Angela Cobbinah - The Glass Magazine

Wellness Retreat Blending Ancient with Modern at Anantara Layan Phuket Resort, Thailand

January 26, 2026

I STARED at my picture on the screen and it was not a pretty sight. Well, skeletons rarely are. But thanks to an amazing piece of tech that scanned my entire body from the inside, I found out a few things I di...

Parklane, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, brings a modern touch to the ancient shores of Cyprus

Angela Cobbinah

July 14, 2025

Europe, News, Rest of Europe, Travel

WHAT have 3,000 year old ruins, perfume manufacture and lace got to do with one of Cyprus’ most luxurious hotels? Plenty, as I discovered during a recent visit to the Parklane Limassol. But first, the...

Glass is enchanted by A Shangri-La Al Husn, Oman

Angela Cobbinah

June 9, 2025

Feature, Rest Of The World, Travel

THEY say that the frankincense delivered to Jesus by the Three Wise Kings came from Oman, a lesser known Gulf states that today is fast emerging as a new star of the east thanks to its spectacular landscapes a...

Glass discovers a hidden Swiss gem

Angela Cobbinah

December 2, 2024

Feature, Switzerland

RISING up from shimmering Lake Geneva with its medieval charm and Belle Epoque splendour very much intact, Lausanne has got to be one of Switzerland’s best kept secrets. For starters there’s the historic old t...

Glass experiences tales of the unexpected at the Mandarin Oriental Geneva

Angela Cobbinah

November 11, 2024

Feature, Switzerland, Travel

IT WAS a great meal but I can’t tell you what it was or anything about the restaurant as I’d dined in total darkness. No, there hadn’t been a power cut and I don’t have some weird compulsion to go around in a ...

Glass enjoys pure bliss in Mauritius with Beachcomber Hotels

Angela Cobbinah

June 10, 2024

Asia, Feature, Mauritius, Travel

AS THE plane flew over Mauritius preparing to land, sharp peaked mountains loomed into view jutting out of a seemingly unending carpet of velvety green. It was a clue that there was a lot more to this Indian O...

Glass unwinds in a seaside Moroccan haven at La Sultana Oualidia

Angela Cobbinah

June 7, 2024

Africa, News, Travel

IF YOU could package Morocco in a bottle then pour it all out you would probably end up with something very like the La Sultana Oualidia. Built to resemble a casbah, all sand coloured stone, ascending terr...

Glass is dazzled by Lake Geneva’s Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa

Angela Cobbinah

November 6, 2023

Feature, Switzerland, Travel

I’D HEARD of Lausanne, of course, but didn’t know much about it and certainly had no idea that it would make such a fabulous weekend city-break. For starters, there’s its glorious location, rising up from ...

Glass unwinds at Seaham Hall on the lovely Durham coast

Angela Cobbinah

November 2, 2023

Destination Spas, News, Travel, United Kingdom

MOST people will agree that listening to waves crashing onto a beach is great way to relax. I recently had that pleasure – not on a beach but as part of a spa treatment harmonised with the sound of the sea hit...

Glass gets that castaway feeling but with a luxury twist, Maldives

Angela Cobbinah

June 19, 2023

Feature, The Maldives, Travel

THINK of a Robinson Crusoe island but with all the mod cons, a luxury resort with an unwritten no-shoes rule, and crystal clear seas where you can see the marine life without plunging in, then you’ll have an id...

MarBella Hotel is making waves in Greece and beyond

Angela Cobbinah

October 6, 2022

Feature, Greece, Travel

PERCHED unobtrusively on the side of a cliff overlooking shimmering blue seas stands the MarBella Elix. Opened only last year, it is the latest addition to one of Greece’s oldest luxury hotel groups, quickly es...

Château Quintus: New wine that is already a classic

Angela Cobbinah

July 21, 2022

Culture, Drinks, Feature, Food & Drink, France

FERMENTED grape juice, better known as wine, has been crafted from time immemorial, not least in the Bordeaux region of France, home to some of the country’s finest wines. Within Bordeaux lie the ancient vineya...

Glass enjoys an elegant getaway at the Four Seasons Hotel Ritz, Lisbon

Angela Cobbinah

May 31, 2022

Feature, Portugal, Travel

SITTING atop of one of the city’s famed seven hills in all its sleek modernist grandeur, the Four Seasons Hotel Ritz, Lisbon is as much as an institution as a hotel – built in 1959 to put the luxury into Lisbon...

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