Europe and Middle East

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Grand Palace with Pool

Grand Palace, Hurghada, Egypt

Rupert Parker reviews the Grand Palace Hurghada on Egypt’s Red Sea.

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Michael Cranmer pulls on his ski boots to Ski With The Weekend Warriors In Obergurgl Fast carving above Hochgurgl

Ski With The Weekend Warriors In Obergurgl. Dive into downhill action.

Michael Cranmer pulls on his ski boots to Ski With The Weekend Warriors In Obergurgl

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ANGLO@TRADE revisited

The last time I reviewed ANGLO@TRADE I raved about it. I loved the concept of a private members club exclusively for the hospitality trade, opening its doors to the public for dinner on Saturday nights.

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Lansdown Grove Hotel

Country Living Lansdown Grove Hotel. Escape from everyday life in Bath

If you feel that you are staying in a magazine photo-shoot, it’s probably because you are. You’ve read the Country Living magazine, now live the life at Lansdown Grove Hotel

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2 Adam Attew finishing his oil painting ‘Last Light on the Kirchenkogel’ 2760m up at Obergurgl in the Austrian Tirol

The Mountain Art Of Adam Attew, Austria

Artists sometimes suffer for their art. J M W Turner famously tied himself to a ship’s mast in a storm to capture the full force of nature.

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Jardin des Douars pool

Jardin Des Douars Essaouira Hotel

With sunshine 320 days a year and Ryanair now operating bargain basement-priced flights from Stansted direct to Essaouira, there isn’t a better time to discover Morocco’s best-kept seaside secret

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