Inspiring Travel Writing from Mary Lussiana
Inheriting a passion for the joys and curiosities of travel from her father, and an introduction to many corners of the world which they visited together, Mary Lussiana has never lost that thrill of seeing something new for the first time.
Now living in Portugal with her husband and two youngest children, she contributes on hotels, travel and food to Conde Nast Traveller, House and Garden, Sunday Times Travel Magazine and the Sunday Telegraph.
Now living in Portugal with her husband and two youngest children, she contributes on hotels, travel and food to Conde Nast Traveller, House and Garden, Sunday Times Travel Magazine and the Sunday Telegraph.
Articles by Mary Lussiana
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Swim with the fish
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Mary Lussiana
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Australia
Swim amongst the fish on the Barrier Reef to see nature at its most fascinating and colourful. A feeling of liberation in the wild.
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Monte do Casal
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Mary Lussiana
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Portugal
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Algarve Region
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Algarve
Proving that an English man’s home is indeed his castle, Monte do Casal (meaning the Hill of the Couple) in Estoi, Portugal has had over 20 years of devotion from owner Bill Hawkins. A simple, rural boutique hotel has been gradually transformed into...
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Heritage Av Liberdade
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Mary Lussiana
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Portugal
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Lisbon Region
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Lisbon
From the moment you set eyes on this boutique hotel, the Heritage Av Liberdade, its brilliant blue façade standing out on one of Lisbon’s main thoroughfares, you cannot help but be captivated. This late 18th-century building is the first hotel...
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Vila Joya
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Mary Lussiana
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Portugal
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Algarve Region
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Algarve
Fall asleep and wake to the sound of the sea. Breakfast, lunch and dine in the open dining room, perched on the cliff edge which is home to Portugal’s only two-star Michelin restaurant. Challenge yourself to wind down the steps to the swimming pool...
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Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi
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Mary Lussiana
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Thailand
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The North
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Chiang Mai
Built as a living museum to the ancient Lanna Kingdom which existed in the North of Thailand the hotel has revived different architectural styles from this era and grouped them around a working paddy field. There is everything you could expect here...
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Abbaye de la Bussière
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Mary Lussiana
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France
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Burgundy Region
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La Bussière-sur-Ouche
Approaching Abbaye de la Bussière through the well kept park that surrounds it, complete with topiary and ornamental lake, one has to marvel at the courage of the family that have taken on this piece of heritage and their enthusiasm and commitment...
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Solar da Fornalha
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Mary Lussiana
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Portugal
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Algarve Region
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Moncarapacho
If ever there was a bolthole to escape from the stresses of our hectic modern existence, this is it. Rather like stumbling into a forgotten children’s playground, the old stones and mature trees sit silently under the harsh Portuguese sunlight. Once...
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Before You Die: Visit Bhutan
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Mary Lussiana
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Bhutan
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Bhutan Region
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Paro
Visit Bhutan before it is too late, to see a world untainted by the 21st century and a people so far removed from the dictates of the Western world. Mary Lussiana
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Fishy Business on the Rialto
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Mary Lussiana
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Italy
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Veneto Region
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Venice
“What news on Realto?” When Shylock asked Bassanio this at the end of the 16th century, it was no more that an echo of similar questions reverberating down 300 years. All Europe wondered at the same thing, jealously watching this commercial centre...
Reviews by Mary Lussiana
Choupana Hills Resort & Spa | Mary LussianaUpon arrival at Choupana Hills Resort & Spa one could be forgiven for harbouring the illusion that you have landed not in Portugal, but in a Far Eastern paradise. It is not merely the architecture of this luxury resort, which with its harmony of...