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...10 people; skiverbierexclusive.com Alpe d’Huez, FranceSet at 1,860m above sea level on a south-facing plateau in the Grandes Rousses Massif, Alpe d’Huez ticks most “ideal ski resort” boxes....
...LVMH’s own Guerlain has set up in the spa, the first of its kind in Latin America....
...Spa: None, but staff can recommend local day spas for treatments. Rates: Double, from S$284 (about £170)....
...Expect the usual Bulgari suspects: Il Bar, Il Ristorante and a 16,000sq ft spa with a 25m pool....
...Though quirks such as the games room were deliberately preserved, the shared hall bathrooms were banished and a spa was added. The new Pridwin has worked hard to feel historic....
...The expensive minimalism of the five-star tropical resort, or perhaps the storied grandes dames of Europe’s capitals?...
...Soon the Sonesta Ocean Grande Resort became the Trump Ocean Grande Resort. It sold out....
...The model, however, remained broadly intact, even if eyebrows were raised when it opened alongside a golf course at Playa Grande in the Dominican Republic....
...Up-stylings can sometimes spell quiet disaster for the grandes dames of the hotel world, but this one’s a big win....
...Caliente is the oldest formal spa to be built on a hot spring in America in order to harness its goodness. Like many grandes dames, Caliente is also deserving of a bit of rejuvenation....
...Forte and his sister, deputy chair and design director Olga Polizzi, set their sights on the Villa Igiea after opening Verdura, their resort on Sicily’s south-west coast, a decade ago....
...From Courchevel to Val d’Isère is only 17 miles as the crow flies, yet the attempt to airlift a business model over the Grande Motte glacier has raised eyebrows here....
...There’s a lounge with cigar and cognac menu, a restaurant with glorious views over the treetops to the Grande Casse....
...’s plants and herbs are all incorporated into the cooking and spa products (herbs are turned into essential oils via a trip to Switzerland)....
...The 144 bedrooms have been redesigned by Jacques Garcia and after a round, guests can unwind in the lavish spa that opened this year....
...But in 2014 it came under the aegis of Gordon Campbell Gray, the celebrated hotelier behind One Aldwych in London, Carlisle Bay in Antigua, and Le Gray in Beirut....
...Near Agios Nikolaos; from €271, based on two adults and one child sharing a Deluxe Sea View Room on B&B basis; daioscovecrete.com 8 — Jumby Bay, Antigua “Jumby Bay is the original luxury family resort...
...Every European capital has a celebrated grande dame hotel, but few can match the history of the Crillon....
...When I visited in late November for La Grande Première, the resort’s 2016/17 winter opening weekend, conditions were ideal: cold and sunny with two metres of snow up top....
...Even in summer the Baltic here rarely warms above 20C, but there’s a heated indoor pool and first-rate spa, and the beach has Strandkörbe — wicker seats with awnings — to keep off sun and wind....
...Trying to put such thoughts to the back of our minds, we begin our training in earnest the following morning on the Grande Stade slope, where a course of giant slalom gates has been set out....
...He also makes contemporary briefs, together with T-shirts, hoodies, cotton jersey track pants and a collection of leather sandals and beach footwear....
...The 15-bedroom Villa Stéphanie is a destination spa attached to Brenners Park Hotel, the 140-year-old grande dame on the edge of the Black Forest at Baden-Baden....
...After a week in a chichi resort in Corsica, I had to admit that my beach staples of an understated bikini, Ray-Bans and oversized navy cotton shirt dress (I had thought it charmingly low-key in a Margaret...
...… Vietnam Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas is doing what it can to reduce the environmental impact of golf at its property on Con Dao island by using biodegradable golf balls on its beachfront driving range...
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