Location The all-inclusive Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve and Retreat is located in at Pakhuis Pass, 45 kilometres from Clanwilliam, South Africa. Lambert's Bay is 100 kilometres from the reserve.
Hotel Features Set in a 7,500-hectare wildlife and nature reserve, Bushmans Kloof is a luxury boutique retreat spread over several buildings and surrounded by botanical, herb, and flower gardens host to a wealth of rare animals and plants. The main lodge houses The Homestead with its lounges, wine cellar, DVD library, the Trading Post gift shop, and the Heritage Centre displaying Bushman artefacts. There are three infinity pools and one indoor pool, a fitness centre, and a spa and outdoor massage area.
Bushmans Kloof offers a range of dining options. The al fresco Embers Restaurant serves traditional South African dishes, and the formal Homestead Restaurant serves international dishes and features a terrace area. Makana serves brunch and high tea, and offers river views. The all-inclusive rate incorporates continental breakfast, buffet lunch, high tea, dinner, snacks, and afternoon coffee and cakes.
A conference room is available onsite, with a capacity for up to 32 persons.
The reserve offers Early morning rock art excursions and evening nature drives with sundowner drinks and snacks. Mountain biking, fly-fishing, canoeing, archery, hiking, croquet, and bird watching are all available on site.
Guestrooms Set in cottages and the original Manor House, the 16 guestrooms feature a fusion of African and European design. All extend to patios and include wireless Internet, minibars, direct-dial phones, coffee and tea facilities, and safes. Bathrooms include separate tubs and showers, bathrobes, and hair dryers.
Expert Tip. Wupperthal, located 100 kilometres from the hotel, is a 19th-century mission station surrounded by rugged landscape amid the Cederberg Mountains. Today, the original village consists of thatched cottages, and a church.
What's Great Travel + Leisure says...
"THE SETTING 18,000 acres in the foothills of the Cedar Mountains.
GREEN FACTOR When Bill McAdam purchased the vast tract of wilderness in 1991, the property was a virtual wasteland of overgrazed veld. Today, the Kloof blooms with 800 tree and plant species, down to rarities like the Clanwilliam cedar. Threatened wildlife has come thundering back, too, including red hartebeests, black wildebeests, bontebok, aardwolves, 150 rare birds, and one of the largest private herds of endangered Cape mountain zebras in the world. More than 130 ancient rock-art sites dating back 10,000 years are also safeguarded in their natural environment. After a day in the wild, it's nice to know that the 16-room Relais & Châteaux lodge has hand-sewn bed linens."
Location Warwick San Francisco Hotel reflects the city of San Francisco. Calif. with its historic elegance and charm. This boutique hotel stands across the street from the famous Curran and ACT theaters, two blocks from high-end shops at Union Square and five blocks from Chinatown. Two blocks from the hotel at the TIX booth, theater buffs can purchase half-priced, day-of-performance tickets to many of the area's major theaters.
Hotel Features Extensively renovated in 2002, the 74-room Warwick San Francisco Hotel maintains its classical look, which dates back to 1913. Public areas feature antiques from the Louis XVI period in shades of apricot, cantaloupe and mist green. A silver-leaded dome with an antique chandelier, which hung in the chateau of the late designer Laura Ashley, highlights the lobby. The Warwick San Francisco Hotel features concierge service, 24-hour room service, same-day laundry, a valet service six days weekly (fees apply), and a 24-hour business center. The hotel provides an off-site fitness center. Afternoon tea, coffee and cookies are served in the lobby. The hotel's La Scene Cafe & Bar serves lunch, dinner and special pre- and post- theater menus. The bar offers a reverse Happy Hour.
Guestrooms Guestrooms and suites are decorated in Euro-American style with hand-carved headboards, antique armoires and tables. Rooms include private Italian marble baths, honor bar refrigerators, in-room safes and bathrobes. Rooms feature 26-inch flat screen televisions. Rooms include chandelier-style light fixtures, extra-long mattresses and four-poster beds, vintage theatrical prints and Chinese nightstand lamps. The rooms also include twice-daily housekeeping and street or inner-courtyard views. Select rooms include high-speed Internet access. Select rooms offer 40-inch wall-mounted flat screen televisions with video games.
Expert Tip. Live jazz performs at La Scene restaurant late into the evening.
Located right within the boundaries of ancient Machu Picchu Ruins, with views to the unique Huayna Picchu Mountain and the Urubamba River, where you can experience peace in a natural ecological environment. You are just a few steps from Machu Picchu, a place chosen long ago for its remote and spectacular location. Here the Incas worshipped the mountain, the sky, and their sacred river far below. Here they worshipped nature. This city was built for a special few, and today you inherit their privilege, the chance to experience both the unique peace that descends on Machu Picchu at dusk, and the sense of hovering expectation that fills the air at dawn. These precious hours when most visitors have left are yours, and you have these mountains to yourself. Part of the fascination of Machu Picchu is due to the lack of precise information about its origin. Why the Incas built, occupied and then abandoned it. All we know for sure is that because of its majestic construction and location, this unique place played a very important part at some time during the Inca era. Attention It is mandatory to secure train tickets to Machu Picchu when confirming room reservations. Train seating is limited and demand high and therefore last minute reservation requests can not be accommodated. Include number of passengers and dates of travel. Located in the boundaries of the ancient Inka Citadel. Walking distance from the entrance of the ruins.
What's Great Travel + Leisure says...
"Eco-friendly Spanish colonial-style lodge tucked between the Peruvian highlands and jungle, and steps from the Inca Trail; the only hotel actually set next to the UNESCO-protected site.
