Mark C. O'Flaherty

The best airport hotel in the world. Perhaps | Andaz Delhi

"I spent afternoons staring out the window at planes take off, contemplating my strange new life, living in this non-place"

The rooms with all the views | The Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"I don’t think the Taj Mahal is all that. I don’t know how else to put it …"

Review: British Airways – New Delhi (DEL) to London (LHR)

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"The reason for all this? Almost all air space north of Delhi being closed due to possible imminent war"

Nights on the tiles | Why I’m not moving to Lisbon just yet

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"A pianist. At breakfast. Playing the love theme to Tootsie"

Three things in London I’m eating right now

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"One recurrent comment has been: 'Truffle and fontina pizza for £29!? WTF!??'"

A family saga and some seriously hot wheels | Ballyfin by Bentley

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"The décor at Ballyfin is not for all tastes, but your mother will probably love it. Unless your mother is Rei Kawakubo"

Review: Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco Resort & Spa, Barga

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"Only in Italy would a mariachi version of “Hotel California” be considered apposite aural accompaniment for a sunlounger'

Print is dead, long live print

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

Civilian launches its first print edition - issue zero is out now

Review: Finnair’s new Business class – London (LHR) to Helsinki (HEL)

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"Finnair customers at Heathrow are sent to the No.1 Lounge, which is where passengers who don’t have lounge privileges go to pay £40 for all the bacon rolls they can eat, and feel like they’re living the dream"

Review: The Marker Hotel, Dublin

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"This is a hotel that started to date the second the heavy plastic wrapping was taken off all of its expensive CONTEMPORARY furniture"

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