Europe and Middle East

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Andy Mossack review the Bell Inn, a heavenly hotel deep in the New Forest.

The Bell Inn. Discover a heavenly hotel in the New Forest

Considering the Bell Inn in the tiny New Forest village of Brook has been owned by the same family for over 200 years, longevity seems to be part of its DNA.

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Isabel Conway enjoys the Dolomites as she goes skiing in Val Gardena

Skiing in Val Gardena. Discover Italy’s premier ski resort.

What makes Val Gardena stand out, apart from one of the world’s greatest mountain landscapes, is you are in Austria and Italy but in neither!

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Zela London

Right in the heart of London’s Aldwych theatre crowd, Zela London introduces us to “Meppon Cuisine.” A new style of cuisine where Japan meets the Med.

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Rhinefield House Hotel. Enjoy a country house hotel in beautiful Brockenhurst

Mabel Walker-Munro had Rhinefield House built back in 1887. Although Mabel was the owner of Eastwood Colliery in Nottinghamshire, she clearly preferred a laissez-faire management style based in distant Hampshire

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Rupert Parker travels to Lucerne just in time to see the Lilu Light Festival

Lilu Light Festival. Watch Lucerne light up in a glorious celebration of light and sound.

Lucerne’s first ever Lilu Light Festival with 17 installations by Swiss and international artists scattered through the city for 11 days.

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Andy Mossack stays at Palazzo Montemartini Rome and revels in Roman elegance. Esteno night mod

Palazzo Montemartini Rome. Radisson luxury fit for an emperor.

Palazzo Montemartini Hotel is looking particularly splendid tonight, her elegant facade proving a worthy canvass for the projected images beaming off her.

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