Our favorite part of booking travel is having our families experience and learn about local cultures. The luxury hotel chain, Capella Hotels and Resorts, is on the same mission and even have Culturists on staff! They now offer unique experiences called Mini Escapes that are available at their hotels in Bangkok, Hanoi, Singapore, and Ubud in Bali. The programs were designed to allow your family to connect and immerse in the culture of each destination.  For example, in Ubud where Capella offers an amazing tented camp resort in the middle of a forest, your family can enjoy a kite building workshop or learn how to cook a traditional Balinese meal from a local family. While in Hanoi at Capella’s art nouveau masterpiece hotel, your family can visit with one of the local village’s artisans to learn more about the country’s long history and ceramic-making heritage. A ceramic craftsman will demonstrate every step of the process and then your family gets a turn to make your own plates which will be fired and brought back to the hotel.  Another experience in Hanoi is Vietnamese lacquer painting from one of the city’s most famous masters. Mini Escape packages are available that the include your room, some meals and other benefits and vary by resort. Capella recently opened their first hotel outside of Asia in Sydney, Australia and we look forward to seeing what experiences their Culturists design!  Six more new resorts are in the works with 2024 and 2025 openings.