Salzburg: A City Break with Balance
City breaks have a way of leaving me more exhausted than enlightened. A sprint round…
Browsing: The Explorer
The Spirit & Soul of New Orleans
Kicking off Lent’s long road of restraint, Jane Wilson joins the festivities of Mardi Gras…
Spa of the Month: St Nicholas Bay, Crete
The southernmost of all Greece’s islands has, unsurprisingly, the longest summer. This is why at…
The Bush, Farnham
I always believed the Victorians covered up their table legs to avoid male excitement, a…
Maradiva, Mauritius
On an island where luxury hotels proliferate like heliotropic flowers along the coastline, each one…
The Space Coast, Florida, Part II: The Wildlife
Florida is famous for something else which holds a strong appeal for me – its…
The Space Coast, Florida, Part I: Mission Improbable
My alarm vibrated, unseaming me from sleep. I swayed up, like Bela Lugosi rising from…
An Edinburgh Sanctuary: Gleneagles Townhouse
When in Edinburgh, which Sir Walter Scott called ‘yon Empress of the North,’ one does…
Spa of the Month: Platzlhof, Zillertal
Regardless of our passion for skiing in the Alps, Austria is not just for winter.…
The Kerfuffle about Truffles
Indefatigable gastronome Nick Harman heads to the capital of the black truffle to sniff out…
L’Oscar
It is a challenge, especially in central London, to make a boutique hotel both stylish…
La Mamounia, Marrakech
I blame Winston Churchill. He spent winters at La Mamounia, where he loved to paint…