Rooms to Book: No. 21 offers views over Huayna Picchu—our favorite. Nos. 37-40 with terraces are a close second.
Insider Tip: Enjoy a private sunrise breakfast in the hotel's lush orchid gardens.
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Travel and Leisure 2009 World Top 500 (Mexico, Central America, Latin America)
John Lund Drive, Hope Harbour Marina Hope Island Gold Coast,
Australia
From $211 per night
Location Situated on South Stradbroke Island's coast, the Couran Cove Island Resort is located in Queensland, Australia. This island resort is 0. 5 kilometer from the South Stradbroke Island Conservation Park.
Hotel Features Perched along South Stradbroke Island's coast, the Couran Cove Island Resort provides an on-site fitness center, tennis courts and an outdoor swimming pool. This waterfront hotel also offers seven conference venues accommodating 25 to 300 individuals with the choice of meeting both indoors and outdoors. Banquet and event catering is available. For dining options, there are three on-site restaurants serving Australian and other international cuisines. There is also an on-site cocktail lounge and a café adjacent to the swimming pool serving assorted beverages and light snacks throughout the day. Pets are not allowed on this property.
Guestrooms The Couran Cove Island Resort's 324 guestrooms and suites feature private balconies with views of the surrounding beach. This island resort's rooms offer cable television, air conditioning and high-speed Internet access (surcharge). Additional amenities include coffeemakers, ceiling fans, direct-dial phones, in-room safes, microwaves, refrigerators, minibars and separate lounge areas. Rooms also feature private bathrooms with hair dryers.
Expert Tip. The Couran Cove Island Resort offers recreational equipment rental as well as island tours via jet skis, kayaks, seaplanes or helicopters.
Official Australia STAR Rating provided by AAA Tourism Pty Ltd AAA Tourism Pty Ltd assigns an official STAR Rating for accommodations in Australia. This Hotel property is rated 4-stars.
What's Great Travel + Leisure says...
"Set in a traffic-free conservation area of mangroves, wetlands, and coastal dunes, the 350-room Couran Cove Island Resort prides itself on its approach to environmentalism. But this is a far cry from roughing it. The spa has Vichy jet showers and Thalgo body treatments. A sports facility includes squash courts, rock-climbing walls, and a Carl Lewis-endorsed running track. For a classic Aussie "beach and bush" experience, stay in one of the 95 self-catering, solar-powered nature cabins hidden among banksia trees, just yards from the island's 14-mile white-sand Pacific beach."
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THE LOOK Luxury beach condos with a mind for conservation.
GREEN FACTOR All 351 rooms on the sandy island are wired for conveniences such as refrigerators and Internet access, yet the hotel reaps planetary gains with the latest eco-gadgetry. Mosquitoes are lured away with patented UV traps. The property hired colorists to blend the buildings against the bottle-blue sky and tawny melaleucas. And the TV's let guests monitor their personal usage of water, gas, and electricity and the resulting greenhouse-gas emissions."
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Location The El Monte Sagrado Resort is located one block from Mission Gallery in Taos, N. M. The hotel is two blocks from Old World Fine Art and Grimshaw Fine Art. The Kit Carson Historic Museums are one-quarter mile from the hotel. The Carson National Forest is one mile from the hotel.
Hotel Features The hotel's design is influenced by American Indian culture. The hotel features an art gallery and welcomes exhibits throughout the year. Inspired by his New Mexico heritage, executive chef Ruben Tanuz uses local products to create modern American dishes for De la Tierra restaurant. The Gardens restaurant offers an indoor garden dining experience. The Anaconda Bar is named for its large anaconda sculpture that snakes its way across the ceiling. The Living Spa features vaulted-glass ceilings, a waterfall and tropical flowers. The spa offers specialty massage therapies, facials and body treatments. With floor-to-ceiling windows, the indoor pool and spa tub feature views of the landscape, including the plants, fruits and herbs used at the resort. The fitness center includes treadmills and free weights. The hotel offers business services. Complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access is available throughout the hotel.
Guestrooms The hotel offers 84 guestrooms with hand-painted walls by local Taoseno artists. Rooms feature patios. Gas fireplaces are included. Rooms include flat-screen televisions. CD players are available in select rooms. Bathrooms feature organic toiletries, bathrobes and slippers.
Expert Tip. Committed to preserving its natural elements, El Monte Sagrado features sustainable landscapes and practices. Its Sacred Circle features 80-year-old cottonwood trees, waterfalls, stone water sculptures, a pond and a footbridge. It's the perfect spot to sit and relax. The place is said to have once been an American Indian dancing ground.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property upon service, check-in, or check-out.
Pet fee (20 pounds and under allowed): $75/stay
Parking fee: $12/day
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
What's Great Travel + Leisure says...
"THE LOOK Part desert oasis, part mad scientist's project.
GREEN FACTOR Tom Worrell's textured adobe-style villas are made of Gunnash, the ash from coal mines. Exotic fruits and organic herbs, grown in the hotel's "biolarium," show up (along with yak meat) on the spa menus conceived by Johnny Vinczencz, one of Florida's top young chefs. Although the 38 casitas have satellite TV and overstuffed couches, the (mostly) solar-powered sanctuary hints at the future of sustainable travel. If you're not convinced, consult the in-house psychic."
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National Geographic Traveler says... "Native American-inspired adobe-style property built in 2003 and already expanded. Sprawled across six acres at the foot of the Sangre de Cristos. Suites and casitas have walls painted with murals and private patios shaded by native cottonwood trees. Explore arts-oriented Taos; visit exhibitions at resort's own Grand Bohemian Gallery, whose gift shop is all about local art and jewelry. 84 rooms."
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