Christian Louboutin's hotel in the fashionable corner of Portugal and other irresistible openings

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There are still places on the Portuguese coast where you can get lost... and find yourself.

We start in Melides, a magnet for the creative tribe, a tour of some of the new hotels that promise unforgettable stays.

Hotel Vermelho (Melides)

Be careful with this corner of Alentejo.

The coastal town of

and its spectacular beach have become fashionable in recent years among interesting people: designers, architects and artists such as Philippe Starck, Anselm Kiefer, Vincent Van Duysen and Christian Louboutin,

will open a small 15-room hotel there. this summer.

The Hotel Vermelho has been built by a local architect, Madalena Caiado, as its tiled roof, painted coffered ceilings, Portuguese tiles show, but there are many elements - antique furniture, works of art and crafts - chosen by Louboutin.

A hotel that invites the traveler to live life

(or en

, red in Portuguese),

Louboutin stilettos, and at the same time to enjoy the vineyards, the forests, the views of the Atlantic and the leisurely pace of Alentejo.

More information at vermelhohotel.com

Ngorongoro Lodge Meliá Collection (Tanzania)

The Ngnorongoro crater in Tanzania is the most impressive landscape in Africa.

land of the Maasai, home of the

- lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard and rhinoceros - and one of the most important archaeological sites on the continent.

It is in this Eden that The Meliá Collection will open a new offspring: the Ngnorongoro Lodge, a spectacular luxury boutique hotel located in the same volcanic caldera and overlooking the crater.

This accommodation has one of those infinity pools that is lost on the horizon, a spa to revitalize body and mind, and a

that respects this unique environment in the world.

Safari in the Ngorongoro.SHUTTERSTOCK

La Palma (Capri, Italy)

Another highly anticipated hotel renaissance is that of Capri's first hotel, built in 1822, which has become part of the Oetker Collection, the crème de la crème of the luxury hotel universe.

La Palma now houses 50 rooms and suites, and all the glamor of this island of the rich and famous.

Capri has been a symbol of la dolce vita since it became a magnet for celebrities such as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Frank Sinatra, and a good number of artists, poets and writers who met precisely in the La Palma lobby.

This summer, the island's regulars (Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez and Beyoncé, for example, this past summer) will have a new place in the hotel and its new beach club to meet or flee from the rest of mortals.

More information at oetkercollection.com

Hotel La Palma.

Raffles London at The OWO

The British capital has been waiting for months for Raffles to land.

Repeated delays have not dampened curiosity about the transformation of the Old War Office (OWO) into a grand hotel bearing the hallmarks of this legendary Singapore-born luxury chain.

The OWO, a historic building that has never been open to the public, will have 120 rooms, 11 restaurants and bars, and a spa from the Guerlain beauty brand.

One of the most sought-after corners will undoubtedly be its roof terrace, with views of Buckingham Palace, which has been so agitated lately.

Learn more at raffles.com

The new Raffles in London.

Environment (Arizona, USA)

A landscape hotel?

There are many hotels with views, but not many can claim to be landscape hotels.

These go one step further.

They give full prominence to the extraordinary environment where they are located with the idea of ​​conserving and preserving it.

In Spain we have the pioneering case of Vivood, in Alicante.

In the US, the new Ambiente hotel seems to have refined the formula to the maximum with the invaluable help of the spectacular nature of

, a place that captivates the traveler with its whimsical geological formations and the paprika color that tints them.

It is, so to speak,

.

Ambiente will house 40 glass cubes equipped with a bedroom, a kitchen and a bathroom through which all that movie set slips through.

More information at ambientesedona.com

Hotel Environment.

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