Virtuoso Life - March/April 2008 - (Page 44) SUITE TALK TOP TEPEE British designer Alice Temperley has exported her brand of bohemian chic to Mauritius in a 17-foottall bejeweled tepee lit by a Parisian glass chandelier, available for spa treatments or private dinners, at the 162-room One&Only Le Saint Géran. Glamour comes to the campfire in a cross-cultural dinner at the tepee featuring food by Michelinstarred chef Vineet Bhatia, who has just opened a contemporary Indian restaurant at the resort, Rasoi by Vineet. Doubles from $905, including breakfast and two 50-minute massages. Tepee dinner from $1,013 per person. Beachside pamper powwow. South African sand castles. Mexican Mansion The collection of historic Spanish colonial buildings that make up the 32-room Casa de Sierra Nevada, in the heart of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, gains a neighbor in the six-suite Casa Limón. The eighteenth-century mansion is located across from the hotel’s restaurant and includes its own swimming pool, library, business center, and butler. Rooftop terraces provide views of the city’s cobblestone streets. Doubles from approximate $400, including breakfast. San Miguel de Allende skyline. Royal Rooms Two castles built into an oceanfront cliff expand the 78-suite Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa in South Africa. A resort within the resort, Pezula Castle on Noetzie Beach is staffed by a resident chef and butler, includes a gym and pool, and tucks colonial-style bedrooms off beachfront terraces. In addition to the three-bedroom Main Castle, the more intimate Honeymoon Castle has a fireplace in the sole bedroom and a two-person shower. Main Castle from approximate $6,042 per day and Honeymoon Castle from $2,983 per day, including most activities and all meals and beverages. Lufthansa 44 V I RT U O S O L I F E
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