As I pull up to the entrance of Maistra Hotel Lone in Rovinj, Croatia, I can’t deny I’m really excited. After all, an epic 90 minute journey across three countries from Trieste Airport is surely enough excitement for one day isn’t it?
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Maistra Hotel Lone, Rovinj
21/09/2016 .Swinton Park Castle Hotel
12/09/2016 .It had been a glorious autumnal day at Fountains Abbey, as we drove from Harrogate towards Masham and our treat of the trip: a stay in Swinton Park Castle Hotel, a proper Yorkshire castle
Read the full story hereSofitel Hotel. Gatwick Airport.
08/09/2016 .Airport hotels, sometimes a necessary evil for passengers facing dawn departures, can be basic to the point of brutal (I hope never to be forced to revisit one in Verona which was a disgrace for a city whose tourism is rooted in romance).
Read the full story hereRamside Hall Hotel. Famous Footballers favourite hotel
22/08/2016 .Durham town may be immortalised in Roger Whittaker’s famous song, but there is perhaps a more legendary destination just a few minutes’ drive out of town at the Ramside Hall Hotel.
Read the full story hereJesmond Dene House
16/08/2016 .Considering Jesmond Dene House is within walking distance of Newcastle’s centre, and then to find it surrounded by woodland and river comes as a very pleasant surprise.
Read the full story herePark Weggis Hotel
15/08/2016 .Sylvia the keeper of the bar at the sumptuous Park Weggis Hotel, is something of a whiskey buff I’m led to believe. So I leave the choice of my late night dram to her. After all, as they say, why have a dog and bark yourself.
Read the full story hereVictoria Jungfrau Grand Hotel
15/08/2016 .Out on the terrace of the Quranta Uno, the Italian fine dining restaurant of Interlaken’s famous Victoria Jungfrau Grand Hotel, Milanese head chef Ricardo is waxing lyrical about his new menu.
Read the full story hereBeau Rivage Hotel Neuchatel
13/08/2016 .Many people would say Neuchatel’s famous castle is the best landmark the city has to offer, but for me the lakeside Beau Rivage Hotel is a whole lot more memorable.
Read the full story hereHotel Eden Roc
09/08/2016 .Ascona’s annual jazz festival is in full swing as I roll into town at the end of another memorable day driving clockwise around the Grand Tour of Switzerland. Hotel Eden Roc is waiting to greet me, my haven of luxury on the shore of Lake Maggiore, a slice of Italian Riviera in Switzerland’s Italian speaking region.
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