London Marriott County Hall
It’s not every day – especially not every cold November day – that you walk…
Browsing: The Explorer
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…
The Lanesborough: A Study in Maximalism
Having closed its doors for 18 months at the end of 2013 for a lavish…
Tewkesbury Park
There is a certain kind of English town that seems to move at a slower…
Miami Biltmore Hotel
On my skin lies the scent of Sicilian orange extract. I’ve just splashed my face…
There’s Green in Them Thar Hills
It’s argan territory, the hills outside Essaouira. Every day in Morocco we’ve been offered argan…
Dear Chester: Deva Victrix
NICK HAMMOND heads north for a spot of Roman roamin’ in a former fort town once enigmatically called Deva…
Adventures in Amalfi
Like Lucy Honeychurch and her overbearing chaperone Charlotte Bartlett in E.M. Forster’s famous novel, we…
Spa of the Month: Adler Thermae, Tuscany
It is autumn in Tuscany so you’ll be expecting mist and there seems to be…