The Silo is a sanctuary in the city of Cape Town, celebrating art, style, and design. This architectural masterpiece towers above the V&A Waterfront and is defined by its shimmering pillowed-glass windows which offer panoramic views stretching from Table Mountain to the Table Bay harbour. This luxury accommodation occupies six floors above the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) which houses Africa’s largest collection of contemporary African art. Meticulously selected by the owner of The Royal Portfolio and avid art enthusiast, Liz Biden, The Silo Hotel’s art collection houses some of Africa’s most talented, emerging, and eminent contemporary artists…
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An old train has been transformed into an incredible luxury hotel, located in Skukuza within Kruger National Park, one of Africa’s largest game reserves and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kruger Shalati: The Train on the Bridge is an elevated personal sanctuary – a hotel set aboard a newly refurbished train, and perfectly combining Africa’s most breathtaking natural splendours with well-deserved luxuries. Permanently stationed on the historically-rich Selati Bridge (above the Sabie River), Kruger Shalati offers unique luxury accommodation within a creatively re-modeled train. The hotel offers 31 rooms, consisting of 24 Train Carriage Suites and 7 Bridge…
A culinary odyssey: The Vivo Restaurant has become the destination in Cotonou for epicureans in search of the new and the uncommon. Enjoy a rich and surprising taste experience, with updated interpretations of international dishes enhanced by authentic local flavours The Sofitel Cotonou Marina Hotel & Spa has opened in the Republic of Bénin, offering a cocoon of elegance in the heart of the country’s largest city, Cotonou. Facing the beach and the ocean beyond, this 5-star hotel invites you to bask in refinement and absolute wellbeing, where each experience is designed to delight the senses. 📸Sofitel Cotonou Marina Hotel…
Overlooking the Thamalakane River in Maun (Botswana), Grays Eden introduces the first luxury boutique hotel experience to Maun. The hotel features vast verandas overlooking grassy lawns and the river itself, welcoming guests to its northern Botswana safari experience. Guests can enjoy comfortable and luxurious accommodations in five distinctive villas and seven charming cottages. The facility’s resident head chef crafts exquisite culinary delights, paired with superb wines, to enhance every visitor’s stay. Grays Eden provides the perfect retreat to unwind and acclimate, whether visitors are preparing for or returning from a safari adventure, or a business trip in Maun. Numeris Média…
Miavana by Time + Tide There is nowhere in the world like Miavana, there is no luxury, no beauty, no tranquility, no thrill to equal this blue haven. Madagascar, the fourth biggest island on earth, has been called the land in a forgotten sea, with a number of small peripheral islands off its coastline. With an unparalleled mixture of endemic wildlife and plant species in a variety of habitats from forest to reefs, Madagascar truly is one of the greatest biodiversity regions on earth. Now, step inside Miavana beach resort and experience true Malgache hospitality. Located on a secluded private island…
Welcome to Jannah, the latest hospitality project of Kenyan designer-hotelier Anna Trzebinski, who has incorporated old village buildings and outdoor spaces into one innovative “constellation hotel” – located in the former fishing village of Shela, on the Island of Lamu. Jannah—now the highest building on the skyline—features Gaudí-esque curved windows and a vertiginous staircase tower, which connects the bedrooms to the penthouse and communal roof terrace. The Swahili-chic décor is punctuated with touches of glamour, and terraces overlook the wooden dhows on the bay—three of which are at the disposal of Jannah guests. Jannah owns a canopied and cushioned barge,…
Molori Mashuma is a world-class, luxury tented camp located on a private concession in the pristine and untouched wilderness of Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe – a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Zimbabwe. Offering the well-heeled adventurer a truly immersive and authentic African safari experience in one of Africa’s most spectacular ecosystems, this luxury camp is situated on the banks of Mashuma Pan, and has six beautifully appointed tented suites, each with a private deck, en-suite bathroom and outdoor shower. Two villa-style tented suites comfortably accommodate up to four adults and include a private pool. Molori Mashuma was listed…
Designed by British filmmaker Guy Ritchie, the WildKitchen (an elegant outdoors kitchen) combines a luxurious canvas and hardwood dining space (the adjustable WildTent) with a multifunctional Barbeque oven and dining table (the WildTable) , giving diners al fresco dining experience par excellence. Whatever style of cuisine, the WildKitchen delivers – flame grilling, steam, teppanyaki 📸 TheLuxeReview The WildKitchen has been described as pulling together a primal outdoor dining experience, an artisanal elegance, and superb craftsmanship. More than than just a dining experience, the WildKitchen provides a completely controllable indoor and outdoor dining environment, allowing guests – it can accommodate up…
Behind-the-Scenes – The making of the ‘Drunken Monkey’ wallpaper 🎥 Divine Savages A bold wallpaper has always helped to build a lavish sense of drama. In comes Divine Savages whose clear game is to steer house-proud home-owners away from mass-produced, boring and uninspiring wall design, into the realm of stunning wallpapers. 📸 Divine Savages One of the results is the Drunken Monkey Black Gold wallpaper collection – an exquisite combination of metallic gold with an off-black base, printed traditionally on a luxuriously fibrous paper, and working exquisitely as a living room wallpaper. The “Drunken Monkey” is inspired by the hypothesis that humans…
An elegant atmosphere, Mediterranean charm, and your choice of views onto the hills, the Shape Club pool, or the Garrigue Scrubland – this is the kind of comfort, connection, and mindfulness you will find at the heart of Lily of the Valley – a wellness retreat conceived by father and daughter duo, Alain and Lucie Weill. Looking over the sandy Gigaro beach (just five minutes away), the stunning property is a short 20 minutes from Saint-Tropez (France), and welcomes guests to a year-round wellness sanctuary This luxury wellness is hotel was designed by the famous Philippe Starck and draws inspiration…