Wednesday 22 February 2012
Yann Casparini I am a hotel manager. With a hundred of contemporary hotel managers we created this travel magazine to share our selection of addresses and tips.
Yann Casparini

Crystal Hotel : Marrakech exclusive !

• 16 Sep, 2011 • Catégorie: Africa, Getaway, Morocco, One hotel a day, Romantic, Top stories

We can’t come down Marrakech to the city of snake charmers or ride camel. It is also smart, sweet and sensual. At the 4 stars design art Crystal hotel, you will learn the Moroccan signification of the luxury word. Here, everything is hedonism and contemporary art. This hotel is a cocoon for lovers looking [...]



Magic Lodges Libya : One Thousand and One Nights

• 19 Jan, 2011 • Catégorie: Africa, Lybia, One hotel a day, Out of the city, Unusual hotels

The Magic Lodges offer you a total immersion in the heart of the Libyan Sahara, in far-off lands. We discover two magnificent camps protected by impressive sand dunes. Separated by 250 kilometers of sand, they both are installed in semicircle in order to let us admire the horizon, as far as the eye can see.

Each [...]



Mena House Oberoi : follow Indiana Jones’ footsteps

• 7 Jan, 2011 • Catégorie: Egypt, Unusual hotels

Indiana Jones started to have his passion for archeology in Cairo, more precisely just steps from the pyramids. Indeed, Egypt has so many hidden treasures, that is why the Mena House Oberoi will make you feel like an adventurer. Situated near the majestic Giza pyramids, this palace has a set of furniture worthy of the [...]



Les Terres M Barka : temple of hedonism

• 3 Nov, 2010 • Catégorie: Family, In the mountains, Morocco, One hotel a day, Out of the city

Alone, in front of the immense Moroccan desert and its mountains, with rose and olive trees scents tickling your nose, you are dreaming of a perfect world.Don’t search anymore, you have found your Eden in the new hotel Les Terres M’Barka, just 20 kms from the Southwest of Marrakesh.

Far from the traditional Ryads of the [...]



Tanger : welcome in the Dream City

• 14 Sep, 2010 • Catégorie: Morocco, One hotel a day, Romantic, Waterfront

While some call it the “city of strangers”, others as the American writer Paul Bowles see in it the city of every possibilities. Tanger, the “Dream City”, is a land of exile for many specialized travellers, gone to conquer a design at the crossing of the kinds, where the lack of taste could make [...]



Riad Dar Sabra: arty hotel in Marrakech

• 25 Aug, 2010 • Catégorie: Morocco, One hotel a day

With its Mexican hacienda look, the Riad Dar Sabra surprises, questions, lost in the palm grove. Avant-garde hotel devoted to contemporary art, it has a futuristic and Cubist surprising look for Marrakech, inspired by Mexican architects Legorreta and Barragan. Behind its coral pink walls and the towering cacti hides an original staging and undetectable [...]



Riad Cocoon, Marrakech: please don’t stop the music

• 28 Jul, 2010 • Catégorie: Morocco, One hotel a day, Romantic

After three years of hard work, Bernard Grimaldi, film score composer, and Corinne Povels, press woman, have put on last December the finishing touch to their Moroccan dream: a 5 rooms luxury riad nestled in the heart of the Médina. It’s distinctiveness lies within the association of music and design to make you experience, [...]



Kenya Lodge Hotel: Save the giraffes!

• 28 Jun, 2010 • Catégorie: Kenya, Unusual hotels

In the shadow of Kilimanjaro, the Giraffe Manor, beautiful Scottish lodge-style launches a project to save the Rothschild giraffes. This species is very rare indeed threatened with extinction. Fascinated by these animals, the couple Carr-Hartley (he is the grand-son of a Scottish earl) acquired the property to turn it into an unusual nature hotel.
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More Cape Cadogan: the Bohemian chic boutique hotel

• 11 Jun, 2010 • Catégorie: Historical, One hotel a day, Romantic, South Africa

In the heart of Cape Town, just a few metres from Kloof Street and the city’s most with-it bars and restaurants, lies an exclusive, private boutique hotel with a chic Bohemian style inspired by the life of Oscar Wilde. The More Cape Cadogan is a poetic retreat where one can easily imagine the likes [...]



Villa Zest: pop style in Cape Town

• 2 Jun, 2010 • Catégorie: One hotel a day, South Africa

Although Villa Zest is not near the sea, the desire to take a walk on the beach might take you by surprise. Because this boutique hotel located in Cape Town makes us think about Saint Tropez in the 60’s and 70’s. A good soft and serene step back in time to live in South [...]



Riad Dar Sabri: traditionnal stay in Tunisia

• 28 May, 2010 • Catégorie: One hotel a day, Tunisia

Sometimes, the term “precious” gain forces facing the talents of some hotel manager that make their hotel establishments luxurious places, where elaborated fabrics hold with some sense of comfort and services. In Tunisia, in the town of Nabeul, known for its pottery and stone carvers, a riad shatters local standards. At Dar Sabri, guests [...]