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 “Hot and Cool” Merge in Marrakech’s Murano Oriental Resort

Murano Oriental Resort is cool. The luxe property combines the exotic and hip in a setting of high design. Hot meets cool in Palmeraie, a seemingly endless stretch of desert on the outskirts of Marrakech where palm trees (protected by the king) grow undisturbed — even in the middle of dirt-paved roads — and the wilderness extends to the foot of the majestic and eternally snow-covered Atlas Mountain

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Murano Oriental Resort is cool. The luxe property combines the exotic and hip in a setting of high design. Hot meets cool in Palmeraie, a seemingly endless stretch of desert on the outskirts of Marrakech where palm trees (protected by the king) grow undisturbed — even in the middle of dirt-paved roads — and the wilderness extends to the foot of the majestic and eternally snow-covered Atlas Mountains.

Streets of Marrakech, dubbed the “red city” because m

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In spring, they say, the fragrance of orange blossoms is so intoxicating you are likely to swoon. We will have to come back. It was early January when we were in Seville, and the ubiquitous orange trees were still bright with brimming fruit. The image lingers along with those of azuelos, Andalusian ceramic tiles, embedded in sidewalks and garden walls; myrtle hedges surrounding flower beds where lilies bloomed and white pigeons circled above; Moorish domes and Gothic towers beneath a pe

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MOKSHA SPA, HIMALAYAS - worth the trip

Magic in the Mountains at the Moksha Himalaya Spa Resort

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Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer

“In 1972 when I was in the timber business, I became the highest bidder in a government sale of some forests near the city of Parwanoo in Himachal Pradesh. Working there, I became intrigued by an area on the back side of a nearby village, and one day I decided to take a closer look. I packed a lunch, put on my knapsack, and headed up through the pines. It was all wilderness; there was
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DAZZLING DANIELI, VENICE - frommerluxetravel

Hotel Danieli: Stunning, Striking Five Star Hotel By Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer Walking down the Riva Degli Schiavoni from Piazza San Marco, we recognize it immediately: the pink stucco facade with marble sills standing flat against the promenade, looking out to the beautiful blue lagoon. We enter the building through a wooden revolving door. Before us is the lobby: marble floors and columns, a four-storied courtyard marked by arches in the Byzantine Gothic style embracing staircases

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On An Island In The Most Beautiful City Of Them All: Hotel des Ètrangers et Miramare

“The greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them all,” said Cicero, the Roman philosopher. He was speaking of Syracuse, the city along the southeast coast of Sicily founded by the Corinthians in the eighth century B.C. They were followed by the Romans, Arabs, Byzantines, Bourbons, Aragonites, Normans and Swedes, and all have left their mark.

But it is the early Greek pr

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FAIRMONT PRINCESS, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA

A Mexican Fiesta Every Night: At La Hacienda in the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess

The valet takes your car when you arrive at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess. Then it’s a long walk through a loggia and across a wide patio until you come to a one-story Spanish-style building named, unsurprisingly, la Hacienda. From what we can see, and it’s a challenge, because it’s so dark inside the place looks like a comfortable 19th century Mexican house. A trio of guitar, bass, and small guitar is playing Mex
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Madrid’s Golden Museum Triangle

By Myrna Katz Ffrommer & Harvey Frommer

Mention the Golden Triangle in Los Angeles and they’ll think swanky shops in Beverly Hills. But say it in Madrid, and the three museums in the heart of the city will immediately come to mind. Collectively the Prado, Thyssen Bornemisza and Reina Sofia house perhaps the greatest collection of western art in the world, and they sit just minutes from one another.  The Prado is virtually across the street from the Thyssen Bornemsiz
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