The fireworks from Varenna’s annual Festival of the Lake were in full flow by the time we polished off the last of Chef Dario’s pretty impressive peach and caprine-cheese mousse dessert.
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Europe and Middle East
Seven Park Hotel & Spa
27/07/2017 .
Mizpe Hayamim Hotel
15/07/2017 .
It’s unusual to find a luxury hotel that is so self-sufficient, practically all the food it serves is produced on-site. Self sufficiency aside, Mizpe Hayamim Spa Hotel is perhaps one of the most enchanting hotels I’ve experienced.
Read the full story hereRoyal Beach Tel Aviv
14/07/2017 .
It may have been built with business travellers in mind, but the Royal Beach Tel Aviv gives its leisure-oriented competitors lining the Med a run for their money.
Read the full story hereThe Principal Edinburgh
13/07/2017 .
Things have changed since I last stayed at 19-21 George Street. The former George Hotel is now The Principal Edinburgh and its facelift is looking good.
Read the full story hereHighcliffe Contemporary B&B
11/07/2017 .
The door opened wide onto a large hallway bathed in the afternoon Cornish light. But, all I could see was two beaming faces “We’ve been expecting you, coffee?” says Vanessa Clark as husband Simon directed us to a large welcoming lounge with an open fireplace, a 19th century apothecary’s cabinet to die for and spellbinding wallpaper denoting a designer eye for unusual and eclectic décor. We had arrived at Highcliffe Contemporary B&B.
Read the full story hereCongham Hall Hotel
07/07/2017 .
An inquisitive muntjac deer was tiptoeing like a child playing hopscotch across the newly-mown lawn, as we sipped Earl Grey on the breakfast terrace at Congham Hall Hotel..
Read the full story hereNH Collection Barbizon Palace Amsterdam
06/07/2017 .
Almost a tulip throw from Amsterdam’s Central Station, the NH Collection Barbizon Palace is a collection of 17th century town houses discreetly converted into a 5 star hotel.
Read the full story hereNimb Hotel
31/05/2017 .
Were it not for its elegant, grown-up decor and more than 100 years of history, you’d be tempted to liken the Nimb Copenhagen to the Disneyland Hotel in Paris. Here are Denmark’s very own top lodgings with the face of a fairytale fantasy owned by the capital’s prime tourist attraction and offering free entry in with the room rate.
Read the full story hereThe Andersen Boutique Hotel
22/05/2017 .
Anthea Gerrie reviews the award-winning Andersen Boutique Hotel
Read the full story hereGrant Arms Hotel
20/05/2017 .
One ‘word’ admirably sums up the Grant Arms Hotel in Grantown-on-Spey – WYSIWYG: What you see is what you get. There are no pretensions here − even though Queen Victoria and Prince Albert once stayed − just the welcoming and quiet efficiency of a mainstream 50-room, 3-star Gold hotel and restaurant.
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