Europe and Middle East
Bedford Lodge Hotel and Spa. Newmarket’s historic home of horseracing.
Newmarket. The ancestral home of British horseracing is a perfect backdrop to the Bedford Lodge Hotel and Spa. As if on cue, expertly-groomed thoroughbred racehorses canter past my bedroom window exercising around the adjacent paddocks and training stables.
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Casa do Lago. Outstanding restaurant in Quinta do Lago
Late November and the lunchtime crowd at Casa do Lago are looking a little bit thin. Admittedly it is out of season, yet the unusually warm sunny weather has brought the few of us out onto the lakeside terrace to eat.
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Pizzeria CasaVostra. Excellent Italian fare on Portugal’s Algarve.
The Algarvian town of Almancil might not be high on your list of dining destinations seeing as the famed Quinta do Lago is almost next door, but take it from me, you won’t want to miss this one.
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The Great Walser Trail at Walserweg. Hike Austria’s historic mountain trail.
Ancestors of the Walser, as these people are called, had left the Valais region in Switzerland centuries earlier and headed east over the high passes.
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De Vere Tortworth Court. Discover a quintessential country retreat
As English as the afternoon tea the hotel serves, Tortworth Court in South Gloucestershire, with white beehives dotted along the lengthy drive, Union Jack fluttering above, epitomises the quintessential country retreat.
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Hiking in the Jungfrau region. A unique mix of lakes waterfalls and soaring mountains.
One way to escape the crowds in Interlaken, the Jungfrau gateway is to set out on foot, following in the footsteps of those celebrated Victorian alpinists.
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