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Lisbon is awash with fantastic places to eat, you just have to know where to look for the best ones. Forget looking, here is a list of Lisbon's tastiest restaurants just for you!

Lisbon’s tastiest restaurants. Discover foodie heaven

Lisbon is awash with fantastic places to eat, you just have to know where to look for the best ones. Forget looking, here is a list of Lisbon’s tastiest restaurants just for you!

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Cheneston’s Restaurant. Leafy Kensington has never tasted so good.

London is awash with good restaurants, celebrity chefs and temporarily trendy eateries. Those in the know though, keep little secrets to themselves to unwrap when the occasion allows. For me, Cheneston’s Restaurant is my little secret, so let’s keep it just between us then.

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Andy Mossack reviews The Milestone Hotel, an iconic boutique hotel in Kensington.

The Milestone Hotel. Discover wonderful old world luxury in Kensington.

A cold December day, but the welcome sign in the lobby of the Milestone Hotel warms our hearts, “please help yourself to our complimentary hot chocolate, marshmallows and chocolates.” Now that’s what I call the perfect hello.

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Solange Berchemin enjoys a wonderful seasonal celebration in Avignon at Christmas. 

Avignon at Christmas. Experience the wonderful celebrations in the City of Popes.

Avignon celebrates catholic festivals the same way it celebrates its gastronomy and culture, with a genuine reverence for its past and a real enthusiasm for modernity. Next time you fancy a Christmas market with a soul, Avignon at Christmas is the place

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The Cherry Tree Inn at Stoke Row. Super English character in the Chilterns.

Lucy Daltrof redisvoers Henley as she stays at the Cherry Tree Inn at Stoke Row.

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Isabel Conway reveals her Insider guide to Antwerp, a city pulsating with must see places. Antwerpen Stadhuis crop2 2006 05 28

Insider Guide to Antwerp. Discover the best of this Belgian beauty.

Antwerp is not chocolate box beautiful like Bruges, nor does it have that busy pick and mix’ selection combination of transient Eurocrats and tourists you taste in Brussels. Belgium’s second city is more ‘urban praline’ so in Isabel’s Insider Guide to Antwerp, you can look forward to savouring a luscious centre wrapped up in delicious outer coatings.

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