Europe and Middle East

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Florence Gardens Hotel

I was sad to leave the Florence Gardens Hotel, I could have stayed another day or two and I now fully appreciate why the rooms are very much in demand.

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New Players Lounge at The Grove

One of the London area premier hotel and golfing estates is busy improving its property for 2017 with a new Players Lounge at The Grove due to open in May this year.

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JUGGED HARE

The Jugged Hare. A wonderful City of London Institution

The Jugged Hare, a City of London institution at any time of year, really comes into its own during game season. Which means getting down to Chiswell Street before spring breaks out to tuck into the last and rarest of the birds as well as wild beasties.

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Exploring Leeuwarden

Leeuwarden, the capital of the province of Friesland in the Netherlands, will become a European Capital of Culture in 2018. Preparations for taking on that prestigious mantle are already well underway. Stuart Forster goes exp0loring Leeuwarden to find out more.

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Lotus Indian restaurant – Now Closed

Lotus, two minutes from Charing Cross, breaks the rule which says an ethnic restaurant close to a mainline station is likely be inauthentic at best, a tourist trap at worst. In fact this multi-award-winning eatery is up there with the best Indian restaurants in London, as good as the several with a Michelin star this reviewer has dined at.

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The Angel Hotel Abergavenny

The Angel Hotel Abergavenny has come a long way since its early days as part of the old THF portfolio. Its family ownership over the last fourteen years has lovingly transformed the hotel into one of Monmouth’s destination properties.

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