La Piscine Molitor rises again in Paris
© Alexandre Soria La Piscine Molitor opened in 1929 to bring a little more glamour,…
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Monaci delle Terre Nerre, Etna, Sicily
Monaci delle Terre Nere is a Sicilian estate at the foothills of Mount Etna, Europe’s highest…
Belmond Villa Sant’Andrea, Taormina
Belmond Villa Sant’Andrea, Taormina Mare If you’re looking for unwavering, classic luxury, Belmond has a…
Clouds over Canal St Martin in Paris
It’s a cloudy Spring in Paris, with a pop-up hotel hovering over the rooftop of Paris…
Life & Death: Pompeii & Herculaneum
I took in a double bill at the British Museum when I swung back into…
Costa Brava, Espagna
Fly into Barcelona and head north to explore Catalunya. Two great hotels are the Aigua…
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Tomorrow morning is mail time: Tropolis newsletter Numero 2 is going to creep out into…
The Corner Room, Town Hall Hotel E2
Nipped in here on Saturday for a spot of lunch. I was geared up for…
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For a night at Living Architecture’s strange boat-cast-on-roof installation. The one-bedroom installation, designed by David…
A fine, fine place. SW7
So the brief for that post lunch lull was for a wet weekend martini. Gulp,…
The American Bar, Stafford Hotel, SW1
Don’t know why this place popped into my head. Ah yes…I was thinking about stag…
The Connaught bar, W1
Best Bloody Mary in town. Better than pic indicates. The Connaught
Old Bell, Berks
We got outta town for a night and went to The Old Bell near Henley. It turned…