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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Europe and Middle East
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 best attractions in Edinburgh, Edinburgh highlights, Edinburgh in 48 hours, weekend in Edinburgh on .
Grosvenor House Apartments
27/08/2013This entry was posted in England, Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, London, United Kingdom and tagged GROSVENOR HOUSE APARTMENTS, London hotels, Luxury hotels in London on .
For oil tycoons and other wealthy businessmen who travel with entourages, the Grosvenor House Apartments in London offer the ultimate in self-contained privacy.
Read the full story hereGrand Hotel Via Veneto Jumeirah
26/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Italy, Lazio and tagged Best hotels in Rome, Grand Hotel Via Veneto, Luxury hotels in Rome on .
Grand Hotel Via Veneto Jumeirah nicely bridges the gap between other five-star hotels on this ritzy Rome street which are so grand and stuffy as to seem unapproachable and the downmarket four-stars packed with loud Americans in shorts who threaten to strip the boulevard of its class.
Read the full story hereGrayshott Spa Hotel, Surrey
22/08/2013This entry was posted in England, Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, London, United Kingdom and tagged Best London Spas, Greyshott Spa Review, London Spa on .
Wellness tourism put the Surrey hamlet of Grayshott on the map decades ago, and its eponymous mansion remains the venue of choice for well-heeled ladies who lunch lightly and enjoy a bit of pampering.
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22/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Haifa, Hotel Reviews, Israel and tagged Best Israel Spas, Carmel Forest Spa Review, Carmel Hotels, Israel Spa Reviews on .
Israel’s Carmel Forest Spa Resort, set in a national forest close to the country’s third city, Haifa, has taken on a challenge. It has set out to dispense relief to the stressed and demanding residents of one of the most dynamic nations on earth. But it has done so with relish since the late 1990’s to become the nation’s top wellness resort.
Read the full story hereChuan Spa, Langham Hotel. London
22/08/2013This entry was posted in England, Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, London, United Kingdom and tagged Spa Hotels in London, Spa reviews, Spas in London on .
Chinese medicine has long been a feature of the London scene, with its many well-established acupuncturists and herbal practitioners, so the city has long been ripe for a spa specialising in serious Oriental therapies.
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22/08/2013This entry was posted in Devon and Cornwall, England, Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Tirol, United Kingdom and tagged Best Devon Hotels, Cary Arms Hotel Devon, Devon Hotels on .
That clever Peter de Savary brought us Bovey Castle in Devon, and now his wife Lana has scored a coup in the county of cream, cider and sailing villages – The Cary Arms Hotel in Babbacombe Beach. She identified a rundown pub with the most beautiful location in Britain and decided to endow it with five-star rooms and a spa, while keeping the pub pubby and the food service nice and casual.
Read the full story hereCotswolds88 Hotel. Cotswolds goes hip.
22/08/2013This entry was posted in England, Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, The Cotswolds, United Kingdom and tagged Best Cotswolds Hotel, Cotswolds hotel review on .
Step into Cotswolds88 hotel, set in the beautiful village of Painswick and you’d be excused for thinking you’d just stepped off the London Overground into East London’s hippest new joint. From outside the hotel, the design is very much in keeping with the local area, complete with traditional cream Cotswold stone.
Read the full story hereCortina 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 Cortina, Dolomites, Guide to Cortina, hiking in the Dolomites, Italian summer holidays on .
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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21/07/2013This entry was posted in England, Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, London, United Kingdom and tagged hilton courtyard hotel Gatwick Airport, Hilton London Gatwick Airport on .
