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Anthea Gerrie reviews Adele & Jules Boutique Hotel a family run boho boutique hotel in Paris' Montmarte district. e

Adele & Jules Boutique Hotel. A taste of delightful BOHO ambience in Paris.

It’s not often you hear of a new happening neighbourhood in Paris, but one comes along every few years when you’re not looking. You may think of Grands Boulevards merely as the great wide traffic artery where the big department stores are located, but a whole new world is springing up to the east around the city’s latest boutique hotel, Adele & Jules.

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Paultons Park Family Fun

Paultons Park Family Fun

TripReporter sent the Wallace family of two adults and two kids to give us a thorough and exhausting testing. Here is their Paultons Park family fun diary

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Edinburgh Festivals anyone?

Heading up to any Edinburgh festivals? Anna Smith shares fresh finds and hidden gems for this years’ Edinburgh festival season.

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 Terry Marsh uncovers his Guide to Aveyron

Guide to Aveyron. Insider insight to this beautiful region.

Aveyron is a department of remarkable contrasts; of verdant undulating, never-ending landscapes largely unspoiled by Man; distinctive, authentic and as close to La France profonde as it is possible to be. Terry Marsh uncovers his Guide to Aveyron.

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Hotel Chavanel. Exquisite design.

In the chic Hotel Chavanel, Paris has the very property for which the phrase “small but perfectly-formed” could have been conceived. The frontage, a couple of minutes’ walk from the Madeleine, is so narrow you could walk by and miss it,

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The Balcon at the Sofitel St.James

The Balcon at the Sofitel St.James. Discover fine French fare.

The Balcon at the Sofitel St. James is that rare beast, a French restaurant in a French hotel which has turned its back on its upbringing and decided to go native. What used to be Le Balcon, a rather stuffy eatery on London’s posh Pall Mall with rather heavy French dishes, has been reborn as THE Balcon under the helm of a talented Antipodean chef.

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