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Les Pins at Golf D'Hardelot

Les Pins at Golf d’Hardelot. Enjoy a brilliant French Golfing Experience.

Hardelot’s two golf courses Le Pins and Les Dunes; tricky twin tracks on rolling French Pine forest that has, I suspect, attracted far more golf balls within its branches than the town has had visitors over the years.

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Palazzo Montemartini. Embrace luxury in the heart of Rome.

I heard about Palazzo Montemartini from a local in the know. Word is it’s an exciting recent addition to the luxury hotel scene and it’s near the Termini Station,

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Slieve Russell Hotel

Slieve Russell Hotel. Discover the charm of Ulster’s luxury resort

The iconic Slieve Russell Hotel is certainly popular and draws families, golfers, tennis players, wedding parties and nosey journalists from across Ireland and from much further afield.

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Lough Eske Castle Hotel and Spa. Donegal has never looked so good.

As I walked down the Lough Eske Castle steps the following day, I felt I had been in ‘a friend’s home’, where the live egg station breakfast cook seemed to know everyone’s names

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Kilronanan Castle Estate and Spa. County Roscommon has never looked so good.

It was good fortune that brought me an hour early to the Drawing Room Bar so that I could sample a glass of Guinness, served with that the special care and magic that you only find in Ireland.

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Andy Mossack reviews The Grand Trunk Road Restaurant and finds Mayfair has come to South Woodford.

The Grand Trunk Road Restaurant. South Woodford Indian food has never tasted so good.

Created by Rajesh Suri, formerly of Michelin-starred Mayfair restaurant Tamarind, this is Indian fine dining for sure, but without the hefty Mayfair price tag.

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