Mary Lussiana
Mary Lussiana is a passionate hotel-lover and freelance travel writer contributing to many of the UK’s best magazines and newspapers. A mother of three, she has lived in Portugal's sunny south since this century began, and continues to live there with her husband, their yellow Labrador, Bellini and returning children.
Latest articles by Mary Lussiana
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Discover Locke de Santa Joana: a restored convent turned Lisbon hotel catering to ‘creative, Bohemian aficionados’
Born from the restoration of an old convent, Locke de Santa Joana has been redesigned by Post Company and Lázaro Rosa Violán into a design-led city break
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Tour Odera, the first luxury hotel to open on the Greek island of Tinos
Courtesy of Studio Bonarchi, Odera is a thoughtfully designed haven embracing the Aegean Sea
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The Memmo group opens a property in Lisbon's cosmopolitan Príncipe Real neighbourhood
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Lisbon’s newest hotel is proof that big things come in small packages
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Six Senses Qing Cheng Mountain — Chengdu, China
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Jaime Beriestain designs Lisbon's The One hotel
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Housed in a palace, Lisbon’s latest hotel marries the 18th and 21st centuries
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It’s all about the view at these nine Lisbon hotspots
Famous for its yellow trams, cobbled streets and delicious pasteis de nata, Lisbon is no longer a secret. But only once you visit, do you realise that the loveliest thing about the city is its light – which dances off the Tagus River, dappling the quintessential red roofs and blue-tiled facades – best experienced from a height, preferably at one of these vantage points below.
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Behind the façade of a 1920s theatre, there's food and fashion at Lisbon’s newest lifestyle emporium
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Sublime Comporta introduces its new Bio Pool Suites
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Vintage flair with Portuguese details by Quiet Studio at Lisbon's newest hotel
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Basque chef Eneko Atxa joins Lisbon's ever-growing culinary scene
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Arctic Bath is the much-anticipated open-air bath hotel in Swedish Lapland
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Casa No Tempo — Alentejo, Portugal
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Former Algarve post office transformed into five bedroom hotel — Algarve, Portugal
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Lisbon's Bairro Alto Hotel emerges from an overhaul with a nod to all things Portuguese
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Lisbon’s Prado, by Ark Studio, is an urban restaurant which brims with the feel of a pastoral paradise
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Behind the doors of Lisbon's newest boutique hotel
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How architectural boutique hotels transformed Portugal’s fortunes
Over the past decade, a wave of architecture-led boutique hotels has put Portugal on the map
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A former farm in Alentejo has been transformed into a boutique art retreat
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White balance: a new Portuguese island resort is perfectly measured
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Lisbon’s newest hotel AlmaLusa Baixa-Chiado is tucked into a charming corner of the city
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The Algarve’s Magnolia Hotel is a take on the glory days of the 1950s American motel
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East meet West at Stockholm’s hottest new restaurant
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