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Discover how to immerse yourself in the colour and festivities of one of Colombia’s most captivating cities
When you walk through this Colombian city, the colours catch everyone’s eye. Yellow, orange, green. In the north of Colombia, Cartagena, also known as the Caribbean Coast, is a charming city to enjoy a great weekend holiday in Latin America. Now that tourism has recovered, the city is more alive than ever and ready to show the best of its seas and its gastronomy.
¿Where to stay?
Since we are only staying for a short time, we are sure to be looking for a splendid view, fun activities and complete attention. For this, the Hyatt Regency Cartagena will be a sure hit. It is located in Bocanegra, a luxury area bordered by crystal-clear beaches and colossal residential areas. This franchise is expanding all over the world, its fame is evident to millions of inhabitants.
It features spectacular suites that project the purity of the sea onto their windows, ensuring movie-like mornings and sunsets for guests. Also, get your swimming costume ready to enjoy the infinity pool experience that Hyatt creates fantastic summer experiences. On the other hand, the Aqoral Spa, the lounge where pleasure and peace is assured, is another of the hotel’s greatest attractions.
El Mirador Gastrobar
The dream of every tourist is to eat sublime food and enjoy a good party, so we introduce you to one of the most famous restaurants. Just 9 minutes away from the Hyatt Hotel and located in the Historic Centre of Cartagena, you can’t miss the Mirador Gastrobar. First of all, a good view builds good times and this place has a rooftop that is accompanied by the Torre del Reloj, a 16th century monument. In the open air and with music by DJs, here you can taste dishes such as Moqueca de Mariscos or a delicious Pescado al Ajillo.
Asimismo, la Garita es un lugar de brunch dentro de este espacio para gozar de un ambiente más íntimo y mágico.
In Latin lands you have to know how to live the adventure always accompanied by a Carajillo, a drink that is somewhere between coffee and alcohol. Finally, the Claustrum discotheque on the third floor is the end point of a night that will ensure ecstasy and Colombian rumba in all its splendour.
Fuerte de Pastelillo
Who doesn’t want a unique moment surrounded by nature? Just 10 minutes from the Hyatt Regency Hotel, you will love this alternative. The name derives from the military fortress San Sebastián de Pastelillo, which is located just metres from the restaurant. You can come and embrace a dreamy sunset overlooking the bay of Cartagena and surrounded by lush vegetation. A romantic theme can also be booked for special moments for couples.
Before finishing this brief and intense tour, we can’t leave the city without trying the Medallones de Langosta (lobster medallions) or a Festival de Mariscos (seafood festival). As for desserts, an exquisite option is the Chocolate Volcano a la Cartagenera, a creamy chocolate coulant accompanied by cocoa and almonds, dulce de leche sauce and vanilla ice cream.
Editor: ONE IN Magazine
48 hours in London
A two-day adventure is enough to immerse yourself in England’s great capital city
Discovering London in 48 hours can be a difficult task, but not impossible. Being the capital of one of the Kingdoms with more historical weight in the world, there will always be time to enjoy all the countless activities to do in the big city, even if we lived there. Therefore, below we will share with you a tour to take advantage of this spectacular express trip.
Since we want to enjoy the city to the fullest, it is better to take foresight and make reservations some time in advance if we want to visit a particular monument. To begin with, the main thing is to stay in a centrally located hotel that allows us to move easily by any means of transport. A very good option is the Treehouse Hotel, located in Langham Place, very close to Oxford Street. This peculiar hotel is a building decorated with wood, motivated by sustainable actions.
From afar, it is a cozy and warm space due to its construction with natural waste. Its rooms
and naturalistic English decoration, with a luxury of another level. In addition, the giant window of its rooms will ensure a perfect stay for all that London has in store for us.
has in store for us.
Depending on the type of reservation we choose, we can enjoy its cooing restaurant “Madera”, which is located on the 15th floor of the building, with an irresistible organic culinary offer, perfect for any time of the day. To access it, it is not necessary to be staying at the hotel, but it is necessary to make a reservation in advance.
