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Disconnect on your vacation



08 October 2007 @ 10:12 am EST

In a world where e-mails follow people on vacation, the need for true chill-out travel has never been higher, sparking a boom in hotels and resorts dedicated to the quiet, and slow, life.

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Luxury travel site globorati.com lists the 10 of the world's top spots to disconnect from the madding crowd:

1. Fairmont Miramar Hotel: Santa Monica

Checking in at the Fairmont Miramar for its Electronic Rehab Weekend, you are instructed to surrender your electronic devices at reception. For 48 hours all laptops, iPods, cell phones, pagers and BlackBerrys are banished while you ease into recovery at the "healing waters sanctuary."

2. Qualia: Australia

A new hideaway off the coast of Queensland that's strictly off limits to under 18s. The resort's 60 hillside pavilions line the northern tip of Hamilton Island amid the tropical Whitsundays, the southern gateway to the Great Barrier Reef.

3. Luton Hoo: UK

Fly into London and bed down at a top-notch spa -- without having to battle the bustle. Just opened, 18th-century manor Luton Hoo has been transformed into a genteel five-star retreat with 1,000 acres of parkland, a huge oak-framed pool and a Victorian tennis court. Just eight minutes from Luton airport.

4. The Sanctuary at Ol Lentille: Kenya

The Sanctuary at Ol Lentille, Kenya's newest bush retreat, is in the midst of a private 6,500-acre conservancy. Guests stay in fully-staffed, stylishly-furnished houses commanding stunning views of Mt. Kenya and can go trout-fishing or bird-shooting with their personal sanctuary guide.

5. Old Edwards Inn & Spa: North Carolina

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