Inspiring Travel Writing from Joanna Monkhouse: Page 10 of 12
Reviews by Joanna Monkhouse: Page 10 of 12
Rose Garden Palace | Joanna MonkhouseThe Rose Garden Palace is the longtime home of Rome's most prestigious luxury hotels and la dolce vita of the 1950s. Elegant and contemporary, the luxury hotel is a blend of modern and classic with an occasional oriental twist. On entering, the...-
Hotel Santa Maria
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Joanna Monkhouse
As a city comprised of luxury and glamourous elegance, the boutique Hotel Santa Maria is in no way out of place in Italy's capital. Tucked into a bend of the river lies Trastevere (across the Tiber), Rome's 'left bank', a warren of cobbled streets,...
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Il Palazetto of the International Wine Academy
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Joanna Monkhouse
Perched right on the Spanish Steps is one of Rome's most intimate places to stay. Il Palazzetto houses the International Wine Academy of Rome, along with its highly regarded restaurant, wine bar, terraces, cosy salons and now 4 desirable rooms. The...
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Hotel Art
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Joanna Monkhouse
Hotel Art is one of those design hotels that invokes a strong emotion: you either love it or you hate it. Distinctly modern, it is housed in a converted religious school. A river of silver clouds and fairy lights draws you in to the hotel. How the...
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Chez Pierre
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Joanna Monkhouse
Tucked away an hour or so up the Dades Valley in Morocco, keen holiday-makers will find Chez Pierre, a small boutique hotel run by a Belgian who has lived in the area for the past decade. The surrounding area is popular with trekkers and features...
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Les Jardins de la Medina
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Joanna Monkhouse
Les Jardins de la Medina brings together the century-old gardens and atmospheric premises of a princess's riad and a stylishly sympathetic renovation, to create one of the most beautifully understated of all boutique hotels in Marrakech. In the...
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Kasbah du Toubkal
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Joanna Monkhouse
Kasbah du Toubkal has incredible views of the High Atlas mountains and the summit of Jebel Toubkal (4167m), the air is fresh and clean, the greenery is lush, the valley fertile, and the peaks spectacular. The 40 mile, hour and a half drive south...
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Riad Enija
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Joanna Monkhouse
Riad Enija is a fusion of east and west, of colour and simplicity, of old and new. Run like clockwork by a Swiss/Swedish couple and their army of girls in red dresses, this is the chicest of the Marrakech riads. The furniture in Riad Enija is...
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Kasbah Agafay
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Joanna Monkhouse
Kasbah Agafay would not exist if not for the vision and dedication of Abel Damoussi. It took him three years to buy the Kasbah from the 36 owners, and a further three to restore the 150-year-old building. A short drive from the medina of Marrakech,...
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Hotel Artus
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Joanna Monkhouse
The Artus Hotel has a great location on the bustling Rue de Buci, in a lively quartier on the left bank of Paris. Modern artwork features not only in the lobby and on the walls of the rooms but also on their doors - customised by seven local artists...
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