Brunch at The Charles Hotel Munich, my insights for you!

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Sunday is Brunch day, my insights ! 

 Hey guys,

I just love relaxing on Sundays and what I love especially on Sundays is to brunch. As everybody knows: Brunch without Prosecco is just a sad, late breakfast.

Today I will write about my Brunch experience at the "Sophia's" restaurant @ the famous five-star The Charles Hotel in Munich (Rocco Forte Hotel Collection). 

The Charles Hotel is located in the heart of the city, close to the historic Königsplatz overlooking the peaceful Old Botanical Garden of Munich. 

The entrance of the "Sophia's" restaurant is just to the right of The Charles Hotel. When I entered the hotel lobby the first thing that catched my eye was the wonderful decorated lobby and the modern classy style of the Hotel itself.

The Brunch the Charles Hotel is offering is high end luxury standard, which means you get really everything you could wish for on a high quality food and drink base.

The restaurant "Sophia's" is also really modern and has huge glass fronts overlooking into the Old Botanic Garden in Munich. I really liked the art they decorated around the restaurant. 

The Brunch is set up as a buffet. You can order from your table coffee, tea, orange juice and different dishes as french toast or egg dishes. I ordered a egg benedict, which was excellent. All options are included in the brunch. 

They have a own bakery, which delivers the incredible fresh breads and croissants. You can choose along various cheese, meat, sweets, vegetable and fruit plates on the buffet. Drinks included besides different water options are smoothies, freshly squeezed juices and Prosecco.

You can also buy a voucher for your loved ones from the Hotel for Brunch, I can highly recommend it as a present- because what is more precious then spending time with your loved ones in a beautiful classy surrounding and treat yourself good! 

Brunch is served from 7.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m, the hotel is also offering a kids club which you can check with the hotel.

Make sure you place a reservation before coming to Brunch, as the restaurant is highly busy due to the great quality and service.

Links are as always integrated in the text, by clicking on it you will be forwarded to the page.

Cheers,

Melaines-Insights

www.melaines-insights.com

Singita - Luxury Safari, my insights for you!

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You wanna take a walk on the wild side with high end luxury and nature combined? This is the place to be, Singita Lebombo Lodge, my insights!

Hey guys,

I have been around the world and saw many places but I think this is really one of the most magnificent experiences I have ever made in my life. Im really thankful for it and it will always be a special timeless memory. 

Singita evaluated from a single-lodge company to operating 12 lodges and camps in five wilderness regions across three African countries. The focus of Singita is to preserve wilderness areas for future generations. That means fewer guests paying a premium for the privilege of experiencing vast open spaces - exist to sustain these wilderness areas and their resident wildlife, while providing an exclusive safari experience. 

We decided for the Singita Lebombo Lodge, located in the Kruger National Park. They have an exclusive concession, which means no tourism from Kruger Park can enter this land. 

I don't even know where to start, because it is so extraordinary amazing. Speaking about the suites (only 13 offered!), they are all located above the N'Wanetsi River. They are all modern, minimalistic (as you know I just LOVE that) and open designed (glass-walled suites!) which make you're feeling being in an eagles nest while watching the wild life from your own private suite / roof terrace. You may take the opportunity to sleep out with nothing more than mosquito netting between you and the stars. 

The service is simply amazing, you have an own butler which is 24hours available for you. 

The adventure for us started when we flew from Johannesburg with a private airplane to the Lodge. Only 6 persons and we were flying 1 hour to land in a field in pure nature with a bar of fresh juices and some bubbly waiting for us. We got picked up by our lovely host, which drove us 30 minutes threw the wilderness to our Lodge. 

Arriving there and seeing the lodge was an amazing impression. The main lodge is offering a roof terrace viewing area and breakfast/lunch and dining area (if you don't want to choose eating in your own suite), and they have an own luxury wine cellar (in the middle of the wilderness!) and - my personal highlight - 25-metre lap pool.

The food they present and the wine choices are simply amazing and are matching the high level tourism expectations anytime. I would even say, they overmatching the high expectations from everybody, because your in the bush with his service. 

And of course you can also go for some daily game drives with your own personal driver, which will be introduced to you when entering the lodge. They did a great job with us, we saw all the big 5 and explained the wild life perfectly. Every question you have about nature, they will give you an answer to it. I learned a lot while being there. 

Another highlight to mention was our evening game drive. They do an apero in front of a lake in totally wilderness. We watched elephants passing the lake with their little ones, while holding a good glass of South African red wine in our hands. An experience you won't forget in your lifetime. 

Speaking about the best time coming to the lodge - traditionally the dry winter months (April - October) are best for game viewing. We have been in December, so you see that it is a year-round destination.

As I think a video says more then thousand words and to give you an even better impression, besides my photos, please take a look at the video underneath.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMPl2NWsP24

Link: https://singita.com/lodge/singita-lebombo-lodge/

Cheers,

Melaines-Insights

www.melaines-insights.com 

High Tea at the Mandarin Oriental in Munich, my insights for you!

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Afternoon Tea in classy atmosphere? My insights for you!

