A dog enjoys the sights and smells of the Colorado High Country. Photo credit: Wojciech Gajda for Fotolia.com.
Are you a dog lover and mountain traveler? Then you and your pet will feel at home at dog-friendly Antlers at Vail.
The Rockies condominiums and conference center even welcomes dogs with a bottomless bowl of dog biscuits in the front lobby.
Fancy a fall cottage holiday? If you’re living or traveling in Britain, then look at country house hotel Cottage in the Wood in Worcestershire.
Throughout September and October, the hotel is featuring special 3-nights-for-2 “Awesome Autumn Breaks”.
On a wooded hillside in the Malvern Hills, the 30-bedroom Cottage in the Wood offers views across the Severn Valley. Directly from the hotel grounds, guests can walk onto the Malvern Hills.
In the mountains of northern Thailand, Chiang Mai’s Tamarind Village can be a welcome retreat to travelers.
The hotel’s 42 rooms and three suites are centred around a series of garden courtyards.
Lake Garda, Italy. Photo credit: Italian State Tourist Board
If you’re planning a holiday to Italy, think about the stunning destination of Lake Garda. On the southeastern shores of Lake Garda, new Hotel Corte Valier has opened in the town of Lazise.
Originally a Franciscan monastery, the hotel’s main structure then belonged to many aristocrastic families. Recently restored, the 84-bedroom hotel offers a wellness area, Turkish bath, Kneipp route, inside and outside pools, fitness area and solarium.
The hotel also features the Dome, a panoramic restaurant, and the Hall Bar with a large terrace overlooking the lake.
For more info, visit Hotel Corte Valier.
Fancy learning mountaineering in China? Then take a look at the new Adventure Awaits experience at Fairmont Yangcheng Lake in Kunshan, China.
The program is part of the new Apprentice-Trips by Fairmont program offered by Fairmont Hotels & Resorts worldwide.
Situated in Yangcheng Lake Park, this waterfront hotel will provide an experienced mountain guide to teach the ins and outs of mountaineering. The package will be available April 1 – October 31, 2010 and include rock climbing activities, accommodation and buffet breakfast for two.
For more info, check out Fairmont.com.
Image courtesy of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
When you’re traveling in the mountains, some of the best and most authentic hotels are the B&Bs. In the hills and olive groves of Andalusia, Spain, there’s a new boutique B&B Casa Olea.
Based at Casa Olea, mountain travelers can explore the mountains of the Sierras Subbéticas on self-guided walking tours and mountain biking trips.
They can also visit the “Moorish wonders” Granada and Córdoba, picturesque “white villages” and medieval hill-top castles. In the evenings, guests can return back to a home-cooked meal at Casa Olea.
Are you planning a mountain trip in Andalusia? After your mountain adventure, you can find many lovely hotels to stay in this stunning region of Spain.
Just ask Stylish Places to Stay, a travel company that specializes in stylish hotels and accommodation worldwide. Recently, the company released its 2009/2010 Andalusia Collection.
Here are a few stylish places to stay in Andalusia:
Fancy a romantic getaway? If you’ll be in New Zealand, think about spending Valentine’s Day or another romantic escape in stunning Queenstown.
On the shores of picturesque Lake Wakatipu, Oaks Hotels & Resorts has “cosy love nests”, romantic gourmet restaurants and rustic wineries.
The company features luxury hotel style rooms or spacious apartments at Oaks Club Resort and Oaks Shores, overlooking Lake Wakatipu, Cecil Peak and the Remarkables Mountain ranges.
For more info,visit Oaks Hotels & Resorts online.
Image courtesy of Oaks Hotels & Resorts
In Jackson Hole, luxury log lodge Bentwood Inn is teaming up with The Wilderness Society to offer winter travelers WinterGreen Vacations.
For guests who stay at Bentwood Inn from January through March, 2010, the inn will donate 2% of their lodging to The Wilderness Society. The inn is located down the road from the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and the South Entrance to Grand Teton National Park.
WinterGreen Vacations is a beta-testing program with 17 small, eco-friendly and independently-owned selected inns and B&Bs across the United States. In 2011, the program hopes to go national with potentially thousands of U.S. inns and B&Bs.
Luxury Cape Town hotel Beaumont House is flying high in 2010.
The boutique hotel has teamed up with Thunder City to give guests a bird’s eye view of Cape Town with fast jet flying experiences in ex-military performance fighter jets the BAe Buccaneer and the Hawker Hunter.
This summer, for the Fifa World Cup, Beaumont House is featuring a special seven night package with the flying experience.
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