Travel - The Glass Magazine

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Pura Vida in Costa Rica – Glass enjoys the vibrancy, energy and colour this amazing country has to offer

December 11, 2017

I’M ALL togged up and good-to-go in my helmet and harness, so there is no going back. My heart is pumping fiercely with nervous excitement with adrenaline racing through every vein. I hold my breath as I push o...

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Glass balloons it over Cappadocia’s otherworldly landscape

Sean Sheehan

December 4, 2017

Feature, Travel, Turkey

GEOGRAPHY lessons at school were intensely boring and the teacher concluded it was not even worth entering me for an exam I was bound to fail. Not surprisingly, topics of a geographical kind have been off my ra...

Glass discovers the art of forest bathing and dining in South Tyrol

Becky Zanker

November 27, 2017

Feature, Italy, Travel

Glass dips into the art of forest bathing before enjoying a dinner by Egon Heiss LAST week we were invited to a private dinner hosted by the region of South Tyrol. One of the area’s foremost chefs, Egon Heis...

Glass experiences true luxury at the Danai Beach Resort, Greece

Thomas Marrington

November 24, 2017

Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

THE art of service is rather lacking in modern-day life. With the rise of technology, automated help bots, call-centre outsourcing and moody salespeople, it can feel as though the customer experience is, more o...

Grace Mayflower Facade new - New England travel review

Glass takes delight in three New England boutique hotels

Derby Jones

November 22, 2017

America, Feature, Travel

IT was with great fervour that I took a four hour train ride from New York to Boston, excited to begin a tour of New England as curated by Grace Hotels. The luxury hotel group has properties in Europe, Africa a...

Glass discovers wild beauty in The Maldives

Becky Zanker

November 13, 2017

Feature, Travel

Glass travelled to two of Como’s remote tropical islands and discovered a world of wild jungles, dolphins, manta rays and enchanting sea turtles IT’S 5am and I’m half-awake on the second floor of a large, st...

Glass embraces Puglian cuisine at the stunning Don Totu hotel

Ben Olsen

November 8, 2017

Europe, Feature, Italy, Travel

WEAVING through Puglia’s sunkissed countryside in autumn reveals its rich agricultural heritage, with swathes of crops – from olives and vines to pumpkins – and traditional trullo huts punctuating the landscape...

Glass finds compelling reasons for visiting Athens

Sean Sheehan

November 6, 2017

Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

Athenian Delights – Glass finds compelling reasons for visiting Athens IF you’re tired of Athens – someone might have said once – you’re tired of life. It was a city of renown two and a half thousand years a...

Set sail with MS Koningsdam, Holland America Line’s art gallery cruise ship

Thomas Marrington

November 3, 2017

Art, Feature, Travel

IT would be reasonable to say that cruises have the unfair stereotype of being the domain of pensioners and families with young children. For Holland America Line, their newest ship MS Koningsdam represented a ...

Celebrate Christmas with The Landmark London

Katrina Mirpuri

November 2, 2017

News, Travel

THE Landmark London has launched a special trio of masterclasses during the Christmas period to get you feeling festive and well prepared for Christmas. There is a choice of three classes consisting of cupcake ...

Glass hits the spot in the western Peloponnese, Greece

Sean Sheehan

October 30, 2017

Feature, Travel

GREECE as a holiday destination suffers from a design fault and a product recall looks to be imminent as travellers discover there is more to the country’s appeal than the islands that dot the Aegean Sea. On th...

Glass stays at The Gregory hotel, Herald Square – an NYC gem

Derby Jones

October 27, 2017

America, Feature, Travel

JUST moments from the Empire State Building is a cosy boutique hotel called The Gregory. Occupying the lively central Manhattan neighbourhood of Herald Square, you are just a short walk away from the bright lig...

Glass experiences stylish hospitality at LaLit London

Bonnie Friend

October 23, 2017

Europe, Feature, London, Travel

WHEN I think of the LaLiT London, I think of vivid cobalt blue, the kind that adorns the ceiling in their magnificent Great Hall, otherwise known as the Baluchi restaurant. It’s the stuff a Maharaja’s palace mi...

Glass visits the Monaco Yacht Show 2017

Joseph Furness

October 17, 2017

Feature, Travel

TO PICTURE luxury is to picture the Monaco Yacht Show. The annual event is the highlight of the city-state’s year and sees the most extraordinary yachts, super yachts, even submarines, being showcased and exhib...

Glass enjoys laid-back Swiss luxury at Le Grand Bellevue, Gstaad

Ben Slater

October 16, 2017

Europe, Feature, Switzerland, Travel

AFTER travelling though the beautiful Swiss Alps, we arrived in Gstaad by the scenic GoldenPass railway. Gstaad is situated around two hours from Geneva, surrounded by soaring mountains, and its prestigious int...

Glass explores Indochina – visiting five destinations spread across three countries

Amanda Bernstein

October 2, 2017

Feature, Travel

The Pearl of the Orient and a few precious gems in-between Glass explores Indochina – visiting five destinations spread across three countries “WALK slowly when crossing the roads - never ever run! If y...

Glass visits Kanuhura Island in the Maldives – just like paradise

Sara Hesikova

September 18, 2017

Feature, Rest Of The World, Travel

THERE are few places in the world that resemble paradise as much as the Maldives, the forever sunny and warm constellation of islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean with white sandy beaches lined with palm t...

Glass visits Fiskebäckskil, Sweden for local seafood, fishing trips and kayaking

Becky Zanker

September 14, 2017

Europe, Feature, Sweden, Travel

Fish and fresh air in Fiskebäckskil, Sweden – Glass visits the Swedish coast for luxurious local seafood, fishing trips and kayaking IT’S days after midsummer on Sweden’s westerly coast, and the evenings are...

A Monumental Vision – Glass visits the Schindler House in West Hollywood

Rowena Chiu

September 7, 2017

Architecture, Design, Feature, Travel

INCONSPICUOUSLY nestled on Kings Road in West Hollywood is the Schindler House, built by Rudolf Schindler between 1921-22, when the site was rural farmland. Recognised as one of the precursors of contemporary a...

London Marriott Hotel County Hall invites guests and public to The Art of Tidying workshop

Livia Feltham

September 5, 2017

Culture, London, News

MARRIOT Hotels is to launch the Marriott Transform Series this autumn, beginning with a workshop developed by organizing consultant and author Marie Kondo. Westminster Suite Suite and View The Art of Tidying ...

Glass falls in love with London again at Cheval Three Quays

Regner Ramos

August 31, 2017

Feature, Travel

LIKE any cosmopolitan traveller, I believe there are beautiful places meant for sleeping – a lush bed, a floral arrangement or two and gorgeous restroom where you can relax in a bath—and beautiful places meant ...