spring vacation

Gansevoort Heads to Turks and Caicos

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Spas

The Gansevoort Hotel brand is opening its first island resort officially next month: Gansevoort Turks & Caicos. The hotel is located along the western section of Grace Bay Beach on Providenciales. Gansevoort Turks & Caicos is a 91-room property built around the 7,000 square foot infinity-edge swimming pool which has "lounging islands" for daytime sunbathing or romantic nighttime candlelit canoodling.

The resort has a fitness center, Bagatelle restaurant and beach lounge and the Exhale spa. Packages start at $295 per night but for big spenders you can opt for the high roller package which includes a three-bedroom penthouse stay, daily continental breakfast, catamaran excursion, day of golf, two 60 min massages at Exhale Spa, a bottle of Dom Perignon and chocolate covered strawberries upon arrival and two monogrammed Gansevoort TC bathrobes starting at $2,500 per night.

Gallery: Gansevoort Turks and Caicos

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Tour Central Park With An Expert Guide

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

For those who really want to get to know New York City's Central Park there could perhaps be no better tour guide than the park's official photographer and historian, Sara Cedar Miller who is also the author of "Central Park, an American Masterpiece". The Hotel Plaza Athenee, New York has created a partnership with the Central Park Conservancy to offer a private, custom tour of Central Park led by Sara Cedar Miller.

The tour will take place in a hybrid Toyota Highlander and each tour will be customized to the guest's interests and can include visits to Shakespeare Garden and Turtle Pond, the North Woods, Conservatory Garden, and other areas.

Each tour package includes a guestroom at the Hotel Plaza Athenee, a tour of Central Park and a signed copy of Sara's acclaimed book, "Central Park, an American Masterpiece". 100% of the proceeds from the tour portion of this package are turned over to the Conservancy to restore and manage the Park.

Tour package rates start at $990 for a midweek tour depending on the time of year. Three hour tours are available on the weekends. A four-week advance purchase reservation is recommended.

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