Europe and Middle East

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Tewkesbury Park Hotel. Discover this plain clothes jewel

A smart, modern hotel and restaurant, recently renovated at a cost of £10m, not to mention a sweeping 18-hole golf course in 165 acres of undulating parkland,  are eclipsed only by the town’s exquisite riverbank, wealth of Tudor architecture and Tewkesbury Abbey, one of the nation’s finest Norman churches.

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Cahernane House Hotel, Killarney, Co Kerry

I almost expect Downton Abbey’s Lady Violet Crawley, 8th Dowager Countess of Grantham to sweep past in her carriage as we turn into the long avenue, shaded by a stately canopy of trees on our approach to the imposing stately Victorian Manor, Cahernane House Hotel.

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What do you pack for a stay at The Cary Arms and Spa? “The Inn on the Beach”, as the strap-line advises, gives some clues.

The Cary Arms and Spa. Experience Wonderful beachside living in Babbacombe, Devon

With palm trees, stylish motorboats whizzing across the bay for water-skiing, seas sometimes as azure as the Med and bobbing white spinnakers – this could by the French Riviera.

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Andy Mossack stays and eats at The Wellington Arms in Hampshire

The Wellington Arms. Celebrate the Duke of Wellington in wonderful Hampshire

The king bed was royally adorned with quality crisp linen and duck-down pillows while the generous bathroom ticked all the right boxes for me; Espa toiletries and thick fluffy towels, rain forest shower and separate bathtub.

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Summer Activities in Verbier

Great Summer Activities in Verbier, Switzerland

Rupert Parker indulges in plenty of Summer Activities in Verbier

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Michael Edwards stays and eats at The Red Lion in Odiham  TheRedLionOdiham 78

The Red Lion. Discover this 500 year old pub with rooms in Odiham

The Red Lion is a class act and it’s a shame King John missed out. I reckon he would have given it a royal seal of approval too.

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