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...Most spa resorts are so cookie-cutter that once you check in, it's hard to tell if you're in Krabi or the Maldives. Not so at the new Four Seasons Langkawi, tel: (60-4) 950 8888. The design of this resort has a very Malaysian sense of place and incorporates elements from the country's Muslim heritage. Arabic tiling turns the large bathrooms into approximations of Turkish hammams. The resort has gorgeous views of the Andaman Sea, and all its airy rooms open on to covered balconies...
...housed in a recreation of a limas, or traditional Malay home, and serves fresh seafood alongside Mediterranean pastas, bouillabaisse and linguine. Serai (meaning lemongrass) is the hotel's other dining option and works rather better, with a repertoire of Indian, Chinese and Malay dishes. If you overindulge, the spa offers body wraps, steam rooms and herbal baths. The urut melayu?a traditional Malay massage?is a specialty, as is the Earthlight Ritual, which features a ginger scrub and a massage with heated jade, obsidian and other stones. Not quite as soothing?but not bad considering the luxury on offer...
...characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Most spa resorts are so cookie-cutter that once you check in, it's hard to tell if you're in Krabi or the Maldives. Not so at the new Four Seasons Langkawi, tel: (60-4) 950 8888. The design of this resort has a very Malaysian sense of place and incorporates...
...ceiling velvet curtains, decorated with handmade furnishings and wrought-iron fixtures, and illuminated by candlelight. The Asian accents (such as the Thai-inspired, brushed-aluminum sinks that seem to levitate above the bathroom counters) complement the textures of soft, natural fabrics and supple pebble-grain leather, while a spa and a golf simulator provide diversion on even the dreariest of North European days...
...Chiang Mai hotel, tel: (66-53) 888 888, is set to give Lanna style?characterized by sloping roofs, porches and houses built high off the ground?a new impetus. Pavilions, moats and reconditioned rice barns sit alongside 66 lavish private villas and nearly 80 suites, while the nearby Dheva Spa?over which dozens of wood-carvers sweated for three years?is an astonishing reproduction of Mandalay's Royal Palace. Extensive use of golden teak throughout the hotel will delight traditionalists, if not the environmentally correct. But everyone will be happy with the tab: introductory rates apply until September, with villas...