Belmond Villa Sant’Andrea, Taormina
Belmond Villa Sant’Andrea, Taormina Mare If you’re looking for unwavering, classic luxury, Belmond has a…
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Mexico edited – I’ve done the leg work so you don’t have to…
Here’s a few night’s hotel research for a three week trip that I thought I…
Istria, Croatia
Istria is a good place to mop up a few cultures at once – namely…
Porto, Portugal
Portugal’s seond city has a fine topography straddling the Douro River. It’s all about the…
The Lake District, Cumbria
Go outside of school holidays. Eat like a horse and walk it off schlepping up,…
Majorca, Spain
Mmm, a nice classy and classic destination. Land at Palma and check straight in to…
Lyme Regis, Dorset
A great Dorset hidey hole – a little 30s Spanish style villa with a panoramic…
Montenegro
Get to Montenegro before the super rich move in big time, Porto Montenegro has already…
Loire Valley and surrounds, France
The planets align at Chateau de la Bourdaisiere in the Loire Valley – rammed full…
Grand Hotel Parco dei Principi, Sorrento, Italy
Wow, just wow. Parco dei Principi was designed by one of the original starchitects Gio Ponti,…
Villa Bandol, South of France
This villa looks expensive but is less so if you stuff it to the max,…
Moulin de la Camandoule, South of France
This old olive oil mill has space and peace in abundance. The mill has a…
Hotel des Mimosas, Juan-les Pins, South of France
A genial hotel with lovely grounds on the outskirts of the equally agreeable low-key Riviera…
Vals, Switzerland
Maybe Switzerland can be a little blue rinse brigade in places, but Vals Therme is…
Odds n sods in Tbilisi
More cosmic architecture – the Wedding Celebration building. Niiiice. Danger architecture everywhere. Lel House Bar…
Brief Encounter in Haghpat
Last day in Armenia, careering through the dustbowl like the Dukes of Hazard. Just needed…
Yerevan
I learnt a new term – the Near East and liking it a lot. Not…
Armenia
Living the post-Soviet industrial detritus dream. Hankering for some extreme twitching. The Debed Canyon in…
No more tears…
Mestiaaaaa. Lovin that cloud just in front of Europe’s highest point. I’d say its a…
Bandit country
These aren’t the pretty pics, it was a rubbish few days. Brighter days to follow. …