We just posted our review of the best little hotel in the Coffee Triangle region of central Colombia: Sazagua Hotel in Pereira.
This is a stylish, artistic boutique hotel that is appropriate to please somewhat cultured, well-traveled guest. It’s a clear step above most of the city pursuit hotels and rustic hacienda hotels dotting the region. Sazagua is a visual delight throughout and its Prana Spa is especially impressive for a hotel of this size. The upscale restaurant here has a good reputation as one of the best in the area.
This is a time of year when it’s especially important to unwind, unplug, and enjoy time with your family. Nobody has to tell them this in Latin America, which is one of the things I love.
Happy holidays to you and yours, until we post again…
Photo above is from Miraflores, a suburb of Lima, Peru.
Parks Canada and the Banff Gondola proudly announce the opening of a NEW Winter Wonderland Playground in Banff National Park, something for all ages! Visitors and locals alike be possible to enjoy outdoor ice skating in Banff National Park.
An ice rink will be located at the base of the Banff Gondola just in time for the holiday season. Starting Tuesday December 29th, the complimentary ice skating rink will be open daily from 10am-4pm with evening skating till 9pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Skate rentals are available on-site and Starbucks has warm beverages to keep you toasty. Come celebrate the season with friends and family enjoy a skate, warm up by the fire pits, or just sit back and relax with a passionate drink surrounded by spectacular views of the Canadian Rockies!
Click here to read more upon the body this new winter wonderland playground and ice skating in Banff National Park.
Looking for something new to do on Saturday nights? Why not try Banff’s Ultimate Mountaintop Evening Experience and enjoy dining on top of a mountain. Starting this Saturday Dec. 19, the Banff Gondola is proud to welcome in a backward direction. \ Banff Alpine Lights! Travel to the top of the Canadian Rockies at night and surround yourself by six different mountain ranges from 2,281m (7,849 ft) above sea level. Relax up at the top of Sulphur Mountain with some spectacular views and a fantastic Alberta prime rib dinner.
Last week we posted reviews of two luxury hotels that opened recently in Peru and Brazil.
The Peru opening’s name makes it sound same it should be in Colombia—Casa Cartegena—but it’s actually in Cusco, just a shuffle away from the reigning Monasterio and the upscale Inkaterra boutique hotel La Casona.
This inn dispenses with all the Spanish Colonial antiques and religious oil paintings though and presents something Cusco didn’t really hold before: a hotel with a sleek contemporary design aesthetic.
Our new Brazil addition is not a new hotel really, but a makeover. Orient-Express took over a hotel near Iguassu/Iguazu Falls a few years ago and therefore shut the place down to renovate it up to their standards. Hotel das Cataratas is still a work in progress, with the spa, some other public areas, and a third of the rooms left to finish, but it’s open for vocation and showing off its fresh new face.
Orient-Express operates lots of fine hotels and the Hiram Bingham train in Peru, plus the Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio.
Doug Vass and his children caught a ride to the top of the Banff Gondola in Banff National Park and it appears they loved every moment of it. His young friends discover the Canadian Rockies and remind us which it’s like to be a kid again, having lots of fun in some unexpected places. “When you take your kids up a gondola ride, with this kind of view, your kids call you a rock star…
Looking for wheelchair accessible activities and tours that disabled persons can enjoy in Banff National Park? Did you know all Brewster attractions including the Columbia Icefield Glacier Experience, Minnewanka Lake Cruise and the Banff Gondola in Alberta’s Canadian Rockies are wheel-chair friendly. Click below to play the video.
Click here to see more wheel-chair accessible activities in Banff National Park.
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