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trysting spot between the Blue Lagoon and the Blue Mountains
has more green credentials than you can shake a sustainably-
sourced stick at, so eco-tourists can enjoy its staggering skyline
views and locally caught lobster guilt-free.
Sat deep in the rainforest, flanked by 100-foot, vine-wrapped
banyans, Kanopi House’s beautifully crafted in-canopy cabins
take treehouse living to new heights. Almond Tree has a huge,
hand-carved four-poster and doors that open onto the rainfor-
est. Spanish Elm is the largest treehouse, with its own dining
and lounge area, an alfresco shower and a wraparound deck
fit for a filmstar.
5. CHATEAU DE ST PATERNE, Normandy, France
All the world’s a stage, according to Shakespeare, but
nowhere provides a more fitting setting for your own romantic
drama than this French fairytale castle in the heart of the Loire,
where mediaeval King Henri IV once laid his head.
Every room is dressed with individually-sourced vintage props
- a floral garland here, a needlework footstool there. With an
open bathroom, vast wooden bed and a wall covered in a
hand-painted 19th-century backdrop from Barcelona, the self-
contained Superior Suite L’Orangerie is theatrical, seductive
and soundproof.
6. PONTA DOS GANCHOS, Santa Catarina, Brazil
An unparalleled private paradise on a secluded stretch of Bra-
zil’s southern coastline, this relaxed rainforest retreat is set on
its own peninsula, fringed by tropical trees, oyster beds and
sparkling blue sea.
Each individual bungalow has a king-size bed, walk-in ward-
robe and hammock on the veranda. Steam up in the sauna
of a Super Luxo Bungalow then head out to the wooden deck
for bubbles and bay views in the jacuzzi; or live the high life
in the Special Emerald Villa Bungalow - pick your own wines
from its cellar, pretend to work out in its underground gym and
float carefree its infinity pool.
7. MISSONI HOTEL, Edinburgh, Scotland
With the opening of this most stylish of weekend abodes,
Edinburgh has cast off any last vestiges of dour but diligent
schoolmarmishness, and embraced a far more Italianate credo
tic hotel bedrooms