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Bushmans Kloof – Discover Time Travel In the wonderful Cederberg Mountains

05/03/2026 by .
Sarah Kingdom discovers Bushmans Kloof, a wilderness and wellness retreat in the stunning Cederberg Mountains, that trades drama for beauty, serenity and history.

Sarah Kingdom discovers Bushmans Kloof, a wilderness and wellness retreat in the stunning Cederberg Mountains, that trades drama for beauty, serenity and history.

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Michael Edwards reviews Oasia Hotel. a true Scandi style hotel in the heart of Aarhus 

Oasia Hotel. Denmark’s stunning second city Scandi hotel.

When you’re visiting Aarhus, Denmark’s second city, you probably want to stay in a hotel that is pure Scandi-style: not a characterless chain peddling identical rooms from Abuja to Zagreb. Clearly, for the 65 room Oasia, “Less is more” is the design mantra.

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Brian Berkman reviews Madikwe Hills Lodge,a luxury retreat within the madikwe Reserve.

Madikwe Hills Lodge. A luxury retreat in the Madikwe Reserve.

Brian Berkman reviews Madikwe Hills Lodge,a luxury retreat within the madikwe Reserve.

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Michael Edwards reviews the New Hall Hotel in rural  Sutton Coldfield

New Hall Hotel. A luxury rural Tudor retreat in middle England.

Stepping out of the 21st Century, for a stay at New Hall Hotel, you expect to see Henry Vlll stomping across the drawbridge powering towards a substantial lunch in the wood-panelled-mullion-windowed Great Chamber.

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Michael Edwards stays at Crathorne Hall Hotel, an historic country house in Yorkshire.

Crathorne Hall Hotel. Historic luxury country house

Though it’s towering gates were patriotically donated to the 1940s war effort and never replaced – the discovery that you can’t manufacture bombers from iron came after melt-down – Crathorne Hall Hotel’s facade framed by two bell towers, still has a stately grandeur.

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Andy Mossack reviews the wonderful Vintage House Hotel in rural Porto right by the Douro VHP 20160429 117

Vintage House Hotel. Discover tranquil luxury in the Porto countryside.

Vintage House Hotel, a beautiful, Quinta-style mansion was once the country retreat of the Croft family. Sitting there, on a bend of the legendary Douro river surrounded by those terraced hillsides, I swear to myself there may be no finer place on Earth.

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Hotel Infante Sagres. Discover boutique luxury in the heart of Porto.

City centre hotels tend to come in two varieties; either bland international brands or faded dames from times gone by reinvigorated into trendy boutique properties. Fortunately, Hotel Infante Sagres in Porto’s centre is the latter. Not just reinvigorated but positively reincarnated into something even better than it was in its heyday.

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