Five short-haul getaways for the National Day-Hari Raya Haji long weekend
Ad
Experiences
5 short-booty getaways for the National Twenty-four hour period-Hari Raya Haji long weekend
Brand the best of the upcoming long weekend by rediscovering familiar haunts or exploring new territories.
Karuizawa lies an hr away from Tokyo via shinkansen. (Photo: Pixabay/Potro)
28 Jun 2022 06:30AM (Updated: 04 Jul 2022 05:22PM)
'Karui-where?', y'all might well enquire. For generations, the Japanese aristocracy accept escaped the summer estrus and flocked to this bijou mount town in Nagano, nigh an hour's train ride from Tokyo on the Hokuriku Shinkansen. It doesn't take long to run across what the attraction is. Framed by forests of maple and cherry, the idyllic setting is a picturesque montage of mountains, crystalline rivers and wild fauna. Hither, at a thousand metres above sea level, and literally cocooned by nature, you're irresistibly drawn to the bang-up outdoors for leisurely woods treks towards Mount Asama, scenic biking tours of the Sengataki and Shiraito waterfalls. In autumn, the changing colours of the leaves are spectacular, and come winter, the attractions, not least the skiing and water ice-skating, are as bracing.
Stay
Designed past Pritzker Prize-winning builder Shigeru Ban and furnished with Alvar Aalto pieces, the x-room boutique hotel Shishi-Iwa House is a at-home retreat of shaded courtyards, enclosed gardens and vast rooms, its gently undulating roof nearly hidden by the surrounding forest of maples, crimson blossoms and evergreens. In other words, come hither to escape and recharge.
shishiiwahouse.jp
LUANG PRABANG
With very little fanfare and not bad stealth, Luang Prabang is charming a new generation of restless travellers with its unbeatable mix of aboriginal Buddhist temples, hipster cafes and boutiques, and lively local markets. Its genuine old-world vibe – most evident in its drove of remarkably intact traditional and colonial compages – comes courtesy of Lao people's democratic republic' stint as a French colony between 1893 and 1953. There is a bewitchingly timeless quality about the boondocks, especially during the low summer season when information technology feels particularly drowsy and even the novice monks bang the giant temple drums twice a twenty-four hours, once at dawn and again in the tardily afternoon, with short-lived bursts of manic energy. The dark markets are fun, the road outside the onetime palace lined with locally made trinkets, textiles and handicrafts.
Stay
In recent years, a number of blue-flake hotels have opened in Luang Prabang, including the Rosewood and Belmond La Residence. However, for a truly evocative sense of the town's genteel past, it'southward hard to pass up Amantaka. Housed on the stately grounds of the onetime hospital, the 24-villa resort with its shaded verandahs and high ceilinged rooms is a sanctuary of quiet luxury where the centrepieces are the spa and cocktails by the vast pool.
aman.com/resorts/amantaka
PENANG
A tiny island of around 750,000, Penang effortlessly combines a charming village vibe with a cosmopolitan edge, Malaysian style. Blending warm sun-kissed beaches and fabulous food with cluttered traffic jams, and an intriguing backdrop of colonial compages in various stages of elegant decay, information technology offers something for everyone, fifty-fifty the near jaded of travellers. The isle'southward epicentre is the UNESCO-listed George Town, a giddy, dusty enclave of bell-ringer stalls and restaurants that churn out an unbelievably good blend of Peranakan, Hainanese, Indian and Malay flavours. Vying for attending are vendors selling tart laksa laced with pineapple and mackerel, char kway teow stalls – the air cloudy with the fumes of fried garlic, cockles and sizzling bean sprouts – and itinerant peddlers of delicious fried Indian snacks. It'due south a culinary United Nations.
Stay
Set up in George Town's Church street, the newly opened Prestige Hotel is the work of Singaporean studio Ministry building of Pattern. Here, a stately Victorian mansion has been converted into a 162-room boutique hotel styled with dizzying optical illusions and a touch of 2001: A Infinite Odyssey. The rooftop infinity pool provides a commanding perspective of both the pier and George Town.
theprestige.my
PERTH
Imagine this: You've barely had time to settle into your aeroplane seat, have a belatedly breakfast and sentry a movie before you're landing in Perth. No fourth dimension departure means no jet-lag, which in plough means you hit the road running. Even in the midst of winter (June to August), the city fairly sparkles under a clear domed sky of bulletproof blueish as it glories into full resort manner. The mood is cheerfully upbeat every bit the locals head out to the surf-flecked beaches, or just hang at their favourite cafe. On weekends, skip breakfast and make a beeline for the rousing, cheerful bustle of fruits, cheeses and farm-fresh produce at Fremantle and Subiaco markets. Or pack a picnic basket with champagne and cold cuts as you head to King'due south Park, the Swan River foreshore or the grassy backyard on Matilda Bay at the University of Western Commonwealth of australia.
Stay
Located just next to King's Park, the 126-room Tribe belongs firmly to the new generation of Australian hotels that are styled as part-bedrooms, part-communal spaces for the community, and part-slickly furnished hangouts. The laid-back Aussie mood is matched by Tribe Foods, a lively space where the sustainably sourced twenty-four hour period carte of Instagrammable pastries and salads segues to a sexy mood-lit cocktail bar.
tribehotels.com.au
SIEM REAP
Perched on the edge of the fabled Tonle Sap Lake, Siem Reap's greatest claim to fame is that, as the former capital of the aboriginal Central khmer empire, it happens to be the site of the greatest drove of Khmer temples in history, where successive Hindu kings of the Jayavarman Dynasty indulged in a temple building spree rivalled but past the ancient Egyptians. At final count, there were over 300 temples spread across 20,000 ha, each in varying stages of decay, but no less a powerful reminder of Cambodia'southward gilded by. Which ways, temple fatigue is very much on the cards. When that happens, switch gears and caput to Angkor Wat Putt, a 14-hole miniature golf class set amidst extremely realistic scale models of the Angkor temples. Or toss dorsum a shot of Sombai, a locally produced infused rice vino inspired past Mauritian rum, before snacking your mode through the local street food accompanied by the perennially popular Siem Reap Food Tours.
Stay
After a United states of america$7 one thousand thousand (almost Southward$9.5 million) renovation, the legendary Foreign Correspondents Lodge is back in the game every bit the FCC Angkor. The former residence of the French colonial governor has been spruced up with slickly dressed loftier-ceiling rooms, contemporary Central khmer art, and a thick corset of landscaping – all of which breathes new life into a local institution.
avanihotels.com/en/angkor-siem-reap
READ> A second Raffles hotel in Singapore volition open on Sentosa in 2022
Source: https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/experiences/where-to-holiday-long-weekend-239911
Enregistrer un commentaire for "Five short-haul getaways for the National Day-Hari Raya Haji long weekend"