Inspiring Travel Writing from Caroline Major: Page 2 of 13
Articles by Caroline Major: Page 2 of 13
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Hyatt Regency Kyoto
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Caroline Major
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Japan
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Kansai
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Kyoto
At the quiet end of town, the Hyatt is Kyoto’s newest international hotel. It’s a stylish renovation of a block surrounded by gardens, which were established for Emporer Goshirakawa 850 years ago. The hotel is surrounded by temples. Most...
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Kimberley Coastal Camp
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Caroline Major
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Kimberley
By the time you arrive at the Kimberley Coastal Camp, you should be well prepared for the days ahead. It's remote. Very remote. First, you've got to get yourself to Broome or Darwin in the far north of Australia. Next, rent yourself a light plane,...
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Bushmans Camp Faraway Bay
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Caroline Major
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Faraway Bay
It was clear weather when we landed, but the dirt on the strip was so hot that the convection current made the landing turbulent. That arrival adventure in Faraway Bay over, the ride to the camp was a final reminder as to what faraway really means....
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Jawahar Niwas
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Caroline Major
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India
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Rajasthan
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Jaisalmer
Rising from the dust behind the golden fort of Jaisalmer is the twin turreted British Residence, a remnant in the heartland of the British Raj. The former residence of the crown representative for the city, the palace is now a 22 room hotel, still...
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Hotel Gran Paris
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Caroline Major
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United Kingdom
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Cotswolds
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Tetbury
If twee is a word one can apply to a hotel owned and run by Bolivians, with aspirations of being five star french, then I own up. The ‘Barocco Imperial’ building has 41 rooms, with the suites at the front overlooking the main square. Home to the...
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Design Suites
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Caroline Major
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Argentina
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Buenos Aires and the Pampas
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Buenos Aires
Hugging the corner of this little low rise corner of Buenos Aires, Design Suites looks over a popular garden plaza, perfect for people-watching. The hotel is housed in two twelve story towers, one on the street front, another twenty-five metres...
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Chalalan Eco Lodge
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Caroline Major
Parco Madidi, in Northern Bolivia, is the most bio-diverse forest in the country, indeed on the continent. The noise that it makes is splendid - Howler Monkies, and screeching macaws, frogs and spiders; popping seeds and falling branches. Chalalan...
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Ningaloo Reef Retreat
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Caroline Major
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Cape Range National Park
Set 70 kilometres outside Exmouth in the mid north of Western Australia, on an unpoilt stretch of coast, Paul and Liz have set up an eco-warrior paradise. They spent 3 months walking up and down this remote part of the coast, revisiting each season...
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Kooljaman Camp
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Caroline Major
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Broome
Traditional homeland of the Bardi people, The Dampier Peninsula outside of Broome boasts some of the most beautiful coast in the world. Dramatic red cliffs hit white sand on the southern side of the cape, while on the north, the rocks form ragged...
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Forest Rise Chalets
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Caroline Major
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Margaret River
A relaxing adult retreat set on acres of native bushland, these natural, well built chalets provide for the pleasure of a weekend spent ‘down south’, in Western Australia’s wine country. The privately owned property offers casual relaxation in a...
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