Starting from this point, the first day, we can choose to go in the direction of Oxford Street and head to the Soho area, which is full of stores, as well as the most curious bars and cafes, which stand out for their originality. Thus, we arrived at the intersection of Piccadilly Circus, a space to dazzle us with the power of the big city, and while we’re here, we can not miss a jump in the famous Chinatown. For those visiting London for the first time, I’m sure it’s normal to feel like a little kid in a jungle, as the movement of people and the amount of open places can be intimidating. A very English coffee or tea can be a great option to assimilate and continue the tour.
The recommendation is to get to St James Park, from here, it is essential to make the journey through the great street The Mall, a place that the kings of England travel to reach Buckingham Palace. It is worth remembering that this is where hundreds of fans left roses and gifts when both Princess Diana of Wales and, recently, Queen Elizabeth II died.
For fans of royalty, a visit to this palace is sure to be an experience not to forget. From this point, we are just a few steps away from the historic monuments that represent the English capital, the Palace of Westminster, Big Ben and the London Eye, monuments that with their power and elegance dazzle everyone who sees them with very justified reasons.
Enjoy the sunset or the spectacle of lights in these attractions are other experiences that we can not miss.for the next day, the tour is easier, we will use the means of transport that is more comfortable for us to go to the Tower Bridge, better known as Tower Bridge. For many, this is where the London dream comes true and becomes a reality, because the majesty of the construction will make us kneel, even if the queen is not there.
In London, culture is one of its strong points, so museums and churches in the city will not be lacking. If in the end we have chosen Treehouse as our hotel, very close to here is also the Madame Tussauds London wax museum, where we can take a picture with the royalty or with Donald Donald Trump himself.
royalty or Donald Trump himself.
In the area there is also the museum and the statue of Sherlock Holmes or the Queen Mary Gardens. To close a night in style, Treehouse houses “The Nest” on top of its Madera restaurant, a rooftop bar worthy of a photo shoot with spectacular 360-degree views of the London skyline. At The Nest, the DJ’s tastefulness is a highlight and proves that the English do know how to have fun.
The variety in the menu also offers the option to dine or enjoy some great cocktails. Although we surely have not been left wanting to continue enjoying London, we already have the photos in the most emblematic places, and with everything we have seen we are surely already planning a return to this splendid city as royal and incredible as its own royalty.
Source: Traveling Magazine
These suites plan to be the best accommodation for Paris 2024
Edgar Suites reveals his strategies for next year’s Olympic Games to be held in the French capital
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are with no doubts the most exited evento coming soon, the French sports and tourism sector can’t wait to this, as the event is expected to attract hundreds of sports professionals and thousands of tourists from around the world.
Grégoire Benoit Co-founder of Edgar Suites in France assured One IN Magazine that the recovery of tourism in Europe is an indisputable reality, in addition to leaving behind the restrictions due to the pandemic, in countries with a great history such as France we see a very positive return of international mobility.
While in the past, tourists came to Paris only to see the beautiful Eiffel Tower, “love is no longer the only reason to visit the city, but also the immensity of cultural activities, the upcoming reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral and the celebration of the 2024 Summer Olympics,” he said.
“Looking ahead to the arrival of the 2024 Olympic Games, we want to be sure to be prepared for the reception of all players and fans,” Benoit said. “Our suites are ideal for this type of event, as they are highly rated in professional profiles and people traveling in groups and family,” he detailed.
For this year, the company has launched the construction of more suites in other strategic sites in the country, in cities such as Lille (north) or Cannes (south).
“We have many expectations, in the medium term, our goal is to be present in the 10 most important French cities,” he explained that so far, Edgar Suites has around 200 buildings throughout the country, especially in Paris, but we also have constructions in cities such as Bordeaux.
Edgar Suites was created from the desire of three entrepreneurs to revisit the scheme of the hotel residence and the private rental apartment and take the best of both. The project, which was born a little over 5 years ago, has become the new concept of luxury accommodation that seeks to give another type of experience to tourists from all over the world.
The floors and buildings that make up the brand, spaces that were uninhabited and have been refurbished into high standard suites, with all the amenities for travelers looking for more than just a conventional stay.
URBAN RECYCLING
As its founder explains, the idea of “urban recycling” arises from the great demand for work in our country, especially in Paris, where there were many homes or offices, but little by little – as a result of the new hybrid employment modalities – these have been vacated or abandoned. This has increased even more with the arrival of the pandemic and the subsequent rise of teleworking.