Hey guys,

as a teenager I spend many weeks of the year in the UK, what I miss about the most is Londons tea time. I love how the people are obsessed with this wonderful tradition of celebrating tea and time. 

Glad that the Mandarin Oriental is now offering High Tea in Munich, feels like being back in good old England.

They offer High Tea from Friday - Sunday (2.00 - 5.00 p.m.) in their really cozy and modern designed Lounge. Make sure you haven't eaten anything before and you take at least 1,5 hours of your time, as they offer so many fantastic freshly baked products for you to try. Reservation is a must, please see link underneath I attached for contact information.

The Afternoon Tea menue is including beside the amazing range of fresh dishes a tea of your choice. You can ask the amazing service for help, as they have a own tea sommelier which can give you perfect recommendations if your getting lost between all the fantastic choices.  

For tea enthusiasts a special recommendation, ask the tea sommelier for the JING product range. As you can see in the picture they offer you to take a look into different sorts of tea before you order. If you don't know the JING tea, it is only natural - no artificial flavors. Make sure you check out the rose or smoked tea. 

What is fitting perfectly to the High Tea is a glass of bubbly, we decided to have Rose Champagner which I think is the perfect match for celebrating High Tea. 

Links: http://www.mandarinoriental.de/munich/

Cheers,

Melaines-Insights

www.melaines-insights.com 

Augsburg, christmas time, where to stay and where to go? My insights for you!

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Augsburg - a MUST SEE in Bavaria ! 

Augsburg, christmas time, where to stay and where to go - my insights for you! 

Hey guys,

A town which I would really recommend people coming to Bavaria is Augsburg.
Augsburg is around 80 km distance from Munich, about 1 hour you should calculate for driving. 

I come there many times a year, the photos were taken around Christmas time, you might notice on the decoration. Augsburg is also beautiful in the summer, but for the christmas market in the winter they are really well known all over Germany. 

What I love about Augsburg it has a wonderful historic old town, you can explore everything by feet. They offer many different shops and many nice restaurants within the city center. 

Where to stay?

Augsburg, Steigenberger Hotel Drei Mohren. 

Casanova, Mozart, Napoleon, King Ludwig (many more names I could drop in... just mentioned a few) and me prefer staying at the wonderful Steigenberger Hotel Drei Mohren. 
Yes you heard right, they were all guests as the stunning history from this hotel is going back over 500 years, it is one of the most traditional hotels in Germany.
The hotel is central located at the Maximilianstreet, that means its so central you can explore Augsburg just by feet.

How is the style of the hotel?

I like modern, stylish Hotels. I think this hotel melts the huge history of it and the modern design perfectly from the rooms to the restaurants everything is really cosmopolitan the bar 3M made me feel being back in big apple (but being in a smaller apple called "Augsburg"). 
If your into art you will love this hotel, speaking about historical art they offer a huge art collection well integrated in the hotel and rooms - one exhibit in our suite was dating an artist from 1640-1719. Normally you would find something like this only with "don't touch" in a museum. 

What about the rooms?

They offer 131 air-conditioned rooms. All in modern elegant style. We stayed (as we had something to celebrate) at the Paganini suite (pure luxury, two bath rooms, 83qm!!). I loved the space and the modern interior. From every window in this suite you can have a look at Augsburg, which is great. Your literally in the city, while being in your room. 

Speaking about modern, what I really loved that they offer you an iPad which you can use for information or even making reservations at the restaurants in the hotel. 

Again I totally fall in love with the interior: 

Everything a girl needs, Hermes cosmetics and marvel bath room :-)

Restaurants and Bars?

If your tired from all the walking and sight seeing you can have a cocktail (or two) at the bar 3M, where you can rest your feet while spotting throwout the big glass windows the business of the street of Augsburg. Last time I spotted the Eintracht Frankfurt football team checking in the hotel by the way. 

They offer also two different restaurants, last time I tried the "Maximilians" and it was just delicious, they have a huge range of wines which you should check out while being there. The service is really friendly and they also put some recommendations on you, if you like to have some assistance. What I really liked about Maximilians is that they are having front cooking, that means you see how they prepare your meal. 

The other restaurant is called "Sartory" based on french cuisine, its a own gourmet restaurant with exclusive 24 seats, for all the love birds around they offer there a menue and candle light dinner.

I totally fall in the love with the interior of the hotel: 

What to see and what to do in Augsburg? 

If you are coming around Christmas time, make sure you go for a long walk threw the famous Christmas market. It is just amazing. I would recommend you to come underneath the week as the weekend is always busy. Or come right in the morning when the market is just starting.

You can also go shopping, Augsburg has a lot of great unique shops waiting for you to explore. 

A thing you really shouldn't miss is the food market in Augsburg, you can go there for people watching, buying fresh food or go for lunch or a glass of bubbly or something to eat. They offer also some really nice small restaurants there. I think this is my absolute favorite spot in Augsburg, I could spend ages there!!!!

Cheers,
Melaine
#Melaines-Insights
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Hotel:
https://www.steigenberger.com/hotels/alle-hotels/deutschland/augsburg/steigenberger-drei-mohren