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Sep 27, 2016, 3:13 pm

#2281

bhrubin

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Thursday we depart for:

Lufthansa F/J LAX-FRA-VCE (award flight)
Gritti Palace, Venice (SPG award stay)
Excelsior Gallia, Milan (SPG award stay)
Park Tower Knightsbridge, London (SPG award stay)
American F LHR-LAX (award flight)

With meals at

1* Ristorante da Fiore (Venice)
3* Le Calandre (Rubano)
Aman Grand Canal (Venice)
1* Ristorante Quadri (Venice)
1* Il Ridotto (Venice)
Club del Doge (Venice)
1* Ristorante Berton (Milan)
2* Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadie (Milan)
1* Ristorante Alice (Milan)
2* The Ledbury (London)
2* Marcus (London)

Oct 2, 2016, 8:31 am

#2282

MacMyDay

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Location: England

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Originally Posted by bhrubin

2* Marcus (London)

See you next Sunday! We will be staying at The Berkeley in one of their new first floor rooms this Friday, then La Reserve Paris the week after.

Oct 2, 2016, 1:14 pm

#2283

faustthetraveller

Join Date: Jun 2015

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MO Bodrum next week with a last minute decision since the weather is still very promising in October. Amanruya had unfortunately closed the season earlier.

Oct 2, 2016, 1:36 pm

#2284

Kagehitokiri

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ruya even did 3rd night free

faust343, you/agent might see if MO management negotiates on rates last minute

Oct 2, 2016, 1:44 pm

#2285

SanDiego1K

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Quote:

Originally Posted by faust343

MO Bodrum next week with a last minute decision since the weather is still very promising in October. Amanruya had unfortunately closed the season earlier.

Please report on it in the Bodrum thread after your stay. I, for one, would greatly appreciate it.

Oct 2, 2016, 1:52 pm

#2286

obscure2k

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Originally Posted by bhrubin

Sounds like a wonderful trip and what a great use of award points. ^

Oct 3, 2016, 2:03 am

#2287

Pausanias

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bhrubin

With meals at

1* Ristorante da Fiore (Venice)
3* Le Calandre (Rubano)
Aman Grand Canal (Venice)
1* Ristorante Quadri (Venice)
1* Il Ridotto (Venice)
Club del Doge (Venice)
1* Ristorante Berton (Milan)
2* Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadie (Milan)
1* Ristorante Alice (Milan)
2* The Ledbury (London)
2* Marcus (London)

Very enslaved to Monsieur Michelin if you don't mind my saying so. Yet I must say the worst meal I was served last year was at the Club del Doge in the Gritti Palace. Every course was awful, the service arrogant, the atmosphere funereal. There are much better places in Venice to waste your money!

Oct 3, 2016, 2:09 am

#2288

Epicura

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Originally Posted by bhrubin

Sounds like a great trip, enjoy! I will be at the Excelsior Gallia in 3 weeks. Serie A AC Milan-Juve

Oct 3, 2016, 4:18 am

#2289

vuittonsofstyle

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Originally Posted by Pausanias

Totally agree about the Gritti. Awful food and beyond arrogant service.

Oct 3, 2016, 7:19 am

#2290

offerendum

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Originally Posted by Kagehitokiri

ruya even did 3rd night free

faust343, you/agent might see if MO management negotiates on rates last minute

Seems if it´s not as great for the hospitality industrie at the moment as many people think.... Everything else would wonder me.

Oct 3, 2016, 9:52 am

#2291

faustthetraveller

Join Date: Jun 2015

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SanDiego1K

Please report on it in the Bodrum thread after your stay. I, for one, would greatly appreciate it.

I will try my best with my very amateur camera if I could wake up from the glamour of the property -which I hope based on the reviews. I am not experienced in travel reports however may provide some pics and comments from the trip at least. :-)

Oct 3, 2016, 9:57 am

#2292

Kagehitokiri

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i'm thinking new zealand (besides northern italy)
wish more places had very small luxury properties

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pausanias

Very enslaved to Monsieur Michelin if you don't mind my saying so.

this is an unintentionally hilarious comment considering bhrubin's comments re michelin, perhaps mostly in DiningBuzz forum.

Oct 3, 2016, 10:18 am

#2293

aa213bb

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Apparently we will be not far behind bhrubin, as we will be spending 3 weeks in Northern Italy and Slovenia beginning in less than two weeks.

We'll hire a car, and begin in Venice, winding our way clockwise.

The absolute only thing I have booked at the moment is Osteria Francescana, and I am looking about trying to fill in the rest of our meals and hotels (in that order!).

Any recommendations - for both - are highly appreciated. As I said, we'll start in Venice, wind our way down to Modena, over to Milan, Piedmont, Lakes, Dolomites, etc etc.

Oct 3, 2016, 2:03 pm

#2294

luxtrvlwrks

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The next trip is going to be Hacienda Temozon in the Yucatan in November. Uxmal has been on my short list for a while, and we are also going to visit Kiuic and Hutchucmil, plus Celestun for a break from ruins.

I wanted to try the new Chable Resort, but I don't think it will be open in time for me to be comfortable with staying there with my pickiest client (my husband) - and it may not be open in time at all. We will just have to go back