Food and luxury travel – Malaysia and the world
Monica Tindall I’m only just out of Da Nang airport (fresh off a direct flight from Kuala Lumpur) and the sightseeing has already begun on the way to Azerai La Residence, Hue. My driver Haong gives me a choice of taking the 6km tunnel or the 22km Hải Vân Pass. […]
Monica Tindall The Kata Rocks experience begins with an airport pick-up. Greeted with a cool moist towel we ease into leather seats, adjusting them to a half-recline ready for the hour-long ride. Water and juice quench thirsts and coconut candies and crackers ta…
Words: Louise Miller Photos: Monica Tindall Where else to stay when in Shangri-la in the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture than at the Shangri-La? The town for which the beloved hotel group is named boasts a relatively new addition to its collection: the Shan…
Words: Louise Miller Photos: Monica Tindall The stylish Zen courtyard design of The One Resort Dali has a calming effect as soon as you pass the front entrance. Stone slabs span the coy carp inhabited water surrounding the reception and breakfast room providing a …
Words: Louise Miller Photos: Monica Tindall As elegant as the fabric of its name, The SilkTree Hotel seems to envelop you in comforting luxury as you step into the reception. Oriental style abounds: light wooden lattice wall panels line the reception area surrou…
Monica Tindall Tuscany is the stuff dreams are made of, or at the very least the set for fanciful movies that often make the heart flutter and the stomach grumble with envy. Rolling hills of green, groves of olives, fields of grapevines and old castles blanket the co…
Monica Tindall Located in the heart of High Salento not far from some of the most famous historical towns in Apulia such as Martina Franca, Alberobello and Locorotondo, Leonardo Trulli Resort is a charming stay offering an authentic taste of life in the Itria Vall…
Monica Tindall Have you ever dreamed of just dropping everything, exiting the rat race and living a simpler life, enriched by nature, family and food just like that imagined in every Italian love story? Well, fantasize no more as a taste of that life is now possible…
Monica Tindall You say Apulia I say, Puglia. Either way, both translate to images of hills blanketed with olive and almond trees, thick foliage occasionally broken by the peaks of trullo, the aquamarine Adriatic Sea and people so genuine and helpful that you feel …
