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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by Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer
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
Magic in the Mountains at the Moksha Himalaya Spa Resort
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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
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
A Mexican Fiesta Every Night: At La Hacienda in the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess