The world’s first sleep retreat
TIRED of being tired? Lounge in seaside luxury and enjoy the best night’s sleep you ever had in the world’s first sleep retreat.
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Inside the Playboy Mansion
THERE is a time in everyone’s life when they cannot believe where they are or what they are doing. For Liz Walsh, that moment came at Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion.
Soaked in Swiss bliss
STILL feeling the effects of festive season shenanigans ? Why not purify your soul and body in the cool, clean climes of the sexy Swiss Alps?
Stop, revive and survive 2008
NEED a tune-up after the festive season’s excesses? Jane Fraser finds the perfect retreat on the Gold Coast to prepare for whatever the new year has brought.
Game time for Beijing
THOUSANDS of hotels in Beijing will be empty after the Olympics in August, which means five-star bargains for those who wait, writes Greg Hackett.
Lazing in a luxury island paradise
IF you are planning an escape to paradise in 2008, look no further than the coral reefs and palm-fringed white-as-white sand beaches of Aitutaki in the Cook Islands.
Australia’s best spas
IF the rat race is running you down, then it’s time to kick back, peel off your clothes and be pampered back to life with our pick of Australia’s best spa experiences.
Peninsula springs a hot one
SOAKING in a natural hot mineral spring is the ultimate way to relax, as Carmen Scaduto discovers on the Mornington Peninsula.
Caribbean dazzles A-listers
ONCE a colonial backwater, Anguilla is now a playground for A-listers and the seriously cashed-up, says David Whitley.
Soak up luxury at Qualia
HAMILTON Island’s ultra-glam resort Qualia has brought a new level of luxury to Queensland, writes Susan Kurosawa.
Best ‘extreme design’ hotels
FROM Greek Orthdox-style chapels, to villas along the Great Wall of China it’s time to drool over the world’s most stylish hotels.
The coolest carry-ons
FROM luxurious Louis Vuitton to a sizzling Samsonite number. Be the envy of the airport and travel in style with the world’s coolest carry-on luggage.
Tale of two spas
IN Cairns and Port Douglas, scrubs, rubs, wraps and rolls are more popular than sunbaking and a swim in the sea, writes Susan Kurosawa.
To the Bund
MUCH of 1930s Shanghai may be gone but in this emphatically 21st-century city there’s plenty of pre-war hedonism to be found in its nightclubs and restaurants.
Soaking up Japanese tradition
BRIAN Johnston immerses himself in Japan’s thermal baths and discovers a rich and age-old tradition that soothes away stress in superb surroundings.
Di-vine intervention
IN an indulgent mood, you can make a luxurious getaway in the ever-evolving Barossa Valley work the same magic as an extended holiday.
California’s chill-out zone
PEOPLE often come to reclaim their souls, and as one of America’s favourite spa destinations, California’s Big Sur has many ways to revive even the most jaded.
Rainforest’s burbling beauty
JENNY Stevens marvels at the sights and sounds of Far North Queensland’s Daintree Rainforest from her treetop guestroom at the Silky Oaks Lodge.
Just for the love of it
IN an edited extract from his new book, Hotel Heaven: Confessions Of A Luxury Hotel Addict, Matthew Brace reveals his top ten romantic hotels.
Hamilton Island fires up
HAMILTON Island, once the playground of rich and famous souls including Beatle George Harrison, is enjoying a cash-fuelled revamp, writes Mike O’Connor.
Luxury adds to camping bliss
WHEN gourmet food, champagne and a carpeted tent with a decadent queen-sized bed is on offer, Ellen Connolly discovers that she does like camping after all.
Wok and roll in Phuket
IN a girls-only trip through Thailand seeking luxury, pampering and adventure, Maria Visconti finds a cooking class in Phuket to be a very tasty diversion.
Into the deep
AT $67, the dim sum is no steal at Dubai’s most extravagant restaurant but Al Mahara’s dramatic underwater setting is a real drawcard, writes Susan Kurosawa.
Lunch on the Hawkesbury
A LUNCH cruise on the NSW Hawkesbury involves oysters, crabs and buckets of fun, writes Graeme Blundell.
Paris by pastries
PASTRIES are an essential part of the good life in Paris so what better way to tour the city than by eating at its patisseries. Garry Marchant tries some of the best.
Eau la la … I’ve been sprung!
KEVIN Pilley travels along France’s famous Water Route to taste the curative spa waters at their source and discovers the meaning of the term ‘water retention’.
Water log from Kerala
SUSAN Kurosawa journeys through the lakes and canals of tropical and prosperous Kerala in southwestern India on a converted rice boat.
Celebrity chic on a budget
VISITING a playground of the rich and famous does not have to be a budget-buster, writes Ellen Connolly.
Small taste of heaven
AN exclusive chauffeur-driven tour of the Barossa Valley’s small wineries is a corker of an idea, writes Christina Pfeiffer.
Thrills and spills in Oman
OMAN is fast becoming a hot spot to visit, discovers Veronica Matheson after a sneak preview on a new luxury resort on a remote peninsula.
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