Posts in Tag: Small Luxury Hotels
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The Iroquois – Location is Everything in NYC
I’ve made no secret over the years I’ve been writing this website that I’m a big fan of the Small Luxury Hotels brand. You’ll find posts on SLH hotels in Rome, Venice, Nairobi and even my native Nova Scotia among others on this website including The Quin in New York City. Recently Alison and I made our […]
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Hacienda Pena Pobre – Luxury in Mexico City
My wife and I recently made our first trip to Mexico City to join a tour of the Central Mexican Highlands. As we usually do upon our first visit to a new city, we wanted to arrive a few days early to get our bearings and get acclimatized. Since Mexico City is located at an […]
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Hemingways – Best Hotel in Africa? Maybe.
Alison and I spent most of February, 2017 in Africa. If possible, we always like to start and end our vacations at really nice hotels or resorts. At the beginning it’s to get adjusted to the new destination and recover from any jet lag. We started our trip in Egypt with a three day stay […]
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The Quin – Modern Comfort in New York City
Finding a great hotel in New York City is a lot harder than it sounds. The choices are overwhelming – Trip Advisor lists almost 500 hotels alone. There are a number of factors that need to be taken into account, most notably value for your dollar and location. In NYC it is not always the […]
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Montchanin Village Inn- A Great Place to Unwind
Alison and I had just finished up a nice two day stay in Charleston, South Carolina and were faced with the prospect of a three day drive back to wintry Nova Scotia. This is how we ended up staying, almost on a whim, at the fabulous Inn at Montchanin Village or as I am going to […]
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Lord Byron Hotel – Make it Your Choice in Rome
YOLO, Carpe Diem, Live for Today – whatever. The older I get, the more I think these expressions are less sybaritic and more a guide as to how to conclude one’s existence on this lonely planet. In the past month alone, three lawyers I know in Halifax, two younger and one a bit older, have passed […]
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Trout Point Lodge – 12 Reasons You’ll Love It
This is an update to a post on Trout Point Lodge I first up in 2016 and includes details from subsequent visits in 2017 and in 2019 under the new ownership of Patrick and Pamela Wallace. Alison and I first published Exploring Nova Scotia in 1995 and followed it up with five more editions, the last in […]