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The luxury hotels that we select under the label of The Luxurians offer a modern approach to the world of luxury and although steeped in the history of the Grand Dame Hotels, our little edit is urban, cool and contemporary - where luxury is a chilled affair.
Service prevails at these luxurian bastions of the good life where design plays with the traditional and history is without the pomp. These are the suave hotel addresses from coastal resorts in Italy to city abodes in Antwerp, where imposing, classic luxury is delivered with a light, modern touch. Where the international class of business leaders, pleasure seekers and creative innovators go when they want attentive service and Michelin-starred food, all in stylish surrounds.
These are the places where the confident cosmo-crats and their communities hook-up, network and create. Where true luxury arrives with no fuss, and where heritage comes without baggage.
This is the LUXURIAN TRAVEL EDIT.
Our top 10 small boutique hotels brimming with design, luxury, character, and distilled with local charm - this is beyond B&B, this is Dinky Luxe.
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Austria's most successful fashion designer, Helmut Lang, and his eponymous style.
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Luxury jewellery designer De Grisogono is Genevan luxe at its finest, a lavish, playful style & avant-garde ethos that seeks ‘the beauty in audacity’.
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Set among the wide streets and historic buildings of downtown Manhattan, for decades Tribeca has been an understated artist haunt, a fusion of easy-going European charm and New York ambition.
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Browse our unique Vienna Art Guide below for all there is to know about Austria’s art and culture capital. Once the epicentre of the longstanding Habsburg empire, Vienna is awash with galleries, artists, museums and odes to moments of age-defining culture, as well as a new generation of creatives call this city home, once again.
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Lisbon, Portugal's legendary capital simply bursts with heritage, azulejo tiles, Pastéis de Nata & art - this is a design guide you can shop, see & drink.
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The former cradle of the Habsburg empire, today the chic Austrian capital is the travel destination in daring design and breathtaking architecture. Go beyond Art Nouveau buildings and sleek cafe culture and you’ll find that design in Vienna is thriving.
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Summer in Lech - Austria's playground for the rich & famous - think luxury cars, the world's highest golf, classic cuisine & healthful Alpine retreats.
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Some design principles are so uncomplicated and understated that they can be found in different iterations, in different corners of the world. The value placed on craftsmanship is one of these; so is the use of natural materials that not only can last a lifetime, but also get more handsome with each passing year.
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Wabi sabi, the Japanese phrase derived from two distinct roots – ‘wabi’ for simplicity and ‘sabi’ for the on-going movement of time – is a concept that celebrates the beauty found in imperfection. Quiet and slow, it observes cracks, ageing and above all, authenticity; an attitude that iconic Belgium interior designer, Axel Vervoordt has adhered to all his life.
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Luxury fashion house Bally started life in a small Swiss village before becoming an international design giant - not bad for a former elastic factory.
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A legendary crash pad of royalty, celebs and lovers of Arlberg, this is the chic chalet hotel and spa of consummate five star style. Interiors are dedicated to Alpine heritage and modern luxe running through the hotel’s family history.
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A lair of nature wrapped by the mountains and forests with perhaps one of the best nature-inspired spas in Austria, all overlooking the Leogang Rockies. This design hotel hugs smooth modern interiors that brush up to loveliness of the Alps, complete with its own lake.
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Sleep under medieval frescoes, sweep down labyrinthine corridors, lord it up on the lofty ramparts or stroll through the Mediterranean garden, admiring the ivy-clad castle backdrop.
A combination of country house familiarity and urban chill. A designer orchestration of salvaged pieces, crafted textiles, aged ceramics and bespoke furnishings that are housed in a traditional red-brick new build – this new luxury kid on the block gives TriBeCa the unpretentious grand hotel it so craved.
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The fabulous boutique Hotel Julien, with its mansion-house pedigree in the heartlands of old-town Antwerp, is a self-confessed curator of the arts, designer pieces, antiques and mid-century furnishings, which adorn the handsome salons and rooms in comfy elegance.
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A monastic designer den of rural appeal set in a 30-hectare estate, this rural sanctuary has clubhouse flair, a sleek modernist touch and loads of sun-kissed sophistication. Altogether, a chilled off-radar adaption of indulgent luxury.
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Overlooking the Grand Canal, this cool-cat Palacio Hotel is for those who prefer their heritage married to sophisticated design and seductive luxury.
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Join the self-confessed foodies, lovers of great taste and those pioneers of gastro from flavour-hunters to the mavericks who turn humble into heroic.
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We love finding a patch of really good design production, architecture and style. When executed well, it's like walking into a fantastic novel.
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Dens of creativity, art and playfulness, each of these hotels play host to countless cultural events where boho meets highbrow.
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A fantastic collection of private-hire holiday houses, small hotels and luxury villas for vacation rentals or simply retreats of ‘private isolation’.
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