Takatu Lodge only has 4 rooms, but set in the vineyards of Matakana north of Auckland, it’s worth visiting. Cute nearby beaches for picnics and plenty to do like sculpture trails and homemade icecream eating. Read on…
Honeymoons
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Stay a night in the vines at Matakana
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Chilling out in an Ice Hotel
Personally I can’t think of much worse than tromping through ice to spend the night in an igloo. Oh sure it may be a fancy pants igloo, but an igloo by any other name is still an igloo. However hand carved Ice Hotels are incredibly popular, so if spending the night on an ice slab [...]
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Top 5 destinations for lovin’
If it’s romance you’re after but you need some inspiration, check out my picks for the best places to take your love in Zambia, Oman, California, Bali and Tahiti…
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Escape to Tahiti’s Fakarava – with a convict!
It’s not every day you get escorted across an idyllic Tahitian lagoon by a criminal. Especially one that has snuck back onto the island after being expelled. Everyone is related to someone over here on the atoll of Fakarava. I’m on a small motor boat heading across the 65km long, rectangular lagoon to a teeny, [...]
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Top 10 sexiest hotels in the world
Enough with the romance already. If you think Valentine’s Day is too sickly sweet, The Luxury Travel Bible has gone a little more raunchy and come up with the Top Ten Sexiest Hotels in the World… They include a range of designer hotels, from luxury boutique hotels with all-black walls and bedside copies of the [...]
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A posh night at Bay of Islands Lodge
We were lucky to get in for a night at the Bay of Islands Lodge, and only managed thanks to a sudden cancellation. This fancy 5-star lodge clings to a cliff at Paihia and has stunning views over native bush to the Veronica Channel. (I have no idea who Veronica is either. Do feel free [...]
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Touring Northland: Waipoua Lodge
Remember that ad campaign that went ‘don’t leave town till you’ve seen the country’? When I was 17 my parents took heed of the advice and off we went on a 2-week driving tour around the South Island before I headed off to the US as an exchange student. With all due respect to the [...]
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Sexiest hotels in Europe
Whether this is the defining list or not, I can’t confirm as sexiness quite possibly has something to do with the person you’re with. However, Tripadvisor’s many thousand voters have nominated these hotels as the sexiest in Europe and I figured you’d want to book tickets immediately: Berlin: Propeller Island City Lodge. Famous for its [...]
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A weekend at Milestone Cottages, Mangawhai
I am ashamed to say I’ve lived in Auckland for 15 years and I’ve never been to Mangawhai. Apalling I know. But this weekend I remedied that and headed 80 minutes north of the city – taking the fancy new toll road. (Oops, that reminds me, I’d better log on and pay my $2 each [...]
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Aussie! Olivia Newton-John’s Gaia Retreat
Gaia Retreat and Spa is Olivia Newton-John’s place. 20 chalet style rooms from standard to executive suites and a major focus on wellness. And for the record, I have it on very good authority that all these rumours about her ex showing up? Rubbish. I flew into Ballina from Sydney, picked up a car at [...]
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