The Feathers
‘Train travel really is the only way to travel, isn’t it?’, I said in my…
Browsing: The Explorer
Spa of the Month: Lou Casteou, Cote d’Azur
Most of what you read right now on health pages is designed to counter excess,…
Among the Wildflowers on the Sorrentine Peninsula
Continuing her column on villa stays, Jessica Baldwin ventures to that mecca of Italian destinations, the…
Royal Lancaster London
‘London’s finest hotel’. Such a description is so widely used as to be almost meaningless,…
Saas-Fee: Summer in the Alps
It was the Brits who first invented the concept of winter sports, taking with them…
Spotlight on: Bermuda
Imagine an island, a little home-from-home, with pink sandy beaches, where the sea matches the colour…
Discovering the Basque Country, Part III: San Sebastian
In the final part of his Basque Country tour, Tom Garton enters Spain and San…
Discovering the Basque Country, Part II: Chateau Brindos
Tom Garton’s driving woes continue as he departs on the second of his Basque country tour,…
Discovering the Basque Country, Part I: Parc Victoria, Saint Jean de Luz
This Bank Holiday weekend we have a triple bill of a travel feature. As the…
Calcot Manor & Spa
Calcot Manor, set within 220 acres of Cotswoldshire countryside near the charming market town of…
The Old Rectory, Hastings
In my bag there are three books, a half bottle of Champagne, pyjamas and my…
40 Years of Blakes Hotel
A catwalk stride from the ever-swinging King’s Road, set amidst a well appointed residential street…