Europe and Middle East

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Michael Cranmer goes all romantic as he admits to Love Is In Isère

Love Is In Isère A Mountainous Triangle Amoureux

The French department of Isère is home to 23 ski resorts including Vaujany and Les Deux Alpes.

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INNSiDE Melia Palma Center

INNSiDE Melia Palma Center. Experience fabulous Palma from the rooftop.   

Take a date, take your mates, or take the kids – it’s a place that attracts a whole bunch of people with a refined breakfast, top-notch location and cosy rooms. The real find though is that rooftop bar.

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Rupert Parker reports back on a stay at the Bristol Hotel a citycentre staple for decades.

The Bristol Hotel. Discoer this fabulous riverside haven.

The waterside views from my 5th-floor room afforded a sense of space and I didn’t feel like I was in the heart of a bustling city. Best of all was taking breakfast right by the side of the harbour.

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Andy Mossack reviews Bustronome Voyage Gourmand, where you can enjoy dinner while touring London atop a red London double decker bus. Bus e1580301110824

Bustronome Voyage Gourmand. Discover London while deliciously dining on a double decker bus.

We had just rounded Trafalgar Square when the cheese was triumphantly delivered. A brie with a very tasty pear cooked in balsamic vinegar.

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galtur view

Galtur. Great Skiing In the Footsteps of Giants

.Skiing hones the senses. Biting cold on exposed flesh; shadows thrown by late-afternoon winter sun; snowflakes swirling like shoals of silverfish; the profound silence after a fall of powder. The exquisite clarity of a newly-discovered vista.

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SIschgl Is Reinventing Itself

Sensational Skiing in Ischgl.

Ischgl is acknowledged as one of Austria’s top ski destinations, the village is at an altitude of 1377 metres in the Paznaun Region of the Tirol and is in the Silvretta Mountains.

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