Shari Mycek

Senior Editor at Travel Curator

writer, traveler, spa-aficionado, journalist

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Articles

Botswana Safari Review | Atzaró Cape Town & Atzaró Okavango– Travel Curator

3 weeks ago | travelcurator.com | Shari Mycek

“I think your hotel is on Table Mountain.” My driver smiles as he winds along Cape Town’s steep, tree-lined streets framed by hibiscus and protea (South Africa’s national flower). “You may be right,” I laugh, the iconic, stealth rock seemingly just steps away by the time he rolls to a stop in front of uber-modern Atzaró Cape Town — a once exclusive-use villa turned intimate hotel.
Barbuda: the Caribbean's Best-Kept Secret – Travel Curator

3 weeks ago | travelcurator.com | Shari Mycek

Last year I spent four blissful days on the Caribbean island of Antigua. At Curtain Bluff, the island’s only Relais and Chateaux property, I climbed the “stairway to heaven” (a.k.a. Bluff House) to watch the sun set, snorkeled daily from the resort’s dive boat, sipped fresh coconut water under towering palms, and — with my own private tour guide — explored the verdant island, learning about its blouse-and-skirt houses, nautical heritage, and newly emerging gin-making culture.
Luxury Hotels in the Florida Keys – Travel Curator

1 month ago | travelcurator.com | Shari Mycek

“This used to be a trailer park. People would drive their RVs — from all corners of the U.S. — and camp here,” says Cynthia Costa, general manager of Bungalows Key Largo, an adults-only, all-inclusive resort in Florida’s Key Largo.
Southern California Hotel Spas – Travel Curator

2 months ago | travelcurator.com | Shari Mycek

Decades have passed since I stopped correcting the assumption made by total strangers — that I was from California. The conjecture came most often during pleasantries exchanged in airports or on planes. But somewhere around 33,000 feet, I decided to just smile and say nothing (although, secretly, I was pleased). Maybe it was my light hair and eyes or deviation from the expected all-black New York attire (I prefer neutral whites and creams even when traveling) that prompted the made-up narrative.
The Peninsula Hong Kong Review – Travel Curator

2 months ago | travelcurator.com | Shari Mycek

The greenery is astounding. From inside the glass funicular tramway — inching its way up the steep incline to Hong Kong’s famous lookout Peak — I peer onto lush palms and reddish crotons. Intellectually, I know of the city’s verdant nature. Expat friends who now live here and hotel staff eager to share the beauty of their city (home to 7.4 million residents) continuously sing praises of Hong Kong’s lush greenery, tropical flowers, rubber trees, sandy beaches, and seemingly endless walking paths.
The Cove Eleuthra Bahamas Resort Review – Travel Curator

Feb 20, 2025 | travelcurator.com | Shari Mycek

I never lock my door. Not once. To be honest, the thought never occurs to me. Although a shiny brass key is provided upon arrival to my beachfront house at The Cove Eleuthera where I’m staying solo, I leave it — idly neglected — next to the welcome Champagne and cheeseboard. And this simple, unassuming decision — the freedom of meandering to and from an unlocked house — catapults me back in time. To my childhood. In the small, Mason Dixon-line town where I grew up, we never locked our doors.
The Inn at Perry Cabin in St Michaels Maryland Hotel Review – Travel Curator

Jan 27, 2025 | travelcurator.com | Shari Mycek

“Monkey bread. Wow.”My partner glances up from his own breakfast menu, then smiles — half in amusement and half in annoyance — because he knows I will elaborate. Which of course I do. “Growing up, we had monkey bread,” I explain. “I haven’t seen or thought of it since childhood and I’ve never seen it on a formal menu.”We are at Stars in St. Michaels — The Inn at Perry Cabin’s fine-dining restaurant.
Sensei Porcupine Creek: America’s Most Insanely Luxurious Spa – Travel Curator

Jan 3, 2025 | travelcurator.com | Shari Mycek

The entrance is unexpected. Passing through a residential neighborhood in tony Rancho Mirage, California — past meticulously restored mid-century modern homes surrounded by flowering cacti — my driver slows to a stop. “You will need to show ID,” he says as, in perfect symmetry, the back car window rolls down; a guard collects and scrutinizes my credentials, then ushers us through.
Best Wellness Experience in Capri, Italy – Travel Curator

Dec 11, 2024 | travelcurator.com | Shari Mycek

I am infatuated, in love actually, with the black-and-white photograph before me. Simply titled, “Pasta Time,” the photograph — which hangs near plush red velvet chairs, curvy art-deco sofas, and drippy chandeliers — in the lobby of Capri’s Hotel Punta Tragara was captured in 1939 by photographer Hamilton Wright.
Middleburg Virginia Hotels, Dining and Things to Do – Travel Curator

Oct 28, 2024 | travelcurator.com | Shari Mycek

Just a few minutes off I495 (a.k.a. the capital beltway) — out of the bumper-to-bumper, stop-for-construction DC traffic I’ve been inching through — I see them, forever ingrained in my cellular memory: the purple cornflower-hued Blue Ridge Mountains. As if on cue, the road narrows, twisting and turning through small towns reminiscent of the English countryside, and past sprawling horse farms. Home. I grew up in these verdant, rolling-hills parts (just a tad further north on the Mason Dixon line).