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Tiny morsels from the world of Tablet
You know that we like to keep up with current television shows. If you’re keeping up with HBO’s The Gilded Age, you know they spend a lot of time in Newport. You should too!
Speaking of the Gilded Age, if you’d like to sample a little of it in New York City, consider these hotels: The St. Regis in Midtown, The Beekman in FiDi, and The Fifth Avenue in NoMad.
Speaking of New York, book the Bellport Inn on Long Island, catch a ferry ride across the Great South Bay, and spend the day at “Ho Hum,” Bellport’s famed private beach.
Speaking of beaches, a group of avid travellers and beach enthusiasts decided to determine the world’s 50 best beaches. Their #1? Cala Goloritzé in Sardinia, Italy. To get close to the greatness, start with our selection of Sardinian hotels.
Speaking of Sardinia, 7Pines Resort has a series of secluded seaside coves in which you can enjoy a gourmet picnic, romantic dinner, or relaxing massage.
Our hotel of the week is Entre Cielos Wine & Wellness in Argentina, a thoroughly modernist hotel and working vineyard just outside Mendoza that makes a lovely Malbec. Book on Tablet for 20% off stays thru December.
Speaking of wine-producing hotels with epic modern designs, L’AND Vineyards in Alentejo, Portugal sits in a stunning and unspoiled setting of woodlands and gently rolling hills. Évora’s iconic medieval castle sits just off in the distance.
The longest stay booked on Tablet this week was 10 nights at Signiel Busan, which stands atop the highest structure in the South Korean coastal city.
Even the most active and urbane traveler can admit that an overwater bungalow in the Maldives sounds like a nice way to spend some downtime. Consider then: JOALI Maldives, Vakkaru Maldives, or COMO Cocoa Island.
Apparently, a hotel in Atlanta canceled the rooms of two Beyoncé fans before the singer’s concert this week, then re-listed them for triple the price. We’d like to think that none of the Atlanta hotels in our selection would ever do that.
“It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” — Ernest Hemingway
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