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Sep 20, 2014, 2:28 pm
#1186
Join Date: May 2012
Location: UK
Programs: Leaders Unlimited,Fairmont Platinum,SLH Loved,IC Ambassador
Posts: 490
Marbella to the Puente Romanos - great beach bar and restaurant
Marbella club- great fine dining and rooms
Finca Cortesin - great golf and afew rooms with pools!
Sunborn Gibraltar, newly opened superyacht hotel.
Oh and an old favourite Four Seasons Hampshire, for oliver the dog (ok not for the dog but he is a nice one!) but my sone LOVES their slide in the playpark, also lovely environment, furbished beautifully, wow views and a fun weekend break.
Marbella club- great fine dining and rooms
Finca Cortesin - great golf and afew rooms with pools!
Sunborn Gibraltar, newly opened superyacht hotel.
Oh and an old favourite Four Seasons Hampshire, for oliver the dog (ok not for the dog but he is a nice one!) but my sone LOVES their slide in the playpark, also lovely environment, furbished beautifully, wow views and a fun weekend break.
Oct 2, 2014, 6:12 pm
#1187
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Southern California, USA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador and LTT, UA Plat/LT Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 8,764
Tomorrow we leave for:
Paris (Park Hyatt)
Tel Aviv (Sheraton)
Istanbul (Park Hyatt)
London (Halkin)...
...with our first flights on the A380: AF F A380 LAX-CDG...and BA F A380 LHR-LAX return.
Dinners planned at:
Paris--
Guy Savoy
Joel Robuchon St. Germaine
L'Arpege
Tel Aviv--
Catit
Messa
Istanbul--
Mikla
Sunset Grill and Bar
Topaz
London--
The Ledbury hopefully!
Paris (Park Hyatt)
Tel Aviv (Sheraton)
Istanbul (Park Hyatt)
London (Halkin)...
...with our first flights on the A380: AF F A380 LAX-CDG...and BA F A380 LHR-LAX return.
Dinners planned at:
Paris--
Guy Savoy
Joel Robuchon St. Germaine
L'Arpege
Tel Aviv--
Catit
Messa
Istanbul--
Mikla
Sunset Grill and Bar
Topaz
London--
The Ledbury hopefully!
Last edited by bhrubin; Oct 2, 2014 at 7:10 pm
Oct 2, 2014, 6:43 pm
#1189
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 3,317
Sounds like a great trip. Not sure this is the place for it, but interested in your choice of hotel for both TLV and LON.
Oct 2, 2014, 6:56 pm
#1190
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Southern California, USA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador and LTT, UA Plat/LT Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 8,764
(We normally stay at the PH, MO, Westin Vendome, or the Hotel de Vendome when in Paris, since we love the Vendome area, as you can tell. This is our first trip to Istanbul. Had the St. Regis Istanbul been open, we might have tried it.)
I'm SPG Plat 75, and I'll be in TLV alone to visit friends while my husband is at a trade show in Germany. Since there wasn't any particularly great hotel in TLV central that spoke to me, I decided to pick up SPG points and just stay at the Sheraton. (The W doesn't open until next year.) It's my second time there; last time we stayed at the Montefiore boutique hotel--very nice, but small rooms.
In London, we now always stay at the Halkin. It's our favorite in the city for the money. We love the location (quiet residential street within walking distance to almost everywhere we like to go, and it's 2 blocks off the Piccadilly line to/from Heathrow), we love the size, we love its chic, modern design, we love the service, and the rooms are spacious and very comfortable--all for a much better rate than some of the larger, more formally luxe hotels that aren't quite our style (we are Amanjunkies if that helps). We also enjoyed the new Ametsa with Arzak Instruction restaurant, and room service breakfast is amazing. The Halkin has made us big fans of COMO.
Hope that helps!
Oct 2, 2014, 7:36 pm
#1191
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 3,317
Thanks! We used pre-devaluation Hyatt points for Park King Suites at the PH Paris and Istanbul. Check!
(We normally stay at the PH, MO, Westin Vendome, or the Hotel de Vendome when in Paris, since we love the Vendome area, as you can tell. This is our first trip to Istanbul. Had the St. Regis Istanbul been open, we might have tried it.)
I'm SPG Plat 75, and I'll be in TLV alone to visit friends while my husband is at a trade show in Germany. Since there wasn't any particularly great hotel in TLV central that spoke to me, I decided to pick up SPG points and just stay at the Sheraton. (The W doesn't open until next year.) It's my second time there; last time we stayed at the Montefiore boutique hotel--very nice, but small rooms.
