Bearleader Chronicle

Step back in time, into a world of wooden desks and slate chalkboards. A Schoolhouse turned chic retreat in Italy proves school can be cool. Nestled in the …

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Boutique hotels report: Arriving mid-morning on a glorious autumn day, we were greeted warmly by Brenda, the guest activities director. It had been a long …

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Boutique hotels report: We checked in at the Artist Residency hotel on a chilly Sunday night just a few months after they opened. This is the third in a series …

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This week we make our way from city to country to spend a few blissful nights in a bed and breakfast in wales. Accommodations of the bed-and-breakfast type are …

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The institution of the hotel has been in existence as far back as biblical times when travelers and tourists frequented road-side accommodation known as …

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Midtown Manhattan is the home of the city’s most iconic buildings. You know the most famous ones: the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building and the …

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The Hotel V Nesplein is a recently opened, four star, 43 room hotel carved out of a former office building. The building has been lovingly restored and given …

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Some of the best sleep-over experiences happen when the place you stay is also what you have gone to see. Taking this to the extreme, the other day I got a …

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I arrived in Chania late at night and was met by a taxi driver I had arranged for in advance. As we set off, the driver took great care to explain the …

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If you have never explored Britain s South West, there is a place on the coast of Cornwall that is a particular favorite of mine. And it is not surprising …

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Popular for their distinctively simple and well crafted goods, architecture and apparel, the Shakers and the utopian villages they created continue to be a …

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The High Line Hotel, new kid on the block of New York boutique hotels, is not your cookie-cutter-design tourist hotel. Entering the lobby is like stepping back …

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A few weeks ago a friend called from San Francisco with a question. I m visiting London with my mother soon and we want to take a day trip into the …

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Montreal may be the largest city in the province of Quebec but it has many distinct neighborhoods that were at one time completely independent of each …

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Boutique hotels report: This month we engaged world travelers and men about town Teddy and Winston to sniff out some of the exclusive services on offer at the …

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On your next trip to Philadelphia why not stay with one of the famous characters from the city’s early history? Dr. Thomas Bond was good friends…

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Wouldn t it be great to set off on a whim to spend a few days in say Italy, France, Spain? Some warm destination near the Mediterranean. For most of us …

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A city founded on its legendary access to the cleanest and most pure water, Jeonju was the birthplace of the Joseon Empire, which reigned for five centuries. …

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