Resort Review

Nikoi Island Beach Villa Bedroom - Old Mate Media

Is Nikoi Island the private family resort you’ve been seeking?

The mosquito nets ebb and flow with the breeze, drifting across the bed like clouds across the sky. Staring up through the mesh, it’s hard not to marvel at the intricate engineering of our two-story beach villa, built from driftwood and sheathed in alang-alang grass. The cavity towers upwards, designed to capture any errant sea…

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Why Tasmania’s Saffire Freycinet is one of the best places I’ve ever stayed

Barefoot luxury meets active adventure and education in a resort experience that almost eclipses the incredible landscape on Tasmania’s east coast. I’m sitting on a comfortable couch, the heat from a distant fire running its warm fingers down my neck. In front of me is a large glass wall: floor to ultra-high ceiling and curving…

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Anantara Dhigu Overwater Villa with pool

Anantara Dhigu Maldives Resort, “It lived up to the dream and then some!”

There’s no shortage of amazing five-star luxury resorts in the Maldives, but few offer an experience quite like the Anantara Dhigu Maldives Resort. With each passing second, you feel lighter. As if the weight of the world is being bumped from your shoulders every time the speed boat hits a wave on its way to…

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