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Colosseum/Oyster Italy is a bucket-list trip for many, and with “bene” reason. The Southern European country is home to some of the world’s best cuisine, architecture, fashion, art, and Mediterranean coastline. The language, people, and vino have inspired repeat visitors and dedicated Italophiles for centuries. That said, Italy is a complex country with its own…
The beach at Il San Pietro di Positano. When you’re picking a hotel along the Amalfi Coast, two common must-haves include cliffside accommodations with sea views and easy access to the beach. Both are fortunately relatively easy to come by. But travelers should note that many hotels are set on public beaches that are often…
After months — or even years — of organizing, stressing, and saving for a wedding, couples finally get to kick back and relax during their honeymoon. In the U.S. alone, there are an estimated 1.4 million honeymooners per year, and in the last five years, 75 percent of newlyweds opted for vacations in the U.S.…
Pictures can’t do it justice, but photos of the magnificent cliffside towns along the Tyrrhenian Sea that make up the Amalfi Coast are enough to inspire millions of tourists to visit each year. Spanning the coast from Positano to Vietri sul Mare, the Amalfi Coast is 34 miles (55 kilometers) long, and would take about…
For mere mortals, staying at a luxurious hotel is as close as it gets to living like royalty. Where else can you have a butler at your beck and call 24/7 and a Bentley parked out front with a driver to shuttle you around town? But springing for a stay where actual nobility hang their…
Hotel gyms can seem like such a treat — Newfangled equipment! Fruit-infused water! Fresh towels! — until you find yourself hitting the elevator’s LL button and your heart sinks with each passing floor. Those dank, windowless gyms in basements or converted storage closets facing a parking lot don’t provide a lot of motivation to hit…
Photo courtesy of Eden, Janine and Jim via Flickr You probably choose a hotel based on budget, location, and amenities. And while we’re proponents of the down-to-earth way to pick a hotel stay, wouldn’t it be more fun to let the stars, specifically your stars, lead the way? Find your zodiac sign and read on…
When it comes to choosing a hotel, several key questions may cross your mind: Is this property centrally located? Does it fit my budget? How do its amenities stack up with my vacation needs (think: free Wi-Fi for business trips or a kids pool for family getaways)? While a courtyard may not be a make-or-break…
Every single day, a spate of new hotels — with hundreds of photos and unbiased reviews — are published to Oyster.com. This means that every single day, we must fight back temptation to drop everything and hop on a plane to revisit these properties. This month’s crop included some noteworthy additions, from Eva Peron’s former…
Photo courtesy of Corey Taratuta via Flickr When wanderlust strikes and the call of the open road is too strong to resist, it shouldn’t matter which decade of your life you happen to be in. Age is but a number, but bearing in mind the old adage, ‘right place, wrong time,’ some road trips can…