http://www.planetmona.com/ http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3598-the-villa-aurea-in-pozzallo-sicily-hotel-review-by-mona http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3598-the-villa-aurea-in-pozzallo-sicily-hotel-review-by-mona Mona Farrugia drops in at the Villa Aurea, limits of Pozzallo, Sicily, and loves what she sees: a huge suite, a lovely pool and a writer's desk bang in her... ]]> Sat, 06 Aug 2011 06:20:00 -0500 3598 2011-08-06 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3598_villaaureamonafarrugia1_1312612150.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3598_villaaureamonafarrugia2_1312612150.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3598_villaaureamonafarrugia7_1312612150.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3598_villaaureamonafarrugia3_1312612180.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3598_villaaureamonafarrugia5_1312612283.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3598_villaaureamonafarrugia4_1312612283.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3367-kahanda-kanda-hotel-review-sri-lanka-by-mona-farrugia http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3367-kahanda-kanda-hotel-review-sri-lanka-by-mona-farrugia The Hills are Alive with the sounds of chanting: Mona Farrugia listens to the sounds of Kahanda Kanda ]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 23:00:00 -0500 3367 2011-05-25 5 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3367_kahandakandamonafarrugia1_1305733803.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3367_kahandakandamonafarrugia2_1305733803.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3367_kahandakandamonafarrugia3_1305733803.jpg 5.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3554-ill-have-a-cup-of-that-tea-trails-in-sri-lanka http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3554-ill-have-a-cup-of-that-tea-trails-in-sri-lanka Mona Farrugia visits Tea Trails and, exhausted from so much driving (aka sitting in a car while the driver manouevres) is introduced to the stunning vistas of the tea plantations. ]]> Sun, 22 May 2011 23:10:00 -0500 3554 2011-05-22 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails1_1305738701.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails2_1305738701.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails3_1305738701.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails4_1305738701.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails5_1305738701.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails6_1305738701.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails7_1305738701.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails8_1305738702.jpg 4.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3457-this-kandy-is-a-treat http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3457-this-kandy-is-a-treat   Mona Farrugia goes wild for life in Sri Lanka when she checks in at The Kandy House ]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 23:09:00 -0500 3457 2011-05-20 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3457_BlackRajahSuiteMonaFarrugia_1305713255.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3457_OutsideBlackRajaSuiteMonaFarrugia_1305713255.jpg 5.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3361-hotel-bologna-hotel-review-by-mona-farrugia http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3361-hotel-bologna-hotel-review-by-mona-farrugia Some hotels are just made to be slept in. And that's it. Mona Farrugia checks into the Hotel Bologna in Verona. ]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:00:00 -0500 3361 2011-03-15 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3361_hotelverona2i_1300017903.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3361_hotelbolognaveronamonafarrugiaplanetmona_1293986503.png http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3361_hotelverona1_1300017903.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3361_hotelverona2_1300017903.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3361_hotelverona_1300017903.jpg 3.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3206-the-late-night-show http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3206-the-late-night-show Mona Farrugia sinks and then swims in the luxurious Villa Feltrinelli at Lake Garda. ]]> Sat, 12 Mar 2011 23:00:00 -0600 3206 2011-03-12 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3206_vf5monafarrugiaplanetmona_1282569824.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3206_vfmonafarrugia1_1282569824.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3206_vfmonafarrugia2_1282569824.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3206_vfmonafarrugia3_1282569824.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3206_vfmonafarrugiaplanetmona4_1282569824.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3206_vfmonafarrugiaplanetmona6_1282569824.jpg 5.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3394-eating-in-dubai-indego http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3394-eating-in-dubai-indego Eating out in Dubai can be an amazing, if very expensive, experience.  Mona Farrugia lets rip at Vineet Bathia's Indego. ]]> Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:20:00 -0600 3394 2011-01-23 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3394_indegodubaimonafarrugia_1295778479.png http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3394_indegodubai2monafarrugia_1295778479.png 5.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3208-thon-hotel-munch http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3208-thon-hotel-munch Oslo is not known as a low cost destination yet this does not mean that bargains are not to be had if you want a quiet Scandinavian weekend, as The... ]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:49:00 -0500 3208 2010-09-01 4 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3208_IMG00195201005151034_1283363397.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3208_IMG00240201005151555_1283363397.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3208_Screen shot 2010-09-10 at 10.36.06_1284107926.png 3.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3198-spice-village http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3198-spice-village This mountain is no brokeback, says Mona Farrugia as she soaks up an Indian summer. ]]> Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:06:00 -0500 3198 2010-08-19 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3198_spicevillage1_1282208818.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3198_spicevillage2_1282208818.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3198_spicevillage3_1282208818.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3198_spicevillage4_1282208818.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3198_spicevillage6_1282208818.jpg 4.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3036-north-island http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3036-north-island North Island is not a hotel but life as it should be lived. Mona Farrugia and The Writer land on its helipad to check why and send love notes from... ]]> Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:39:00 -0500 3036 2010-06-24 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3036_25_1277831544.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3036_28_1277831544.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3036_55_1277831544.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3036_96_1277831544.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3036_03_1277831544.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3036_06_1277831544.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3036_44_1277831544.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3036_47_1277831544.jpg 5.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3035-la-mamounia http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3035-la-mamounia Luxury never dries up at the urban oasis of La Mamounia. Mona Farrugia checks in. ]]> Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:12:00 -0500 3035 2010-06-24 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3035_Mamounia5_1277542290.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3035_Mamounia2_1277542290.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3035_Mamounia3_1277542290.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3035_Mamounia4_1277542290.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3035_Mamounia7_1277542290.jpg 5.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3034-the-halkin http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3034-the-halkin Mona goes desperately in search of silence in London and finds it at The Halkin ]]> Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:03:00 -0500 3034 2010-06-24 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3034_Halkin1_1278523899.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3034_halkin2_1278523899.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3034_halkin3_1278523899.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3034_halkin4_1278523899.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3034_halkin5_1278523899.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3034_halkin6_1278523899.jpg 4.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3026-the-peninsula-bangkok http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3026-the-peninsula-bangkok Bangkok is a crazy city waiting to take you on a trip to hell. Check in across the river and live the experience without the stress. ]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:17:00 -0500 3026 2010-06-18 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3026_pen1_1276874262.PNG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3026_pen2_1276874262.PNG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3026_pen3_1276874262.PNG 5.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/128-locanda-il-rigoletto http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/128-locanda-il-rigoletto Mona Farrugia is a princess with no pea as she finally finds the perfect room. ]]> Tue, 11 May 2010 15:27:00 -0500 128 2010-05-11 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/128_rigo1_1273591912.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/128_Rigoletto2_1273599891.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/128_Rigoletto5_1273599891.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/128_Rigoletto4_1273599891.jpg 5.0