The Gold List

With the cold blue sky above only interrupted by the odd Christmas flight on its way to Rovaniemi, I thought this would be a good time to put together a short list of my 2017 travel favourites, Lucky style. In total, I flew 60,172 miles this year and visited seven different countries of which one, Tanzania, was new.

Best Coffee: Nord Coast Roastery, Hamburg
Best Independent Hotel: Timber Cove, Jenner CA
Best Chained-brand Hotel: Park Hyatt, Zanzibar
Best Boutique Hotel: Hotel Brummell, Barcelona
Best Cinnamon Bun: Kioskkafé, Norfolk Place, London
Best Award Value: One-way ticket Dar es Salaam – Umeå in business class with Swiss and SAS for 27 000 Eurobonus points per person using American Express 2-4-1 voucher