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best bed: Bisate Lodge, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
Not quite hidden on 42 acres, Bisates’ recognizable, inspirational luxury huts are scattered up the mountainside overlooking Mt. Bisoke. Bilbo Baggins would have felt right at home in any of these 6 oh so comfortable, everything you need individual suites.…
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best bed: Mercer Hotel, New York City, USA
Housed in a landmark Soho building with history, the Mercer Hotel is where to fashionistas hang out and cool kids flock. The six story Romanesque Revival building was designed in 1890 by William Schickel as family offices for John Jacob…
best bed: Villa Cora, Florence, Italy
Villa Cora is my favorite type of hotel…scandalous history, immaculate restoration with over-the-top glamour, yet unpretentious and comfortable with perfect service. Baron Oppenheimer, of the banking family which financed the Suez Canal, built this villa to impress his new Italian…
best bed: Lindblad/National Geographic Endeavor II, Galapagos, Ecuador
Let’s face it you are not traveling on Lindblad for the ship. The biggest draw of their expeditions are the naturalists. They are knowledgeable, informed and fun. But I review places to sleep…this moving base camp is a surprisingly wonderful…
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best bed: The Beekman, New York City, USA
The Beekman is quirky, eccentric and fun. And full of history. A theatre built on the site hosted the first performance of Hamlet in the USA back in 1761. Edgar Allen Poe published his paper The Broadway Journal from this…