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Loire Valley

The Loire Valley. Wine and castles

  Lucy Daltroff heads to the Loire Valley in search of wines and castles

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Andy Mossack stays at the lovely Hotel Leone in Italy's Marche region.

Hotel Leone. Discover a wonderfull hilltop hotel in magnificent Marche.

The historic hilltop town of Montelparo has witnessed many things during her long lifetime; more than a few wars, an odd feuding baron or two the advent of electricity and of course, stunning views of the Marche landscape. But surely none perhaps more bewildering for the old girl than finding a young couple from England turning up one day as the proud new owners of a ruined palazzo at the top of the town, abandoned for over thirty years. Three years later and after much personal toil and sweat, the old palazzo was alive once again, transformed into the stunning eight bedroom luxury boutique hotel and restaurant that is Hotel Leone.

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Engawa dishes

Engawa London. Superb Japanese food, a feast for the eyes and tastebuds.

To say the china was as memorable as the food could be a veiled insult when applied to a lesser restaurant. But the spectacular Engawa, filling a niche for high-end Japanese dining in the heart of Soho, is as much a feast as much for the eyes as the tastebuds.

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Gusto by Heinz Beck

Gusto by Heinz Beck

Conrad Algarve is, as far as I am concerned, a template for doing 5 star luxury properly, so it comes as no surprise to me that Conrad Algarve’s flagship restaurant, Gusto by Heinz Beck, would be anything else but stellar. I mean, the very name is a play on the Portuguese word for taste, gosto, even though it was named after Conrad Hilton’s father Augustus.

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Kinsale. Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way

The start or end of Ireland’s 2,500 km Wild Atlantic Way –a route tipped as one of the world’s great road trips – is in Kinsale, County Cork, depending on which way you are holding the map.

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Seattle Travel Guide

Seattle Travel Guide

Isobel Conway is in Seattle to show us her insider Seattle Travel Guide.

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