subject: What Ingredients Make A Luxury Holiday, Luxurious? [print this page] The term luxury travel conjures up a variety of images and clichs, lazy days spent sipping cocktails by the pool overlooking an immaculate beach. The reality is that the term luxury has very subjective standards; we consider it as a value inherent with high quality service, exotic locations and pristine accommodation. What may be someones idea of luxury could be perceived by the next person as substandard or mundane.
One luxury travel destination which is synonymous with the word luxury has to be the Seychelles, its very name of conjures up imagery of tropical lavishness, soft sands, elegant sightseeing and breathtaking extravagance. Its not hard to see why the Seychelles is a favourite luxury destination for honeymooners, families and tourists. It ticks all the right boxes for a luxury travel holiday, with outstanding weather all year round, extravagant hotels and white sandy beaches.
Unlike other island destinations that offer processed packages, the Seychelles islands offer a very pure and natural experience, clinging on to its primitive roots. The Seychelles is made up of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean; nearby countries include Mauritius to the south and Zanzibar to the west. The Seychelles islands are a not just a sanctuary to the rarest and endangered species on earth, but also to the tourists wanting to escape the ordinary and mundane in their holiday experiences.
Another location that conjures up images of luxury travel is Australia - the Great Barrier Reef, the Sydney Opera House and Ayres Rock makes Australia an iconic luxury travel destination. Australia is located in the South Pacific on the Southern Hemisphere and is split into eight states. Australia is a country filled with passion, astounding beauty and excitement unlike any place else on earth. The fact that it take nearly a days travel to get there merely adds to the adventure and excitement of your trip.
Australia is a country as big as your imagination and its size means that there are a lot of climate variation, the southern part of the country has particularly cold winters, whereas the entire country in the summer month (December to February) enjoys warm and pleasant weather.
Very few travel experiences can eclipse seeing the great wonders of the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven wonders of the natural world; its larger than the Great Wall of China and is the only living thing on earth which is visible from space. The Australian outback adds a great dimension of adventure to your trip to Australia, with its wide open spaces, vibrant wildlife and unspoiled landscape, the outback is a place that truly cannot be missed.
For a luxury travel encounter with a difference, climbing to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge has to be acknowledged as one of the most spectacular and life changing experiences on earth. Once youve reached the top you are rewarded with remarkable panoramic views of one of the greatest cities in the world.
