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Westin's New Heavenly Bath(SM) Features Dual Showerhead

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., May 22 / Leave it to the hotel company that created the Heavenly Bed® to give travelers something just as tempting to wake up to. Westin Hotels & Resorts is tearing out showers and tossing out towels to make way for the new Heavenly Bath, designed to provide travelers with a therapeutic spa shower and luxurious bath amenities . The company is spending $10 million to replace showerheads, curtain rods, shower curtains , towels, robes and amenities in 32,000 rooms at 70 hotels across North America with its new Heavenly Bath, developed after a year of research and development that included testing more than 150 showerheads. So what's a Heavenly Bath?The showcase of the Heavenly Bath is a custom- designed Speakman shower with two heads to provide more power and wider water coverage . In addition, each of the showerheads features five adjustable jets and several spray options, from a light mist to massaging needles, meaning that guests can customize their own...

50 hotels under £50 | Travel

The Americas Hotel Marionetas, Merida, Mexico It takes its name from a puppet theatre that once resided in the building. It was bought by an Argentine/Macedonian couple in 2004 and converted into what is now the best B&B in the Yucatan capital. The high-ceilings and wooden floors of the 100-year-old colonial building remain , with boutique touches applied to large terracotta-floored rooms. The historic heart of Merida is a 10-minute walk away. · +52 999 928 3377, hotelmarionetas.com, doubles from £39.10 per night B&B. Centro Ecologico Sian Ka 'an, Sian Ka'an, Mexico A collection of cabins in a palm forest on the Caribbean coast. The lodgings are based in a small ecotourism centre where guests can explore the canals and wetlands with guided kayak tours , or spend the day fly-fishing for bonefish, tarpon and barracuda on the salt water lagoons . The deluxe cabins each have beautiful, hand-painted headboards and rocking chairs set on patios with sea views. · +984 871 ...

Top 5 most lovely country B&Bs and Relais in Umbria

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Relais Castellucio Palusse , Città della Pieve." width="334" height="500" /> Relais Castelluccio Palusse , Città della Pieve. Photo: Slow Italy. This article is a summary of our several recent trips to Umbria . We have stayed in different places and from those have selected our top 5 favorite country B&B s for you. Actually, the term ‘B&B’ is an understatement to qualify these typical Umbrian relais . Set in an old Umbrian farmhouse , restored historic mansion or castle , they are the kind of places where you feel immediately at home, as if you were staying at a relative’s place while being spoiled by your dolce zia or zio . All of these country houses have in common that they are family-owned and owner managed , which vouches for genuine quality and exceptional hospitality . The family also lives on the premises , which is an additional guarantee for customer care and excellent service. All of them are very small structures, with less than ...

Discover Pantelleria | Travel + Leisure

If you like having your cultural compass skewed , you' ll love Pantelleria . The map says Italy, but everything about the island spells North Africa . Villages have names like Bukkuram, Bugeber, and Gadir. Dwarfed by palm trees and built of rough volcanic stone , clusters of one- story cubic dwellings with humped roofs erupt from the prickly black-brown landscape like oases. The port's architecturally challenged concrete apartment blocks and souk-like alleyways lend it the louche, scrappy allure of Tangier. The heat is the heat of the desert, with sun so strong that only crazies leave the cool of a shop awning to cross the street without first picking out a patch of shade on the other side. Citrus trees are grown in circular, high-walled giardini arabi that protect them from the wind. Locals count the days until restaurants serve the weekly special—fish couscous. I first visited Pantelleria , which is marooned in the strait between Sicily and Tunisia and has a mere 32-mile ...