The New Athenaeum
A stalwart of Five-Star stays for many a film star, The Athenaeum Hotel has been…
Browsing: The Explorer
Perfect Peloponnese: Costa Navarino
The pool of turquoise water is so vivid it looks like someone’s stirred holi powder…
Spa of the Month: The Dead Sea Spa
The Dead Sea has been a centre of therapeutic excellence for at least two thousand…
Marbella Club
In the back of a 1970s Landrover Defender complete with plastic roll-down roof, first gear…
Sheraton Grand London, Park Lane
What’s in a name? Quite a lot, it would seem. Arriving at the recently renovated,…
Chewing the Fat: Vivamayr Altaussee
In the wake of festive indulgence, thoughts turn to a health regimens and the new…
Almaha, Marrakech
Wherever you’re staying, Marrakech would be a city of contrasts – the ancient walls scrawled…
London Marriott County Hall
It’s not every day – especially not every cold November day – that you walk…
Christmas in Zurich
It’s saying something when a hotel has its own brand of chocolate. And a Swiss…
Spa of the Month: Gaia Spa at Boringdon Hall
OK, let’s get the obvious joke out of the way first. Boringdon is not in…
The Marylebone Hotel
I once met a couple from Jerusalem in their late fifties who had a novel…
Magic In the Maldives: Coco Palm
The boat stopped and we waited in silent expectation as the morning sun beat down…