Glass discovers a hidden Swiss gem
RISING up from shimmering Lake Geneva with its medieval charm and Belle Epoque splendour very much intact, Lausanne has got to be one of Switzerland’s best kept secrets. For starters there’s the historic old t...
Glass experiences tales of the unexpected at the Mandarin Oriental Geneva
IT WAS a great meal but I can’t tell you what it was or anything about the restaurant as I’d dined in total darkness. No, there hadn’t been a power cut and I don’t have some weird compulsion to go around in a ...
Glass enjoys pure bliss in Mauritius with Beachcomber Hotels
AS THE plane flew over Mauritius preparing to land, sharp peaked mountains loomed into view jutting out of a seemingly unending carpet of velvety green. It was a clue that there was a lot more to this Indian O...
Glass unwinds in a seaside Moroccan haven at La Sultana Oualidia
IF YOU could package Morocco in a bottle then pour it all out you would probably end up with something very like the La Sultana Oualidia. Built to resemble a casbah, all sand coloured stone, ascending terr...
Glass is dazzled by Lake Geneva’s Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa
I’D HEARD of Lausanne, of course, but didn’t know much about it and certainly had no idea that it would make such a fabulous weekend city-break. For starters, there’s its glorious location, rising up from ...
Glass unwinds at Seaham Hall on the lovely Durham coast
MOST people will agree that listening to waves crashing onto a beach is great way to relax. I recently had that pleasure – not on a beach but as part of a spa treatment harmonised with the sound of the sea hit...
Glass gets that castaway feeling but with a luxury twist, Maldives
THINK of a Robinson Crusoe island but with all the mod cons, a luxury resort with an unwritten no-shoes rule, and crystal clear seas where you can see the marine life without plunging in, then you’ll have an id...
MarBella Hotel is making waves in Greece and beyond
PERCHED unobtrusively on the side of a cliff overlooking shimmering blue seas stands the MarBella Elix. Opened only last year, it is the latest addition to one of Greece’s oldest luxury hotel groups, quickly es...
Château Quintus: New wine that is already a classic
FERMENTED grape juice, better known as wine, has been crafted from time immemorial, not least in the Bordeaux region of France, home to some of the country’s finest wines. Within Bordeaux lie the ancient vineya...
Glass enjoys an elegant getaway at the Four Seasons Hotel Ritz, Lisbon
SITTING atop of one of the city’s famed seven hills in all its sleek modernist grandeur, the Four Seasons Hotel Ritz, Lisbon is as much as an institution as a hotel – built in 1959 to put the luxury into Lisbon...