Short stay: New Hall Hotel and Spa, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, UK
New Hall is the romantic castle, complete with water lilies floating on the moat, where you have always wanted…
Short stay: Middlethorpe Hotel and Spa, York, UK
The red-brick and white-sash-windows house, built in 1699, has echoes of both the grandeur of Hampton Court and Sir…
Blackheath and Greenwich: 10 reasons to visit
The 211 acres of Blackheath’s common tell the story of England over the last millennium. The Royal Hundred Hides,…
Short stay: Rookery Hall Hotel and Spa, Nantwich, Cheshire, UK
Two centuries on from its naming as Rookery Hall, the rooks still fly over 38 acres of grounds, waddle…
Short stay: Homewood Hotel and Spa, Bath, UK
Homewood, in ten bucolic acres of lawns and soaring trees, brings relaxed but stylish Mediterranean living to the rural…
Short stay: The Swan Hotel, Newby Bridge, Cumbria, UK
The Swan Hotel is a former sixteenth-century coaching inn that has been extended to become virtually a Lake District…
Short stay: Country Living Lansdown Grove Hotel, Bath, UK
Country Living Lansdown Grove Hotel is not just a hotel, it’s a radical new concept, a way of living….
Short stay: Ambong Pool Villas, Langkawi, Malaysia
Ambong Pool Villas sits stylishly on one of the 99 (natural) islands that make up the Langkawi archipelago in…
Langkawi, Malaysia: 10 reasons to visit
Bathing in the warm aquamarine Andaman Sea, Langkawi is an archipelago of 99 Malaysian islands just shy of the…
Short stay: Paschoe House, Devon, UK
Michelin inspectors are keeping a close eye on Paschoe House’s stratospheric rise into foodie heaven. Since its opening in…
Short stay: Hartwell House Hotel and Spa, Aylesbury, UK
Hartwell House Hotel and Spa has some history. When Louis XVlll was exiled from France after the French Revolution,…
Langkawi, Malaysia: adventure, luxury and relaxation
Langkawi, on the west coast of Malaysia, is an idyllic archipelago of 101 islands sun-bathing in the warmth of…
Danube highlights: an A-ROSA DONNA river cruise
A long horizontal crimson-red rose, decorating the A-ROSA DONNA’s white hull, informs us that we have found our 100…
Short stay: Palais Amani, Fez, Morocco
Amani means desire or wish in Arabic. The Palais Amani gives guests the chance to fulfil their dreams of…
7 reasons to visit Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK
Often called “The Jewel of the North”, Harrogate attracts visitors for its urban charms, stunning gardens and its position…
Short stay: Fairmont St Andrews, Scotland, UK
St Andrews is the spiritual home of golf pulling in players from afar. Hosting a final qualifier for the…
