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 

Casual luxury Hotel - NIDUM / Austria, my insights for you!

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Casual luxury hotel - NIDUM / Austria

Relaxing in the mountains? My insights for you!

Hey guys,

I just came back from a wonderful relaxing weekend in Austria. I checked out the newly opened (December 2016) NIDUM casual luxury hotel,it is located in Mösern/Austria. 

We decided to spend a wellness weekend there, but of course the area itself offers you a lot more like going skiing, snowboarding,hiking or just spending a day shopping in Seefeld (5 min drive) or Innsbruck (20 min drive). 

The hotel has about 57 rooms, all with sunny big windows and a breathtaking view on the Austrian mountains. The style is minimalism design and wood interior, which makes it extreme comfy and stylish at the same time. 

We stayed at a 52qm suite called "NICE-Suite" (room nr. 509, I can highly recommend to you), which made a really not only nice but an"AMAZING!!" impression to us. Pictures are telling more then thousands words so here we go:

All rooms are offering a stylish Illy coffee maker, you can enjoy your first espresso or like I would call it the "typical Italian breakfast" with a breathtaking view facing the mountains.

The room has as you can tell from the pictures are surrounding balcony, of course south balcony which gives you always the sunny side of life.

Speaking about coffee, the breakfast they offer is amazing. You can choose three different restaurant areas all different decorated but totally charming to sit in, which makes it nice to change the location from time to time.

Around 4.00 p.m. they offer a nice apero for all the hotel guests with great antipasti and nice background music, it is already included in the price so is the breakfast and the dinner. You can take this aperitivo with you, as they offer a great sitting area in a hotel owned liberay, where you can choose from many books. 

Speaking about food in the hotel, it is absolutely high quality, they work only with regional products, which I think is a great way to be sustainable.

The dinner is normally starting with a salad buffet, followed by a soup or another apetizer, main course you can choose from a vegetarian dish, meat or fish dish and after that you have a wonderful dessert and can choose from different cheese. 

When your into wine they have a wide range of bottles, you may just contact the stuff that can help you out. 

Again, pictures are saying more then words: 

After all the eating you can go for sport in the hotel, they offer a big gym area. Also you can book a massage afterwards in the spa or just relax in the indoor and outdoor pool with a wonderful view in the perfection of nature. They offer also saunas and another outdoor whirlpool on the roof top. If you are willing to do a little adventure, you must check out the unique sauna with a suspension bridge directly build in the mountain.

Hotel: http://www.nidum-hotel.com

Cheers,

Melaines-Insights

www.melaines-insights.com 

Pure Lifestyle on top of the mountains - Austria / Kristallhütte

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Skiing and Lifestyle traveling on top of the mountains - my insights for you: 

Hey guys,

today I want to introduce to you the magnificent beautiful located "Kristallhütte" in Austria / Zillertal. 

For getting even a better impression I will provide you now with the link, as a video can say more then thousands pictures: https://vimeo.com/125841117

So YES, I love snow and being in the mountains. But unfortunately I missed learning how to ski or snowboard.

So how can you manage to get someone like this up to a skiing paradise and hideaway on top of the mountains in Austria (literally ON TOP)? Underneath you see the morning view from our suite.

For myself (thanks to the lovely host) they picked me up at the mid station and transferred me with a jet ski to the Kristallhütte.

For all the ski lovers out there - the normal way would be to get rid of your package in the middle station (they transfer it for you and take care) and then ski all day and come with the last lift to the Kristallhütte back.

Around 4.00 the daily skiing visitors are leaving to get the last ride down. This is when your private Kristallhütte experience is about to start.

The service is unbelievable, when your back from skiing or wellnessing (they offer a great Spa with one of a kind view towards facing the mountains - NOTHING ELSE!) you can go for an aperitivo in the freshly cleaned out Kristallhütte. While taking a sip of your aperitif, they offer you some snacks which you can enjoy while warming yourself up on a huge fire place.

As the Kristallhütte is only offering 4 alpine lodge suites and 8 superior rooms, you can imagine how private you feel when no one else is there only the crew members, you and the mountain spirit.

We stayed in an alpine lodge suite, which is only with one word writable : pure lifestyle luxury.
When staying at the suite you can leave your skiing equipment in your own glass locker (outside the suite) and for your shoes, they have a own room for it - to make sure it gets warm again.

The suite itself is facing the pure mountains, 2-level suite, 55 qm. All is in wood and a really clean minimalistic design with huge glass fronts. I guess they wanted to make sure that when you entered the bath tube (of course in front of the glass and facing the mountains) that you really feel your the only one person on top of everything. As a welcome they also offer you a bottle of bubbly, which you can sip with your own (how much luxury you can get!) little private fire - of course close to the bath tube so the romantic is own.

Speaking about romantic the 2-level has also a balcony (as the first level has) which is again facing the great view of the snowy mountains. On the 2-level you have a wonderful big bed where you can take a rest.

Of course you also have your own infrarot cabine in your suite, so you can relax from all the sport really privately.  The Nespresso machine is not missing and you have of course free w-lan. Not to forget to mention they have an integrated music system which serves the music threw all the levels of your suite and also an music alarm system to wake you nicely up - to make sure you don't miss to be the first skiing person that goes down the mountain - while the others still have to wait and stand in line for going up :-)

At night the Kristallhütte is offering (included in the over night price) a wonderful 5-course-Gourmet dinner experience, they have also a great wine card which just don't leave any wishes open.

The breakfast on the next day, sets the same luxury standards as the dinner. Just everything you need (or you don't need) is there.

The guest can also reserve outside some tables or what I would recommend to you: warm water beds, where you can hang out after skiing for lunch or just like me for sun bathing and people watching. Around lunch time many visitors are coming and it gets crowded, which doesn't stop the fun - a DJ act is always there - so you have a huge entertainment while being on top of the mountains.

The only sad thing about it, it is so nice that many people want to book this experience. So make sure you hurry up and book the trip to your winter hideaway !

Cheers,
Melaine
www.melaines-insights.com

Links:
www.kristallhütte.at

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
#www.melaines-insights.com 

Hotel:
https://www.steigenberger.com/hotels/alle-hotels/deutschland/augsburg/steigenberger-drei-mohren