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Luxury Getaways
The Egerton House Hotel Location This hotel is between the Knightsbridge and South Kensington tube stations, a few minutes walk from Harrods. Highlight It’s like staying in a much-loved private English townhouse. Enjoy the drawing room’s card games and eclectic collection of old and current hardcover books. Cuisine Walk to the nearby former Michelin Tyre Company headquarters, now Sir Terence Conran’s iconic Bibendum restaurant complex. Room to book Number 42 on the top floor is like the inside of a cream and beige striped tent, complete with fabric-swathed cathedral ceiling. Rooms 30. GM Sandra Anido. 44-20-7589-2412, egertonhousehotel.co.uk
Willard InterContinental Washington Location A stone’s throw from the White House, this historic hotel is also handy to the Capitol, the Washington Monument and many other important landmarks. Highlight During the National Cherry Blossom Festival (March 31 to April 15), the city is awash in pale pink petals, a reminder of the 3,000 cherry trees that were a gift from the city of Tokyo to the people of Washington, D.C., in 1912. Thing to do Head to the International Spy Museum, a few blocks away. This is the only public museum in the world solely dedicated to the history and contemporary role of espionage. Insider tip From time to time, they have fashion shows in the hotel’s elegant Peacock Alley during afternoon tea. Rooms 341. GM Hervé Houdré. 202-628-9100, intercontinental.com
Evason Hideaway & Spa Location This spa retreat is a 23-kilometre drive south of Hua Hin on the coast at Pran Buri. Cuisine Enjoy breakfast in your villa or in the Living Room, the courtyard lounge, complete with local musicians. A special spa menu, called Balanced Cuisine, is designed to complement your spa treatments. Room to book Villa 2 overlooks lush tropical gardens (beyond which are the beach and ocean) and has a 10-metre green stone private pool. Spa At the 14,920-square-foot Earth Spa by Six Senses, treatments are held in nine domed buildings constructed in traditional rural style. The comprehensive spa menu offers Skin Food, which means that nothing is put on your skin that could not be eaten. Rooms 185, plus 40 villas. GM Pieter van der Hoeven. 66-32-618-200, evasonhideaways.com
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Mary Gostelow is the editor-in-chief of Wow Travel, the online magazine of