The Montcalm London City
Simon Rumley explores the newly opened Montcalm London City at The Brewery Hotel, puzzles on the hotel’s layout, and soothes himself with a Knickerbocker Glory in the adjoining restaurant.
Browsing: Hotels
Hospes: Madrid and Seville
Madrid. July. Heat. Three words inextricably bound together and, for me, charged with excitement and a dash of dread. Having lived there several years ago, Madrid is one of the few places where I feel at home outside of London.
The Capri Palace, Naples
Noah May travels to The Capri Palace to experience old world luxury, Italian fine dining, resplendent views and a Hollywood-esque leg treatment on the island of Capri, off the Sorrentine Peninsula in the Gulf of Naples…
The Grazing Goat, London
Checking into Marylebone’s The Grazing Goat, I find myself recalling the words of Ingvar Kamprad,…
Balfour Castle, Orkney Islands
“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” Having been a guest at Balfour Castle, dangling her long plaits from a Baronial turret, Mina discovers that this is the stuff of which fairy tales are made.
The Zetter Townhouse, London
Gabrielle Sander spends a night amidst stuffed animals and eccentric curios at the charmingly quirky Zetter Townhouse in Clerkenwell, London’s latest boutique destination for discerning travellers and bar flies.
Hotel Cram, Barcelona
International maiden of mystery, Sophie McLean, spends the night at Hotel Cram in Barcelona, and discovers that even travel tradeshow exhibitions can be fun when your hotel room has so much soul.
Malmaison Hotel Oxford
There’s something so inherently mysterious about Oxford. Time-worn buildings loom over pretty cobbled streets, well-trodden…
The Fox & Anchor, London
Fearful explorer and man-of-inaction Lawrence of Arb goes travelling closer to home and spends a night at the charismatic Fox & Anchor in Clerkenwell. Tankards of beer, baths in bedrooms; it was an experience to remember.
The Windermere Suites, Lake District
If Windermere Suites had been around in Wainwright’s day, I fear that there would now…
Holbeck Ghyll Country House Hotel, Lake District
The advent of a new administration can be an unsettling time. It could be argued…