All accommodations are centrally located, strategic and surrounded by all amenities such as restaurants and stores. Its founders have called these works as “urban recycling”, since in addition to giving a second life to the buildings, they have implemented it with recycled items.
Likewise, Edgar Suites develops its sustainable bet in other branches of development in order to promote eco-conception. From the design to the operation of their hotel residences.
When rehabilitating offices or hotels at the end of their cycle, they ensure the improvement of the environmental performance of the spaces through eco-design (BREAM certification). They use environmentally friendly materials and resources, and we collaborate with platforms that provide us with second-hand goods.
They leave aside the use of plastics, each suite has a “kit” gift for travelers to use recyclable bags. Likewise, the rooms have accessories that can be washed and reused, while the amenities are sourced from ecological and local brands.
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Smart keys to open a luxurious hotel room
The Ansares Hotel has got rid of conventional locks as part of its ecological commitment.
Ansares Hotel
The key to a dream getaway is in our e-mail. Yes, the heavy key rings and cards to enter your room are a thing of the past, because Ansares Hotel frees us from this process and sends us an e-mail that automatically opens the doors to one of its exclusive rooms.
Surrounded by a landscape of green areas and endless views of pure nature, this smart key is one of the innovations in sustainability that this charming four-star hotel has, which is located in the municipality of Tarancón (Cuenca).
Precisely in the middle of a magical enclave, the hotel in Cuenca has implemented a modern, luxurious hotel palace with all the facilities to pamper its guests. In this way, the owners of the hotel and their representative Felipe Sánchez, Commercial Director of the hotel, showed us how green initiatives in the hotel industry can be planned and implemented in different ways, it is only necessary to appeal to awareness and creativity to make them achieve their objective without losing the glamour.
Bajo esta filosofía, la decoración y el estilo tomó forma de sus propietarios, quienes tardaron solo tres días para darle personalidad al edificio. Cada uno de sus espacios, mantiene un ambiente cálido, perfecto para esta temporada. Con lo impoluto que es el lugar, tenemos que prestar atención a los detalles para percibir que muchos de sus adornos, como libros o revistas, son productos reciclados.
Los propietarios apostaron así por darle una segunda vida a artefactos que ahora lucen como nuevos. Entre otras de las acciones eco amigables, se incluye un punto de recarga de coches eléctricos.
El hotel ha sido construido con las últimas innovaciones tecnológicas en materia hotelera, como sistemas de domótica y de eficiencia energética. En cuanto a espacios para el disfrute personal, este hotel lo tiene todo, empezando por su restaurante de primera calidad, Essentia, áreas de spa con lo último en cuidado personal, piscinas e hidromasajes, catas de vinos, salón de conferencias y un amplio espacio de recepción exterior, ideal para montar una boda soñada.
Si bien muchos madrileños, llegan a este enclave para pasar un fin de semana de relajación, el diseño del hotel también se adapta para eventos empresariales, ya que cuenta con un auditorio con un aforo de 240 personas, dotado de las últimas tecnologías y pantalla LED gigante.
Asimismo, está claro que ninguna excursión puede terminar sin un regalo al paladar. De hecho, no hay mejor momento para dar un salto a probar la gastronomía de Cuenca, ya que hace apenas una semana, el lugar se ha galardonado como la Capital Española de la Gastronomía en 2023. Toño Navarro, chef de Essentia, se encarga de elaborar toda la maravilla culinaria local con una propuesta idílica para los amantes del buen producto de temporada: verduras, mariscos, pescados y, sobre todo, carnes e ibéricos de excepción.
Valladolid: unique kilometres of excellence and good wine
Spain’s wine sector continues its quest for excellence and raises the standards of Spanish wine to a higher level in the eyes of the world.
On this occasion, LA RAZÓN presents Valladolid’s “Golden Mile of Wine”, an unmissable route of unique and incomparable experiences, as in addition to wine tastings and visits to wineries, there are a number of other attractions that will make a visit of “one mile” an unforgettable experience.
The “Golden Mile of Wine in the Province of Valladolid” is already a unique and first class wine tourism destination on the national and international scene. Geographically, the territory corresponds to the kilometres that run between Tudela de Duero and Peñafiel, which also accompany the Duero River as it passes through the province of Valladolid. It is an area with a deep-rooted winemaking tradition, recognised as one of the international areas with the highest concentration of wineries producing wine of the highest quality.
