Staying Places: The Magnolia Hotel & Spa
WHEN I HEARD that TripAdvisor readers voted Victoria’s Magnolia Hotel & Spa the #1 hotel in Canada in 2020, I knew I had to experience it.On a side street just off the Inner Harbour, it’s perfectly placed to explore Victoria...
The Maritimes: When You Must Go Down to the Sea Again – A Photo Essay
With his vibrant images, Maritime-born photographer Dan Galbraith offers a compelling argument for adding Canada’s Maritime provinces to the top of our travel wish list.Come for thousands of kilometres of spectacular coastlineFrom the world’s highest tides in New Brunswick, to...
Santa Fe: Falling in Love with the Many Charms of “The City Different”
IT DIDN’T TAKE US LONG to realize why Santa Fe is dubbed, The City Different. For starters, it is an old city — older than the USA itself. And, at 7,000 feet, the nation’s highest state capital. Here, the history...
Soaring on the Slopes
Where the snow is perfect, the hills are fabulous and the après ski fun is as hot as the snow is cold: Park City, Utah; Lake Tahoe, Nevada; and Whistler, British Columbia. Park City Perfection IF YOU LOVE SKIING but don’t want...
O:LV Fifty Five & O:live Boutique – Stylish, fashionable luxury in San Juan
These sister hotels in the upscale Condado neighbourhood of San Juan offer two unique styles, featuring stunning art and design with gorgeous rooms and divine public spaces. Just a block apart, and owned by an award-winning husband and wife design...
Staying Places: Hotel X – A Modern, Urban Resort Hotel in Toronto
Toronto has a hip new hotel close to Lake Ontario within the historic Exhibition grounds, offering guests an urban vibe, a luxe sensibility as well as fantastic city views, gorgeous rooms, and varying dining options. Hotel X, the first Toronto...
A Safari with Significance
TRUE DARKNESS has just taken over, the last streaks of the sunset fading from orange, to pink, to blue and then– inky black. The Sundowner drinks have been packed away, the limes stowed, the biltong back in its container, and...
You Are Very Welcome in Jordan
When my flight landed in Amman at 1:35am, I was tired and mildly concerned about making my way through customs, finding my driver and retrieving my luggage – such are the joys of international travel. I needn’t have worried. There, smiling broadly...
Tales from the Serengeti
WE ARE DRESSED FOR THE PART; swaddled in shades of khaki, greens and browns, multi-layered against the chill of our early morning drive in the Serengeti. The sun has taken over from a starlit night in which we slept peacefully,...
Magical Moloka’i: The Hawaii You Never Knew
“Slow Down, this is Moloka’i,” read the hand-painted sign that greets me on the road leading out of the airport. With nary a car in sight, I can see why there needs to be a reminder, as the wide open...
Summertime in Switzerland
IN MY MIND, Switzerland is always snowy – and I imagine myself schussing down an alp. In reality, my chance to tour Switzerland came in summer and while the Alps were definitely there, no skiing was involved. Instead, my time...
Provence: A Feast for the Soul
IN MY WORLD of daydreams, owning a second home in the South of France is a forever fantasy. Not the southern France of shimmering beaches, bling boutiques and chic villas along the Riviera, but inland, in Provence with the perfect...
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