn to cook some Phuket food, and you’ll leave with more than a taste of...
This Sri Lanka luxury escape for less deal is for a 7-night stay at the seafront Fortress Resort and Spa boutique hotel at Koggala, Sri Lanka, which has been designed in the style of Galle’s historic fort and pays homage to Sri Lanka’s Dutch influence....
Song Saa private island on Koh Ouen off the southern coast of Cambodia is barefoot luxury at its best. Our friends at Luxury Escapes have an incredible 5-night package for our Australian readers, but you have to hurry as it’s ending very soon. Song Saa...
The best Bangkok Old City heritage boutique hotels and bed and breakfasts offer an intimate, personal experience, a quaint taste of the past, and a step back in time, as much as a temporary retreat from the Thai capital’s chaos and traffic gridlock. It’s fourteen...
Things to buy in Cairo include intricately engraved, hand-beaten copper and brass trays, coffee pots and urns, and exquisite mother-of-pearl inlaid wooden boxes and furniture, which have been handcrafted by artisans using centuries-old traditions. Sheesha pipes and incense also make memorable souvenirs. Forget the framed...
The best Singapore hotels for views that will take your breath away range from the unrivalled rooftop panoramas from the 57th floor of Marina Bay Sands Sky Park to the sumptuous Mandarin Oriental’s sweeping vistas of Marina Bay Sands and the city skyline. Who doesn’t want...
This creamy curried egg sandwich recipe made with soft boiled eggs and served as an open sandwich on lightly toasted sourdough is our take on the traditional curried egg sandwich we grew up eating as children in Australia. Who would have thought you needed a...
Luxury for less in Siem Reap means a 5-course gastronomic tasting menu at a fine dining restaurant for as little as US$24, a three-hour spa package priced at US$65, and chic boutique hotels starting from as little as US$50 in low season. Our Luxury for...
Ways animal lovers can help animals in Siem Reap include everything from donating to local veterinary clinics and animal welfare groups to supporting NGOs that train hero rats and dogs to find landmines in Cambodia and save people’s lives. We often get asked about ways...
Best Bangkok hotel swimming pools range from luxury towers with rooftop infinity pools boasting dazzling panoramic vistas of the Bangkok city skyline to charming Chao Phraya riverside boutique hotels offering water views from your sun-bed. I have to confess that I’m a water baby. I spent...
