A travel writer's 23 best and worst things of 2012
Every year, the road surprises me -- which is, come to think of it, why I go out there in the first place. Here are 23 of the best and worst things I found in 2012, along with a few other superlatives. That weird hotel wallpaper in San Francisco, for instance. Also the overpriced coffee in New York, homespun hospitality in the Yucatan, great steak in Phoenix and that rainy graveyard in Nova Scotia. Here's hoping your travels in the year ahead feature more bests and fewer worsts than ever.
-- Christopher Reynolds
-- Christopher Reynolds
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Best hotel( Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times )
The Four Seasons Resort the Biltmore, built in 1927, is a wonderland of Spanish Colonial arches and colored tiles, shaded by fig trees, swaddled by ferns, neighbored by Butterfly Beach. Its pool is across the street at the Coral Casino, a ritzy private club, open to hotel guests, with two restaurants and a bigger-than-Olympic pool. Your laps may take days. I've done the math, and I'm pretty sure this is how the other half of the 1% live.
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