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Culture & luxury travel

One Eleven Bali, Seminyak: hotel of the week

Team Smith

Seminyak attracts a dance-till-dawn crowd, but One Eleven Bali bucks that trend with temple-quiet spa gazebos – prepped for holistic massages – and tranquil private plunge pools… all in a sleek minimalist package. STYLE SULTRIER-THAN-THOU SETTING PRIVATE PETITENGET PLAYGROUND WHY THIS WEEK? Spiritual awakening? A little soul searching? Perhaps you have a touch of the Elizabeth Gilberts? Whatever you’re seeking, make Bali the setting; with a Smith-exclusive hotel offer for 25 per cent off villas, it’s a total…

Culture & luxury travel

Hôtel Thoumieux, Paris: Hotel of the week

Team Smith

We agree with Sabrina:Paris is always a good idea; especially if checking in to Left Bank stay Hôtel Thoumieux. We’re eager to try its recently re-styled restaurant, and India Mahdavi-made-over boudoirs send us into reveries of waking up to warm croissants, hitting full-on flâneur mode, then popping a cork on a bottle of the bar’s Loire Valley’s finest before snuggling up under a leopard-print blanket. Ah, c’est bon… STYLE HANDSOME PRINTS…