HOSHINOYA, Kyoto
A couple of hours on the bullet-nosed Shinkansenis all it takes to get from Tokyo…
Browsing: The Explorer
HOSHINOYA, Tokyo
I’ve been in Japan three days by the time I arrive at HOSHINOYA Tokyo and…
Getting Olympic in Igls
It’s bright over Patscherkofel, a nearly cartoonish colour-palette of fiercely white slopes, green treetops, cloudless blue above.…
Christmas at Luton Hoo
A Christmas country hotel break could hardly get more magical than Luton Hoo, a world…
In the Valais of the Kings
Featuring many of the country’s highest peaks, including the Matterhorn, and stretching from the headwaters…
Arabian Sands: The Allure of Abu Dhabi
“No man can live this life and emerge unchanged. He will carry, however faint, the…
Relais Santa Croce, Florence
The Duomo dominates the Florentine skyline, a great terracotta balloon rising to the clouds. Curiously,…
An Historic Christmas in Winchester
The cathedral city of Winchester, an hour or so’s journey by train from London, is…
Spa (and Ski) of the Month: Jagdhof, Austria
So here we are at the very start of December in Austria and skiing is…
Andersen Hotel, Copenhagen
There’s no shortage of English column inches written on the joys of Copenhagen, but in…
Cuba Moderna
I first visited Cuba in 2015. A trip where I left feeling inspired having toured…
Bailbrook House Hotel
Set on the outskirts of Bath, Bailbrook House Hotel cuts an imposing figure on the…