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TRAVEL SECTION OF THE YEAR
Fancy a sunshine break with lots of lovely silence? Then rejoice: adult-only hotels are all the rage, says Richard Mellor
1. Maldives meditation
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2. Bamboo yes, babies no 2 T THE world’s newest private-island rretreat is constructed mostly ffrom bamboo. Due to welcome guests from March 17, Indonesia’s g Cempedak – named after a local C ffruit – has 20 two-storey villas with cconical bamboo roofs swathed in vegetation. There are bamboo fans. v There are bamboo bridges over T streams. There are even bamboo s bicycles. But if all this bamboo – b very eco-friendly because plants v rregrow quickly – conjures up visions of a cheap glut of hippie shacks, think again. Cempedak is luxurious: those same villas have plunge pools and access to a grass tennis court. Another indulgence is the absence of anyone under 16. From £616 for two nights full board and activities, cempedak.com
3. SoFi, so good in Miami LOCATION is key in Miami and The Julia will have a good one when it opens in May. Named after Julia Tuttle, the woman considered the city’s founder, and open solely to over-18s, this 29-room hotel is inside Miami Beach’s residential SoFi (South of Fifth) neighbourhood – just a block from the sand and next to shops, bars and restaurants. The tiled lobby flooring gives way to cool bedrooms with gnarled wood flooring, while complimentary wine
Greek chic: Casa Cook on Rhodes is run by Thomas Cook
Holiday y resorts have all
and cheese happy-hours make the place not just adult but positively mature... From £189 per night,, thejuliahotel.com
4. Casa Cooks and Club Meds
Sands good: Miami’s The Julia is a block from the beach
YOU know it’s a trend when the e big boys join in. Thomas Cook debuted the unexpectedly cool Casa Cook on Rhodes last May, a
hips ster dream of rattan egg-chairs and weave hammocks more akin to o a Shoreditch clothes shop tthan a holiday resort (from £112 per night, casacook.com/ p rrhodes). A sequel, Casa Cook Kos, is due in July. Both have a K minimum age of 16. Thomson, m me eanwhile, is growing its coupleson nly Sensimar resorts. Eight more Hot dish: Jerk chicken ere announced last year, we from Mangos, Jamaica including the Natura Palace on
Lanzarote (from £283 per person for three nights including flights, thomson.co.uk). If you fancy snow over sun, over in the Alps, Arcs Extrême has reopened as a Club Med Snow Resort for grown-ups (from £1,062 a week, including flights, clubmed.co.uk).
5. Maya mia MEXICO’S adult-only Unico 20°87° Hotel Riviera Maya (its name refers
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Convertible bucket bag £19.99, zara.com
Burgundy classic leather explorer satchel £60, gandyslondon.com
Escape Lexington belt bag by Unique £75, topshop.com
Sirri weekend bag £40, animal.co.uk
Landing gear Bags of charm, by Ruth Gaukrodger
Tempting: Cempedak in Indonesia (main), Unico 20°87° in Mexico (above) and Mangos in Jamaica (right) – none allow under-16s
grown-up to geographical position) opened this month with three pools, tennis and basketball courts, a gym and spa. The accent is also on regional experiences such as mezcal-tasting, plus all-night beach parties. Of the 448 rooms, some have private pools and all others have balcony hot tubs. There’s even an app to pick your drinks for the minibar. From £410 per night all-inclusive, unicohotelrivieramaya.com
Cruise trolley case £1,510, globetrotter. com
Kipling Youri Spin 55 premium wheeled suitcase £157, qvcuk.com
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6. Joyful Jamaica HERE’S an adults-only option for those who prefer the family-run vibe. Situated on the beach in busy northwestern Jamaica, Mangos is a new 96-room all-inclusive, employing friendly staff. Rooms are either in tropical gardens, beside a sizeable pool (and swim-up
bar) or next to 50m of white sand. The amenities include a quartet of restaurants (including, a jerkchicken specialist, of course), four bars, a gym and tennis court – but you won’t face long queues. Nor will you encounter any under-18s. From £240 per night all-inclusive, mangosjamaica.com
Jeremy Scott Longchamp travel bag £185, longchamp.com
Life’s A Beach suitcase £99, notonthe highstreet.com
Yo u
id
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Travel | Culture | Adventure
