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Europe > Spain > Mallorca


Reads is a privately owned, totally unique 5 star luxury hotel with just 23 rooms. Situated at the foot of the Tramuntana mountains it is surrounded by 20,000m2 of landscaped gardens and its own vineyard, beautiful countryside and utter peace and tranquillity yet is just 15 minutes by car or 20 minutes by train from the magic
city of Palma.

The magnificent stone house dates back to the 16th century and was converted to a hotel over a period of 7 years. The style can best be described as an eclectic mix of contemporary, classic and the designer’s vivid imagination which echo the owner’s philosophy that a hotel must be a theatre of dreams and surprises.

Rooms
15 of the rooms are suites and 8 are doubles. Each has been individually designed and all have views over the gardens or the surrounding countryside. Each of the suites (including Junior Suites) has its own terrace with the exception of the Princess Suite which has three balconies. All rooms have the facilities expected in a 5 star hotel, including 24 hour room service.

The bathrooms have double wash basins, full size bath with shower and Molton Brown accessories. All categories of suites also have a walk in shower. Every room has a Bang & Olufsen television and the suites have a second television in the bedroom.

Restaurants
The heart of any luxury hotel must be its kitchen, and both of READS Restaurants, Bacchus and Bistro33, certainly allow READS to live up to this.

BACCHUS offers a fine dining experience, with its acclaimed MICHELIN STARRED a la carte menu, impressive 12 metre arches and fresco decorated walls.

Bistro33 with its menu of bistro style dishes and its setting of the 18th century olive pressing room offers a completely different dining experience to Bacchus

The Gardens and READS Vineyard
The 20,00m2 of landscaped gardens and the vineyard with the Tramuntana Mountains behind provide the perfect frame for the beautiful house. And everywhere there are the sights and sounds of nature.

Wander through the vineyard and see how the grapes are coming on or ask a waiter to place a sun bed under a tree so you can watch the sunset. And then retire to Browns for a glass of Reads wine. The perfect end to the perfect day.


The Vespasian Spa
A spa in the true meaning of the word. This 650m2 building is just 20 metres from the main hotel building and has been designed, without regard to expense, only to relax the mind and body in the most beautiful of settings.

There are always a minimum of three professional therapists on hand offering treatments from the spa’s extensive menu using both ESPA and YTSARA products. And during the summer months treatments can be taken on the private Vespasian terrace overlooking the Tramuntana Mountains.

Contact Details
Address	Read's Hotel & Restaurant Santa María · Mallorca Balearic Islands, Spain
Tel	+34 971 14 02 61
Fax	+34 971 14 07 62
Email	readshotel@readshotel.com
Website	www.readshotel.com

Europe > Spain > Elciego



The Marqués de Riscal Hotel, The Luxury Collection is a true example of modernity and innovation set against the backdrop of an old, traditional winery. Its 43 rooms are fitted with the today’s most desirable luxuries. These amenities include: LCD televisions, CD recorders, coffee and tea sets, marble baths, and high-speed Internet access.

The hotel is operated by the Starwood Hotels & Resorts group under its prestigious brand “The Luxury Collection”. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the world’s leading companies in the hotel and leisure industry with approximately 850 establishments in over 95 countries.

Wine Spa
Enjoy the sensations and revitalising properties of the wine grape. The Hotel Marques de Riscal includes a vinotherapie® spa operated by the pioneers in this kind of treatment: Caudalie.

Visitors will be able to take advantage of unique treatments that combine the benefits of mineral rich hot spring water and the extracts of the grape and wine, rich in polyphenols.

The vinotherapie® spa at the Marques de Riscal Hotel is the first in Spain, joining those in France, Italy, the United States and Taiwan. Caudalie, under the management of Matilde and Bertrand Thomas, introduced their first vinotherapie® spa in 1999, in the vineyards of Chateau Smith Aut. Laffite in Bordeaux (France).

Contact Details
Address	Calle Torrea, 1 Elciego,01340 Spain
Tel	+34 945 18 08 80
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Website	www.hotel-marquesderiscal.com

South America > Brazil > Sibauma


Kilombo 5Villas & Spa is a minimalist resort which offers a new concept of luxury accommodation and tourism. Kilombo consists of 5 exclusive villas located in the northeast of Brazil, on the paradise beach of Sibaúma. Each of the villas overlooks the ocean and offers stunning views to the rising moon. We invite you to visit us and learn more about Kilombo. We are convinced you will like it!

Its sauvage environment is a breath for the soul. The peculiarity of tis seacoast, where a cliff together with the wide virginal extension of their beaches make of Sibauma an exotical place, where horse riding, walking and driving a buggy adquires a completely different dimension.

It houses one of the lattest protected areas of turtle spawning. The small fishermen town and the calm of its inhibitants give us all the time within your grasp.

Contact Details
Address	Rua das Tartarugas s/n. Sibauma Rio Grande do Norte Brasil
Tel	+55 84 32 46 55 34
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Website	www.kilombovillas.com

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This hotel is truly unique, but its website is in Portuguese only. We're trying to work out something. Will be updated.

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Website	www.uniquegarden.com.br

Europe > Belgium >


One of our favourites! Nooz' website is only in Dutch at the moment, so we're trying to work something out. Will be updated.

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Tel	+32 14 50 20 53
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Website	www.nooz.be (Dutch only)

South America > Brazil > Ubatuba


A charming pousada in an exceptional natural setting, where you can interact with nature and the local life; a limited number of rooms that makes Picinguaba very special, a high class hideaway with privileged service, and the possibility to book the whole hotel for special family or group of friends occasions.

Picinguaba overlooks a peaceful bay at the heart of the Natural Park of Serra do Mar, the tropical coastal forest running between Rio and São Paulo, about half an hour's drive south of Paraty. It is the only charming hotel in a 30km radius. It faces the sea and a 3 km-long protected sandy beach. The hotel offers 10 comfortable rooms all opening onto the natural surroundings and the sea, including a dream honeymoon suite with en-suite jacuzzi and a breathtaking view of the ocean. The local road stops at the beach and one has to walk the last 250m to the hotel, nestled in the forest.

Pousada Picinguaba was selected in HIP HOTELS ATLAS (2005) by Herbert Ypma as one of the 80 most extraordinary hotels around the world.

Everything here is attuned to the spirit of the place, with nothing to disturb nature's magic: no TV or telephone in the rooms, no Internet. This place is for you to be in a different world, the only sounds are the wind in the palm trees and the sea gently lapping the shore.

Contact Details
Address	Rua G, 130, Vila Picinguaba 11680-000 UBATUBA-SP BRAZIL
Tel	+55 12 38 36 91 05
Fax	+55 12 38 36 91 03
Email	info@picinguaba.com
Website	www.picinguaba.com/en