Inspiring Travel Writing from Liat Joshi
Liat Joshi is a London-based freelance journalist. Her travel writing focuses on luxury hotels. She has contributed to the Sunday Times, the Guardian, Elegant Traveller and the Independent on Sunday and has a regular travel page for Ace Tennis Magazine.
Other than writing, her main obsession is tennis, so a key requirement for hotels she visits is proximity to a tennis court. She has even played during a cyclone in Mauritius and her husband proposed following a rather sweaty couple of sets in Thailand.
Other than writing, her main obsession is tennis, so a key requirement for hotels she visits is proximity to a tennis court. She has even played during a cyclone in Mauritius and her husband proposed following a rather sweaty couple of sets in Thailand.
Articles by Liat Joshi
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Abama
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Liat Joshi
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Spain
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Canary Islands
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Tenerife
As you round the bend after passing through some unprepossessing areas of Tenerife’s southwest, Abama is quite a sight. The first thing that hits you is simply the pinkness of it all – architect Melvin Villarroel has covered his brave, Moorish-...
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The Village at Spier
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Liat Joshi
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South Africa
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Cape Town and around
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Cape Province
On paper, The Spier Estate sounds worryingly like a tacky holiday village - complete with touristy activities and themed restaurants. But remarkably, considering the brazen commercialism with which this wine estate seems to have been developed, it...
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The Inn at Manitou
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Liat Joshi
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Canada
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Ontario
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Toronto
It would be fair to have high expectations of The Inn at Manitou; paying around £350 a night is almost unheard of in Canada, even if it does include full board. And that’s before tax and management’s cheeky 16% service charge has been added. The...
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Donnington Valley Hotel and Spa
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Liat Joshi
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United Kingdom
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South East England
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Newbury
Brimming with country house charm it isn’t but a huge refurbishment project has transformed what was a glorified Travelodge near Newbury into a very competent four star hotel for business travellers, golfers and spa fans. ‘Very competent’ sounds...
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Sani Asterias Suites
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Liat Joshi
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Greece
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Mainland Greece
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Halkidiki
Forty-five minutes from Greece’s fashionable second city of Thessaloniki, the Sani Asterias is the most exclusive of four hotels at the privately-owned Sani Resort on the Halkidiki Peninsula. Fifty-plus years ago this was largely undeveloped...
Reviews by Liat Joshi
The Bay Hotel | Liat JoshiWith central Cape Town just 10 minutes away, fabulous Camps Bay beach on the doorstep, and the imposing Twelve Apostles mountains as a backdrop, The Bay must be one of the world's best located city hotels. If you can't decide whether you want a city...-
Calcot Manor
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Liat Joshi
What sets Calcot Manor apart from other properties of its ilk is the way it caters so adeptly to both couples seeking romance and families seeking an escape, without compromises for either tribe. So how does a hotel that's so fantastically family-...
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Stoke Park Club
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Liat Joshi
Stoke Park's 350-acre estate is one of the closest options for Londoners after a weekend in a greener, quieter place. Only 20 miles or so from Oxford Circus, if you catch the British transport system on a good day, the journey takes as little as 30...
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Chewton Glen
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Liat Joshi
Chewton Glen, on the edge of the New Forest, has frequently been lauded as the grand dame of English country house hotels. Its accolades range from five red AA stars to a Michelin star for the restaurant, and inclusion in many a list of top hotels....