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Spanish Paradores: Hotels have never tasted so good.

01/11/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Spain and tagged , , , on by .
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It’s late morning in Galicia and the surrounding plains are pancake flat (something of a rarity in these parts it must be said), but dominating them is the towering visage of Monte de San Vicente.

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Berners Tavern Opens In Schrager’s The London EDITION Hotel.

02/09/2013This entry was posted in England, Europe and Middle East, London, Travel News, United Kingdom and tagged , on by .
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British Michelin starred chef and restaurateur Jason Atherton, a graduate of Spain’s famous El Bulli restaurant launches his latest restaurant Berners Tavern, a gathering place for all day dining and entertaining, breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea and late supper in The London EDITION Hotel, on Berners Street in London’s Fitzrovia. The London EDITION opening marks Ian Schrager’s return to London for the first time in fifteen years.

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Weekend in Edinburgh. What can you pack in?

27/08/2013This entry was posted in Edinburgh, Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Scotland, United Kingdom and tagged , , , on by .
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It’s getting late in the evening at the old castle, and I’m sitting watching the closing of the Edinburgh Tattoo.

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Cortina d’Ampezzo. Walking on summer sunshine

22/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Italy, South Tyrol, Veneto and tagged , , , , on by .
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Guido Pompanin knows a thing or two about The Dolomites. Not surprising really when you consider his father Ugo and few friends built their very own cable car service to ferry passengers 2,700 metres up from Cortina d’Ampezzo to the summit of Mount Lagazuoi in 1965.

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Ceviche. London

29/07/2013This entry was posted in England, Europe and Middle East, London, United Kingdom and tagged , , on by .
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Peruvian cuisine is the world’s hottest new trend, and outside Lima London is leading the way, with three Peruvian restaurants already in play.  Of these, Ceviche is the one which has been setting Soho on fire since 2012.

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Ischgl. Heaven For Hungry Hikers

21/07/2013This entry was posted in Austria, Europe and Middle East, Tirol, Travel News and tagged on by .
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Mountain hikers are in for delicious dishes when they stop for lunch along the historic pilgrims’ path of Jakobsweg in the Paznaun-Ischgl region of the Austrian Tirol.

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Milos Restaurant Athens

13/07/2013This entry was posted in Athens, Europe and Middle East, Greece and tagged , , on by .
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The tasting table at Milos Athens restaurant provides no hiding place from the open kitchen embracing it.

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French Cheeses in the Negev

15/06/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Israel, The Negev and tagged , , , , on by .
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Leah Nahimov is a pioneer. She’s also something of a magician.Somehow, she and her husband Gadi have managed to create a little piece of France slap bang in the middle of the Negev Desert.

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Mielcke & Hurtigkarl Copenhagen’s best restaurant.

09/06/2013This entry was posted in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe and Middle East and tagged , , on by .