Michela Del Bianco

I have a thing for hotels housed in buildings that have a special history. In this blog, my colleagues and I have often told these fascinating stories. In this article I dedicate my attention to a luxury hotel, affiliated with Virtuoso, which is located in one of the symbolic cities of the United States: Los Angeles. It is a brand with a strong New York connotation, The NoMad, not surprisingly the name derives from the trendy New York neighborhood of the same name, with its luxury condominiums, elegant hotels, trendy restaurants and bars.

When I ended the previous article, I was approaching  Aguas Calientes, the capital of the Machupicchu district, at the end of the journey aboard the Belmond Hiram Bingham train, coming from Cuzco. Let me start by saying that this  is just a sample of the Belmond luxury train routes that can be experienced in Peru. The Belmond Andean Exlplorer offers, for example, another fantastic itinerary that in a long journey crosses the main beauties of the country such as Lake Titicaca, the Canyon of the Coyca up to the white city of Arequipa.

A trip to Perù can not miss a stay in Cuzco, the ancient capital of the Inca empire. It is worth a visit not only because excursions to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, one of the 7 wonders of the Modern World, start from here. In Cusco, the archaeological remains of this illustrious past blend with the beautiful Spanish colonial architecture of the city center.

30 years have passed since the release of the film ‘Gorillas in the Mist’, which features the adventurous life of the naturalist Dian Fossey, in Rwanda, dedicated to the study of mountain gorillas, and their defense against poaching attacks. For  her commitment to the safeguard of gorillas she was killed, but the Karisoke Research Center, which she founded, still continues her mission.