u r u rban g
Monday, March 6, 2017 METRO 23
WRITEON The best memoirs for International Women’s Day 2017 Books: Page 36 »
TRAVEL SECTION OF THE YEAR
Fancy a sunshine break with lots of lovely silence? Then rejoice: adult-only hotels are all the rage, says Richard Mellor
1. Maldives meditation
»
24 METRO Monday, March 6, 2017
Escape
News | Deals | Round-ups
» Continued from Page 23
2. Bamboo yes, babies no 2 T THE world’s newest private-island rretreat is constructed mostly ffrom bamboo. Due to welcome guests from March 17, Indonesia’s g Cempedak – named after a local C ffruit – has 20 two-storey villas with cconical bamboo roofs swathed in vegetation. There are bamboo fans. v There are bamboo bridges over T streams. There are even bamboo s bicycles. But if all this bamboo – b very eco-friendly because plants v rregrow quickly – conjures up visions of a cheap glut of hippie shacks, think again. Cempedak is luxurious: those same villas have plunge pools and access to a grass tennis court. Another indulgence is the absence of anyone under 16. From £616 for two nights full board and activities, cempedak.com
3. SoFi, so good in Miami LOCATION is key in Miami and The Julia will have a good one when it opens in May. Named after Julia Tuttle, the woman considered the city’s founder, and open solely to over-18s, this 29-room hotel is inside Miami Beach’s residential SoFi (South of Fifth) neighbourhood – just a block from the sand and next to shops, bars and restaurants. The tiled lobby flooring gives way to cool bedrooms with gnarled wood flooring, while complimentary wine
Greek chic: Casa Cook on Rhodes is run by Thomas Cook
Holiday y resorts have all
and cheese happy-hours make the place not just adult but positively mature... From £189 per night,, thejuliahotel.com
4. Casa Cooks and Club Meds
Sands good: Miami’s The Julia is a block from the beach
YOU know it’s a trend when the e big boys join in. Thomas Cook debuted the unexpectedly cool Casa Cook on Rhodes last May, a
hips ster dream of rattan egg-chairs and weave hammocks more akin to o a Shoreditch clothes shop tthan a holiday resort (from £112 per night, casacook.com/ p rrhodes). A sequel, Casa Cook Kos, is due in July. Both have a K minimum age of 16. Thomson, m me eanwhile, is growing its coupleson nly Sensimar resorts. Eight more Hot dish: Jerk chicken ere announced last year, we from Mangos, Jamaica including the Natura Palace on
Lanzarote (from £283 per person for three nights including flights, thomson.co.uk). If you fancy snow over sun, over in the Alps, Arcs Extrême has reopened as a Club Med Snow Resort for grown-ups (from £1,062 a week, including flights, clubmed.co.uk).
5. Maya mia MEXICO’S adult-only Unico 20°87° Hotel Riviera Maya (its name refers
Monday, March 6, 2017 METRO 25
News | Deals | Round-ups
Convertible bucket bag £19.99, zara.com
Burgundy classic leather explorer satchel £60, gandyslondon.com
Escape Lexington belt bag by Unique £75, topshop.com
Sirri weekend bag £40, animal.co.uk
Landing gear Bags of charm, by Ruth Gaukrodger
Tempting: Cempedak in Indonesia (main), Unico 20°87° in Mexico (above) and Mangos in Jamaica (right) – none allow under-16s
grown-up to geographical position) opened this month with three pools, tennis and basketball courts, a gym and spa. The accent is also on regional experiences such as mezcal-tasting, plus all-night beach parties. Of the 448 rooms, some have private pools and all others have balcony hot tubs. There’s even an app to pick your drinks for the minibar. From £410 per night all-inclusive, unicohotelrivieramaya.com
Cruise trolley case £1,510, globetrotter. com
Kipling Youri Spin 55 premium wheeled suitcase £157, qvcuk.com
6
6. Joyful Jamaica HERE’S an adults-only option for those who prefer the family-run vibe. Situated on the beach in busy northwestern Jamaica, Mangos is a new 96-room all-inclusive, employing friendly staff. Rooms are either in tropical gardens, beside a sizeable pool (and swim-up
bar) or next to 50m of white sand. The amenities include a quartet of restaurants (including, a jerkchicken specialist, of course), four bars, a gym and tennis court – but you won’t face long queues. Nor will you encounter any under-18s. From £240 per night all-inclusive, mangosjamaica.com
Jeremy Scott Longchamp travel bag £185, longchamp.com
Life’s A Beach suitcase £99, notonthe highstreet.com
