Inspiring Travel Writing from Joanna Monkhouse: Page 8 of 12
Reviews by Joanna Monkhouse: Page 8 of 12
Le Sirenuse | Joanna MonkhouseLe Sirenuse is probably the best luxury hotel in the village of Positano on Italy's Amalfi Coast. And it is certainly the most expensive. The distinctive dark red building was an 18th-century palace that has been converted and extended over the...-
Grand Hotel Cocumella
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Joanna Monkhouse
The Grand Hotel Cocumella is set in a well established garden on a cliff overlooking Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples, 100m above the sea, a 20 minute walk from centre of town. Once a C16th monastery, the hotel has existed since 1822 and was the first...
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Hotel Poseidon
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Joanna Monkhouse
In a village crammed with hotels, the luxury Hotel Poseidon is one that deserves to stand out from the crowd. With colourful buildings clinging to the rocks, Positano is the prettiest of the villages on Italy's Amalfi coast, providing a lovley...
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Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria
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Joanna Monkhouse
The Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria is in the midst of the Sorrento, positioned at the top of a cliff overlooking the town's port and the Bay of Naples - a complex of two villas and a chalet down a 200m long driveway from the town's busy main square...
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Bellevue Syrene
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Joanna Monkhouse
The luxury hotel Bellevue Syrene occupies an 18th-century building on the edge of the cliff in Sorrento. This provides guests with fantastic views of Italy's Amalfi Coast. The site is also built on the foundations of an ancient Roman villa. The...
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Hotel V Frederiksplein
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Joanna Monkhouse
Hotel V is a young and fresh transformation of a family-owned and run hotel, a 5-minute tram ride from the centre of Amsterdam. The purple reception area doubles as a lounge for evening drinks. The stylish breakfast room has dark wooden tables,...
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Pulitzer Hotel
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Joanna Monkhouse
The Pulitzer Hotel, Amsterdam's addition to the Luxury Collection from the Sheraton group, is a maze of 25 linked canal houses dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, comprising almost an entire block between two canals. It is a 5-star hotel aimed...
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Ambassade Hotel
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Joanna Monkhouse
Amsterdam's Ambassade Hotel was founded in 1953 and is still privately owned. The original hotel has expanded considerably and now consists of ten 17th and 18th-century houses between the Herengracht and Singel canals. Many of the 59 rooms have...
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101 Hotel
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Joanna Monkhouse
The monochromatic delight that is 101 Hotel opened in March 2003. The dreary grey exterior on a busy corner in downtown Reykjavik belies the superstylish interior where if it's not black or white, it's not welcome. Even the staff dress to match. The...
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Palazzo Sasso
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Joanna Monkhouse
In the mountain top village of Ravello, luxury hotel Palazzo Sasso - a pale pink 12th-century building with Gothic arched windows - has risen to the heights it knew in the 50s when it was an elite society hotel. Totally refurbished in the 90s by the...
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