Wednesday 30 May 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

On the Road of Wines From Bergerac

• 30 Jan, 2012 • Catégorie: Aquitaine, France, Getaway, Gourmet, One hotel a day, Top stories

Are you ready for a weekend on the road of wines from Bergerac? The editorial staff of Hoosta Magazine has spotted a 17th century property, proudly settled on a hill, surrounded by vineyard and orchards, right in the heart of the purple Perigord, in the Aquitaine country, halfway between Sarlat and Saint-Emilion. The picturesque [...]



Greedy Trip in Latvia

• 4 Jan, 2012 • Catégorie: Getaway, Gourmet, Latvia, Northern Europe, One hotel a day, Top stories

Latvia is one of these Nordic country bad known from westerners. Riga, the capital, is considered as the heart of the Art Nouveau, and more than 800 buildings have been built in this style. But the city is especially known for its rich gourmet heritage, widely spread throughout its restaurants. There, all culinary expectations [...]



Gourmet stopover in the Swiss chocolate capital

• 31 Oct, 2011 • Catégorie: Getaway, Gourmet, One hotel a day, Switzerland, Top stories, Western Europe

It is well known, Swiss people are the biggest chocolate consumers in the world. So, they are obviously experts. Fortunately, we have selected for you, a luxury hotel in the cradle of chocolate! It is in Vevey, in the Vaux county, where the Trois Couronnes Hotel is located. In the heart of the old [...]



Gourmet escape to the Place d’Armes, Luxembourg

• 15 Aug, 2011 • Catégorie: Getaway, Gourmet, Luxembourg, One hotel a day, Top stories, Western Europe

If you haven’t been able to go on holiday this summer, it’s the right time to get away for the weekend in Luxembourg, in the beautiful 5-star hotel Le Place d’Armes. With the “Escapade Cristallerie” offer, the luxury hotel invites you to let go and go through a cutting-edge gastronomy experience.

Combination of three [...]



Hegia Hotel: trip to the Basque upcountry

• 3 Aug, 2011 • Catégorie: Aquitaine, France, Getaway, Gourmet, One hotel a day, Out of the city, Top stories

There’s a fine line between the restaurant and the hotel business… Imagine you’re in the Basque upcountry, on a northern ridge of mountain Ursuia near the lovely village of Hasparren, 35 kilometers from Biarritz. Lost on top of the clouds, there’s a farm dating back to 1746, reassuring shelter from the greatness of nature. [...]



Les Pléiades Hotel: arty stop in Barbizon

• 27 Jul, 2011 • Catégorie: France, Getaway, Gourmet, One hotel a day, Paris, Romantic, Top stories, Unusual hotels, What else

On a lovely sunny Sunday in the summer, you decide to go for a walk in the wild Forest of Fontainebleau in Seine-et-Marne. Leaving your car and city life aside, you choose to ride your bike on the steep tracks, in the freshness of the undergrowth when you suddenly come across a concrete road [...]



Eremo della Giubiliana: gastronomic getaway in Sicily

• 1 Jun, 2011 • Catégorie: Getaway, Gourmet, Historical, Italy, One hotel a day, Southern Europe, Top stories

Located in South Sicily, prestigious island with a fiendish past, the Eremo della Giubiliana used to be an old Arab farm. Taken over and restored by a family of Sicilian aristocrats, it is now the one and only five-star hotel in the Noto valley.

From outside, this house has kept the front of a lovely [...]



Sideways Argentinian style

• 27 Apr, 2011 • Catégorie: Argentina, Gourmet, In the mountains, Latin America, One hotel a day

Like the characters of Alexander Payne’s movie, you wish to follow the Wine Route? This time, we’re not heading towards California, we’re off to Argentina! Open since 2005, the Cavas Wine Lodge is located in the heart of the Andes, in the province of Mendoza, the wine-producing capital of Argentina which has about 34 [...]



Epicurean getaway in the Pays d’Auge

• 28 Mar, 2011 • Catégorie: France, Gourmet, Historical, Normandy, One hotel a day, Romantic

You’ve always been interested in impressionism? Take some time off for an epicurean getaway to the Pays d’Auge and Normandy bocages at the Saint-Siméon Farm in Honfleur. Located on the Côte Fleurie that links Honfleur to Cabourg and Houlgate, this 4-star luxury hotel has been the cradle of famous artists… the impressionists. With an [...]



Lan Kwai Fong: The Best Boutique Hotel in Asia

• 11 Mar, 2011 • Catégorie: Getaway, Gourmet, One hotel a day

Named as “The Best Boutique Hotel in Asia” by TravelWeekly Asia, Lan Kwai Fong Hotel is contemporary in design with an exquisite oriental touch. Located in an area best known for its vibrant nightlife, the hotel is at the heart of buzzing city life. Adorned with stone statues of Buddha, Lan Kwai Fong Hotel [...]



Belles Rives Hotel: a fragment of paradise

• 7 Mar, 2011 • Catégorie: France, Gourmet, Historical, One hotel a day, Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur, Waterfront

Mid-twenties: your room is fragrant with a sweet scent of French Riviera. You’re facing the islands of Lérins and Estérel in one of the first waterfront palaces on the coast, the Villa Saint-Louis. Your neighbors? Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda who came to feast during decadent cocktail parties with Ernest Hemingway or Pablo [...]