Reviews

Aspire journalists and agent readers review the best in luxury travel, from hotel suites, restaurants and spas to cruise ships, trains and airlines’ business and first-class.

Review: Portetta, Courchevel 1650

Review: Portetta, Courchevel 1650

Its close proximity to the ski lift – just two minutes away – means it’s the only hotel here that’s ski-in ski-out

Review: At Six, Stockholm

Review: At Six, Stockholm

I loved the quirkiness of the hotel, and particularly enjoyed the Listening Lounge area.

The Lodge Verbier, Switzerland

Switzerland

The Lodge Verbier, Switzerland

Sandwiched between bottle-green pines and plunging mountains in the Swiss Alps. It’s 250 metres from the main ski lifts and a five-minute walk from the upscale bars and shops that line Verbier, which you reach via cable car from Le Châble station.

Rosewood London, London, UK

England

Rosewood London, London, UK

Rosewood is one of the only five-star properties in the Holborn area and is a short walk from Covent Garden, Soho and Bloomsbury, making it a perfect base for first-time visitors to London.

Review: TRS Yucatan Hotel

Mexico

Review: TRS Yucatan Hotel

Adults-only all-inclusive property which forms part of the Grand Palladium Resorts complex on the Mayan Riviera

Review: Waldorf Astoria, Berlin

Review: Waldorf Astoria, Berlin

The Waldorf Astoria is renowned for its iconic culinary offerings, claiming to have created dishes such as the Waldorf salad and sweet treat the red velvet cake