ROOM FOR ROMANCE
Tamara and James list their sexiest hotel bedrooms around the world.
01 COQUI COQUI MERIDA RESIDENCE & SPA, MEXICO
“This one-suite hideaway sits above Coqui Coqui’s Perfumeria, so the scent of orange blossom and tobacco linger in the air,” says Tamara. “I love the idea of a hotel existing only for you and your partner for that night – with twin claw-foot baths and an ornate four-poster bed surrounded by gilded mirrors and marble.”
02 AMAN VENICE, ITALY
“After being picked up on the Aman Riva (right) and taken through the world’s most beautiful city, to go to this room is like a fantasy,” says James. “It’s exceptional. You could lie in the big, freestanding bed and just look at the ceiling for an hour; the frescos of cherubs and clouds, and detail in the mouldings, are mesmerising.”
03 SONEVA JANI, THE MALDIVES
“I’d never been in a room like Soneva Jani’s, where the roof retracts and you can lie in bed and stargaze, which is pretty special,” says James. “The rooms are sumptuous in an understated way, in keeping with the island location – and have private pools and netting on which you can lie and watch the fish below.”
04 MONTEVERDI, ITALY
“At Monteverdi, the simple but beautiful Val D’Orcia suite has one of the most wildly romantic views in the world,” says Tamara. “Sage-coloured shutters open out onto rolling Tuscan hills, and you can sit and gaze at the sprawling countryside from the black oval bathtub in the centre of the room.”