In London, we now always stay at the Halkin. It's our favorite in the city for the money. We love the location (quiet residential street within walking distance to almost everywhere we like to go, and it's 2 blocks off the Piccadilly line to/from Heathrow), we love the size, we love its chic, modern design, we love the service, and the rooms are spacious and very comfortable--all for a much better rate than some of the larger, more formally luxe hotels that aren't quite our style (we are Amanjunkies if that helps). We also enjoyed the new Ametsa with Arzak Instruction restaurant, and room service breakfast is amazing. The Halkin has made us big fans of COMO.
Hope that helps!
(We normally stay at the PH, MO, Westin Vendome, or the Hotel de Vendome when in Paris, since we love the Vendome area, as you can tell. This is our first trip to Istanbul. Had the St. Regis Istanbul been open, we might have tried it.)
I'm SPG Plat 75, and I'll be in TLV alone to visit friends while my husband is at a trade show in Germany. Since there wasn't any particularly great hotel in TLV central that spoke to me, I decided to pick up SPG points and just stay at the Sheraton. (The W doesn't open until next year.) It's my second time there; last time we stayed at the Montefiore boutique hotel--very nice, but small rooms.
In London, we now always stay at the Halkin. It's our favorite in the city for the money. We love the location (quiet residential street within walking distance to almost everywhere we like to go, and it's 2 blocks off the Piccadilly line to/from Heathrow), we love the size, we love its chic, modern design, we love the service, and the rooms are spacious and very comfortable--all for a much better rate than some of the larger, more formally luxe hotels that aren't quite our style (we are Amanjunkies if that helps). We also enjoyed the new Ametsa with Arzak Instruction restaurant, and room service breakfast is amazing. The Halkin has made us big fans of COMO.
Hope that helps!
I love the PH Vendome. The smell....probably the best smelling hotel around!
Oct 3, 2014, 12:16 am
#1193
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: EDI/BAH
Programs: BAEC Gold, Falconflyer Gold, The Ritz-Carlton Silver
Posts: 163
1. The Fullerton Bay Hotel, Singapore
2. Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
3. Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
4. Mandarin Oriental, Macau
5. Hilton GardenInn, Aberdeen
Unconfirmed:
1. Shangri-La, London
2. Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
3. Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
4. Mandarin Oriental, Macau
5. Hilton GardenInn, Aberdeen
Unconfirmed:
1. Shangri-La, London
Last edited by malioil; Oct 7, 2014 at 7:36 am
Oct 3, 2014, 12:07 pm
#1195
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: France
Posts: 971
We have added some destinations in our schedule 
- Balmoral Edinburgh (October)
- Peninsula Hong Kong (December)
- Mamilla Jerusalem & the Norman Tel Aviv (December/January)
- Aman Canal Grande (March)
- Peninsula Manilla & Amanpulo (March/April)
- Balmoral Edinburgh (October)
- Peninsula Hong Kong (December)
- Mamilla Jerusalem & the Norman Tel Aviv (December/January)
- Aman Canal Grande (March)
- Peninsula Manilla & Amanpulo (March/April)
Oct 6, 2014, 11:18 pm
#1197
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Enroute to ? & likely flying in ' A ':)
Programs: TPPS, UA, EK ...; Marriott BONVOY , HH, GP, GC..
Posts: 4,217
Oct : MOHK
Nov : After some dithering , SLA or Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet ; we will be at Four Seasons Istanbul at the Bosphorus
Amanpuri
Nov : After some dithering , SLA or Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet ; we will be at Four Seasons Istanbul at the Bosphorus
Amanpuri
Oct 7, 2014, 7:37 am
#1198
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: EDI/BAH
Programs: BAEC Gold, Falconflyer Gold, The Ritz-Carlton Silver
Posts: 163
Three very excellent choices- you can't go wrong with either FS in Istanbul, though my personal preference (and a very slight one at that) is for the Sultanahmet. I hope to be able to stick a quick weekend there again before the year is out.
Oct 9, 2014, 3:43 am
#1199
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Southern California, USA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador and LTT, UA Plat/LT Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 8,764
In Tel Aviv now after having been at the PH Vendome Paris last weekend.
Oct 9, 2014, 4:45 am
#1200
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 361
If it fits your schedule (and provided it's not too cold), would suggest to have drinks on the FS Sultanahmet roof terrace at sunset - great view of Haghia Sophia and the Bosphorus, and they also serve light snacks. The restaurant is fine - nice and peaceful setting in the interior courtyard, but the food is not exceptionally special.