I was hoping that the $600 a night included some of the torture activities involve fish and horses and whatnot, and perhaps even a visit to the old chuck wagon for some beans and biscuits, but maybe that is just my own middle-class bias.
I have actually been to some hotels that were featured in Conde Nast Traveler (mostly in Italy in the off season) and found them quite pleasant. For instance, La Sirenetta (http://www.lasirenetta.it), on the black volcanic beaches of Stromboli, or the Gatto Bianco (http://www.gattobianco-capri.com/), reputedly Jackie O.'s favorite hotel on the isle of Capri, where cordelia_v and I shared a room with it's own little terrace paved in majolica tiles and shaded by riot of bouganvillea. (And neither one of those cost anything like $600.)
I'd just insist on a more traditional definition of luxury.
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tortureactivities involve fish and horses and whatnot, and perhaps even a visit to the old chuck wagon for some beans and biscuits, but maybe that is just my own middle-class bias.I have actually been to some hotels that were featured in Conde Nast Traveler (mostly in Italy in the off season) and found them quite pleasant. For instance, La Sirenetta (http://www.lasirenetta.it), on the black volcanic beaches of Stromboli, or the Gatto Bianco (http://www.gattobianco-capri.com/), reputedly Jackie O.'s favorite hotel on the isle of Capri, where
I'd just insist on a more traditional definition of luxury.