Blogs by Trip Type - Romantic Escape

The Marais House is as quintessentially Parisian and eclectic as they get. Situated on one of the oldest street in the Marais, the 16th-century, five-story b&b also doubles as a highly coveted location for film productions and photo shoots (including a glamorous spread with Laura Dern in W magazine a few years ago). The owner completely transformed the upscale city chateau, formerly a gold-lea...

Interiors, lifestyle and architecture photographer (The New York Times, Dwell, LA Times) and blogger Laure Joliet recently made a trip to Todos Santos to visit her dad’s new house.While she was there, she made a stop at the markedly different Todos Santos Inn for dinner and a cocktail at sunset and was instantly captivated by the grand old hacienda from the 19th century, full of magnificent, wel...

Great Hotels in Cape Cod & Martha's Vineyard Pleasant Bay Village Resort Motel: Chatham, MA (Cape Cod)Property 58 low-key rooms and suites on 6 woodland acres in Chatham, Massachusetts. The motel is just minutes from town and moments from Pleasant Bay (great for kids since it is warmer and calmer than the ocean). Families who like to eat out will be fine in a room, but those who need kitchens...

This AD 1112 Tuscan castle, situated in an olive tree grove and endless gardens between the mountains and the sea, could not possibly be more revered among travel editors. I first read about it in Vogue, where Vicki Woods describes the fairytale spread as “a thing of vast antiquity and beautiful proportions that floats above the ancient hills.”  Once it snagged my attention, it seemed to ...