You Must Go experiences in hotels around the world will become a book.
In 4 years of You Must GoI had the chance to stay in some of the best hotels in the world. So, nothing more natural than these experiences become a book. You 100 most spectacular hotels in the worldas stated in Bruno Astuto’s column in Revista Época, is my newest project.
The difficult part will be choosing these 100, you know? You who follow me know that I have been in stunning hotels, on different continents and I only have good memories of these places. Haute cuisine restaurants, exemplary location and exclusive service. These are usually the motto of five star hotels.
Advantages of staying in a luxury hotel
One of the biggest benefits of staying in luxury hotel It means having a team always ready to help and serve you. You janitors, for example, achieve impossible things: extremely difficult reservations and sold out tickets are some of them. Furthermore, they save us from several unlikely situations. It has happened that suitcases break, flights are canceled and other problems that only a five-star team can solve without you losing a minute of your day. That is, the hotel It may be expensive, but you save on something needed during your trip: the time.
These are the experiences of You Must Go to the best hotels in the world that will become a book. Shall we remember some of them?
Copacabana Palace, the most glamorous hotel in Rio
Let’s start with the classic Copacabana Palace, which has just turned 93 years old and was the setting for my photo in Revista Época. It was a beautiful photo session. We couldn’t think of another place in Rio when we talked about better hotels in the world. The Copa swimming pool is mythical and its halls are the stage for the hottest parties in the world. Rio. Not to mention, the wonderful restaurants that hotel tem.
Discover the Copacabana Palace Brunch
Still talking about Rio, I cannot fail to mention the Yoo2, hotel lifestyle of which I am proud to be an Ambassador. Opened that year, the hotel It has a modern concept and a breathtaking view of Botafogo Cove with Sugarloaf Mountain, one of the city’s postcards.
Read here: Yoo2 Rio, the new lifestyle hotel in the city
Hotels in Paris
In my last season at France, for example, I met 10 luxury hotels. O Shangrilaem Paris It is a sensational palace hotel, where Napoleon Bonaparte’s family lived. O Peninsula, has a more modern look, but no less glamorous. At Fouquet’s, in the middle of the Champs Elysées, I had an unforgettable stay. I loved the hotel boutique Juliana, a lovely place. The new La Reserveformer residence of fashion designer Pierre Cardin, also enchants from the moment you enter.
Read here: Juliana, five-star boutique hotel in Paris
Read more: Lunch at the Hotel Shangrilá, in Paris
Read here: Lunch at the Hotel La Reserve restaurant
Hotel restaurants in Paris
There were several restaurants with starred chefs that I went to this year, such as Custom madeby the popular Thierry Marx, by Mandarin Oriental. Another thing that enchanted me was the Epicureby Eric Frechon, non-traditional The Bristol.
Read here about our lunch at MO Paris
Read more: Lunch at Epicure restaurant
The best hotels on the Côte D’Azur
I also took a walk around French Riviera – itinerary that I love – and I stayed in more spectacular hotels. The traditional hotel Intercontinental Carlton, em Cannesis a dazzling experience and has been attended by great names in cinema.
Discover the Intercontinental Carlton Cannes Hotel
Em Saint TropezI met hotel Villa Marie and I was enchanted by its romantic air. O Grand Hotel du Cap Ferrat There’s a movie set you don’t want to leave.
Read here: Hotel Villa Marie Saint Tropez
Luxury hotels in Asia
I only have good memories of my trips to Asia. At the Mandarin Oriental of Tóquio, I had an unforgettable birthday in a presidential suite, with the city at your feet. I also had an unforgettable dinner in one of the hotel’s ten restaurants, harmonized by the best sake sommelier in Tokyo, who works there.
Read here: A luxury hotel in Tokyo
In the best hotel in Kyoto, o Park Hyattthe General Manager took me to a more than exclusive dinner, in a very authentic Japanese restaurant, where I was the only Westerner.
Read more: Hyatt Regency Kyoto, a luxury hotel
No Bangkok Mandarin Oriental, one of the best in the world – and the first of the MO brand, along with the one in Hong Kong – you don’t have to worry about any tour. The concierge recommends the best temples to go to and arranges for you to go by boat. The boatman doesn’t speak a word of English, but everything went fine.
Read here: MO Bangkok, one of the best hotels in the world
And it was the concierge FOR HKK who saved me when my flight from Taiwan to Hong Kong had been canceled and due to the time difference, I didn’t know how to solve the problem. She called the airline and resolved everything in less than an hour. I ended up sleeping at the Taiwan airport, but everything went well and I arrived brand new in Hong Kong the next day.
Discover MO Hong Kong, the group’s first hotel
Hotels in paradisiacal places
When I think about one of the most beautiful hotels where I have stayed, I immediately remember the One&Only Palmilla, in Los Cabos, not Mexico. EITHER hotel It’s a little paradise where you don’t have the slightest desire to leave. It has incredible architecture and landscaping that interacts very well with the context in which it is located.
Read here: One&Only Palmilla, luxury and comfort in Mexico
Guests are offered numerous activities, such as boat trips and excursions to the hotel’s organic garden. hotel. Surprise treats are left in the rooms every night. More than special care for the guest.
Another unforgettable trip, it was to resort Jumby Bay, da rede Rosewood. Located in Antigua, close to Miamiit’s one of those hotels where you don’t need to leave it to be happy. The landscape is unbelievable: a perfect beach, with white sand and calm turquoise sea, with palm trees all around and a climate that is always moderate. It is located on a 300-acre private island. There are 40 private suites and villas with houses with 2 to 4 bedrooms. Crazy thing, you know?
Read more: Jumby Bay, an island to call your own
And more recently, another paradisiacal hotel I stayed in was the Belmond La Samanna, em Saint Martin. The idea was to spend days upside down, with sophistication and comfort, on a paradisiacal beach, with 5-star accommodation and I got exactly what I wanted to celebrate my birthday.
Read here: The luxurious Hotel Belmond La Samanna
You Must Go experiences in the best hotels in the world become a book
These were some examples of hotels who did the trip be perfect and that will certainly be in my book. So, keep following us here to travel with us to these wonderful destinations and discover more and more spectacular hotels.
By Renata Araujo
Photos: Felipe O’Neill, Renata Araujo and Disclosure
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