The duvet cover is tucked under my chin as I lie in a comfortable king-sized bed watching the sun rise above Kenya’s Great Rift Valley. The bed is on a raised platform, swathed with mosquito netting and surrounded by soothing pebbled water features.
My room has few walls and no...
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I’m soaking in a bubbling Jacuzzi tub, sipping on Japanese Green tea, while locked away in a private green granite spa suite. My therapist, Mei, had programmed the Jacuzzi for 30 minutes of jet-induced relaxation, after which she promised...
Intrepid travel writer Maria Visconti experiences more than a touch of luxury while staying at Hotel Leela Palace Delhi.
My Shatadbi Express from Amritsar pulls up slowly at New Delhi Central Station at midday. Based on past experience I steel myself for the scrum that will follow. The Shatadbi trains...
Maria Visconti is swathed in luxury at a hotel in Delhi – Dusit Devarana.
The birds are chirping and taking low sweeps over the water expanses. The greenery all around is quiet and I am the only one sitting out for breakfast under a half open pavilion with dappled light....
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