Europe and Middle East

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Lucy Daltroff reviews the Boathouse Cafe in Plymouth the legendary seafood restaurant.

The Boathouse Cafe. Discover Plymouth’s wonderful seafood legend.

Eating a deliciously fresh lemon sole by Sutton harbour and the mouth of the River Plym with the sun shining on the water, was a great way to first experience the much underrated city of Plymouth. It was there that I met Ben Squire, owner of The Boathouse Cafe who told me his own story.

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Guide to Game of Thrones Locations in Dubrovnik. 02 MINCETA 10TH EP HOUSE 01

Guide to Game of Thrones Locations in Dubrovnik. Discover where all your favourite scenes were filmed.

King’s Landing was looking impressive from atop The Red Keep. So welcome to my Dubrovnik guide to Game of Thrones locations.

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Andy Mossack samples the food at Tavern Maslina at Hotel Dubrovnik Palace and finds the view is just as good as the food. alhdubrovnikpalacerestaurantmaslina6 87 hoteldubrovnikpalacefandb 2001

Tavern Maslina at Hotel Dubrovnik Palace. Discover the best view in the city.

Just calling it spectacular is doing it an injustice frankly, for this is a view that will live long in the memory; a stunning seascape of small islands bathed in the amber glow of an impending sunset with a lone fishing boat slowly making its way across the bay. It’s like the perfect ending to a movie just before the credits roll. It really is breathtaking.

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Kosice. A Slovakian stunner.

It was raining in the charming historical centre of Kosice, but that didn’t deter the singing fountains one little bit, getting on down as they were, to the sounds of ABBA drifting across the small park. Actually, to call them singing is a little bit of a misnomer, as they don’t sing at all, more […]

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Andy Mossack reviews Villa Dubrovnik, and wallows in boutique luxury. VillaDub1

Villa Dubrovnik. Discover the art of boutique luxury in Dubrovnik.

Croatia’s stellar Dalmatian coast has long been seen as an alternative contender to Italy’s Amalfi and as my taxi makes a tight cliff top hairpin turn onto an even tighter road clearly never intended for motor car use, the difference is obvious to me. No traffic. Just peace, solitude and birdsong; the timeless backdrop of old town Dubrovnik lying far below, just across the bay.

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