In the world, the quality and flavour of the Douro is indisputable, thousands of travellers come to Spain from the most remote places in the world just to taste a little of this elixir. For this reason, in this new route, other reasons have been added to make this experience an obligatory destination for any traveller.
Thus, in this privileged environment, there are numerous tourist initiatives that offer visitors the opportunity to enjoy accommodation, restaurants and wine tourism services of recognised excellence, enhancing the treasures of the landscape, monuments, culture and history of the area. A unique destination with exclusive experiences for the most demanding traveller.
Eco-friendly initiatives
This initiative promotes this first class international reference destination, through public-private collaboration and championing the sustainable development of the territory, from the constant search for excellence, respect for the environment and its inhabitants, and with values shared with other experiences in the province of Valladolid.
For the development of the project, the Provincial Council of Valladolid has the collaboration of the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services of Valladolid, as its Technical Office.
Therefore, both entities are at the disposal of the objectives, participants and direct and indirect beneficiaries of the project, encouraging an increasing number of companies and collaborating entities to join the initiative. To join this initiative and adhere to the brand, companies, in addition to being located in the “Golden Mile” territory, must demonstrate the established quality criteria.
In this way, the province of Valladolid increases the potential of its tourism and hospitality sector at national and international level, already reaching other Latin American countries such as Mexico and Peru.
Mojitos and music to enjoy Marbella
La duración del verano es cuestión de decisión. Mientras en algunos puntos de nuestro país ya se siente la llegada del otoño, la Costa del Sol se aferra a esos rayos de sol que tanto nos alegran la vida. Antes de cambiar de temporada, LA RAZÓN cuenta cómo sumergirse entre los cócteles y la buena música de Marbella es un plan imposible de resistirse por su inminente seducción.
Para hacer esta propuesta aún más tentadora, Hard Rock Hotel Marbella ha desplegado una exuberante carta de cócteles de estilo único, en honor al éxito de su primera temporada en esta parte de España. Sus instalaciones aún huelen a «inaugurado» al igual que su carta de cócteles y sus dos piscinas de ensueño que relucen en pleno Puerto Banús, desde el pasado mes de julio.
Para quienes aún busquen vivir el verano a tope, el «Eden Pool Club» es la mejor opción, su especialidad y cóctel estrella «The pool party» te devuelve a agosto al primer sorbo. Nada mejor para acompañar al DJ que, desde el escenario en medio de la piscina, pincha su mejor lista de este verano.
Por su parte, el «Sun Society» es una opción más surrealista, donde se puede desconectar y relajarse. Se trata del recién estrenado Rooftop del hotel, sin duda, el espacio más fascinante de Marbella por su Infinity pool con vistas al Eden Pool y a Puerto Banús.
Aquí, las experiencias no se ponen límites y los cócteles tampoco, con el Raspberry Sling como bebida estrella. Asimismo, para los amantes de los clásicos, en todos los bares del hotel los cócteles de tradición aún ocupan un lugar especial, tales como, el Long island Ice Tea, el Our Mule, la Piña Colada, Whisky Sour, entre otros.
Asimismo, si entra el hambre después de pasar un tiempo bajo el agua, la oferta gastronómica de sushi y de snacks, siempre será un buen complemento que merece la pena degustar.
La marca sabe que la gastronomía es una parte clave importante en una estancia vacacional, pero estando en Andalucía, este es un factor primordial. Por ello, Hard Rock Hotel Marbella cuenta con una variada oferta culinaria. Para un bocado informal, el espacio ideal es el lobby bar GMT, mientras que la clásica cocina española se encuentra en Sessions.
Con esta oferta, Hard Rock Hotel Marbella ha puesto a la coctelería en sala VIP, que junto a una gran oferta gastronómica, se aproxima a cerrar, por todo lo alto, una temporada de verano fantástica.
Cabe destacar, que para disfrutar de este plan de fin de verano, no es necesario hospedarse en el hotel, hay pases diarios para los accesos a las piscinas y entradas exclusivas a los diferentes restaurantes que integran el hotel.