Come float with me

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  • Post published:January 30, 2023
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Already more relaxed travelling than I’ve been in a long time, I arrive at The Retreat at the Blue Lagoon. As promised, it’s a tranquility nest that’s best visited when in need of first-class rest and rejuvenation. Located in the Reykjanes Peninsula that was officially…

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A grand re-entrance

By Kylie MacKenzie Back to it’s traditional splendour, Montreal’s Birks building on Phillips Street is once again a force to be reckoned with. In 1879 Canadian entrepreneur Henri Birks founded his jewelry company and opened his first store on St. James Street in Montreal. In…

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Once upon an island…

By Jessie Forbes In a remote corner of Melanesia a fortunate few will discover a one-of-a-kind twelve square kilometre island that’s home to COMO Laucala Island—a private resort and spa where lush forests, healing plants and paddock to plate dining helps redefine wellness, respite and…

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Summer at the Lake

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  • Post published:August 14, 2022
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Nothing says summer like a stay at a traditional lakeside retreat where long, lazy days spent swimming and sailing flow naturally into cozy evenings by the campfire, smores in hand. Thanks to a family of dreamers, the Lake House on Canadaigua has been reborn and,…

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Glamorous once more…

Alajos Hauszmann, a famous Austro-Hungarian architect, designed the New York Palace Hotel in historic downtown Budapest in the late 1890’s as the opulent headquarters for the New York Life Insurance Company.  Today part of the Anantara luxury hotel portfolio, the New York Palace Hotel is…

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Serenity in the Bushlands

By Kylie MacKenzie Sophisticated, timeless and casually elegant, Pretty Beach House guests come to embrace natural beauty and connect with the earth. Here, heart and soul were the driving force for local artists work-ing tirelessly with owners Karina and Brian Barry to create a quintessentially…

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A tale of two villas

Part of a personally curated collection of properties originally assembled for family and friends for their exclusivity, beautiful surroundings and exquisite amenities, Villa La Cassinella and Villa Centinale are as unique as they are pleasurable.  Star Studded Lake Como A secluded private estate on the…

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