It’s every tourist’s dream: at 7pm every evening the crowds are dispersed from Verona’s most popular tourist attraction, the gates are locked, and you’re left in total privacy to enjoy the courtyard with Juliet’s balcony. It’s the sort of exclusive experience you might associate with endless waiting lists and an extortionate price tag. And yet,Continue reading “Relais Balcone di Giulietta, Verona”
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Relais & Châteaux Weeshuis Gouda
The chances are that Gouda is not even on your radar yet, and almost definitely not as a luxury destination. At the risk of sounding cheesy (get it?), Gouda is more than just its greatest export. The town is a perfect taster of an authentic Dutch experience, just a stone’s throw from the country’s biggestContinue reading “Relais & Châteaux Weeshuis Gouda”
The Lookout by Gardener’s Cottage
Edinburgh: a gothic wonderland of otherworldly charm, ghoulish tales and Harry Potter memorabilia. It’s one of Europe’s most ambient capitals with its underground vaults and gloomy alleyways, and also home to an impressive culinary scene with an abundance of excellent restaurants and bars to choose from. Ask a local where best to venture to seeContinue reading “The Lookout by Gardener’s Cottage”
Vivood Landscape Hotel
Just half an hour from the stag parties and all-day English breakfasts of Benidorm lies a paradise nestled in the rugged hills of the Costa Blanca. If you’re not from the region, the likelihood is that you’ve never heard of it and it keeps an equally low profile in reality too, hidden away among treesContinue reading “Vivood Landscape Hotel”
The House Boutique Suites, Amman
From the comfort of our bed on the 6th floor of The House Boutique Suites, we’re enjoying the best view in the city. As though back in our star-gazing bubble in Wadi Rum, we’ve left the curtains wide open and are taking in the city lights of Amman, glittering as far as the eye canContinue reading “The House Boutique Suites, Amman”
Mövenpick Aqaba
It is new year’s day and average temperatures in Jordan are sitting in the single figures. Hotels have the heating turned up full and outside locals are wrapped up against the winter elements. As we leave Wadi Rum desert the sky is grey and hanging low. But as we approach the rocky highway to Aqaba,Continue reading “Mövenpick Aqaba”
Mövenpick Petra
Picture the scene: you’ve been up since the crack of dawn to make it into Petra before the bus loads of tourists arrive. You’ve walked miles, scaled rocks, and climbed endless steps to the hilltop monastery, and your feet can barely carry you any further. This is the moment you realise how sensible you wereContinue reading “Mövenpick Petra”
Memories Aicha Luxury Camp, Wadi Rum Desert
Rarely a day goes by in the world of social media where you won’t see at least one post about Jordan’s Wadi Rum desert. It’s a desolate expanse of oranges and blues with colossal rock formations jutting out from sandy plains; it’s otherworldly. And therefore – for better or worse – it’s a social mediaContinue reading “Memories Aicha Luxury Camp, Wadi Rum Desert”
Sextantio le Grotte della Civita, Matera
Just one hour’s drive from Bari, crossing the border of Puglia into the region of Basilicata, is a city that Italy forgot for almost four decades. The history of Matera is fascinating; it was famously once labelled “Italy’s shame” for the squalid conditions in which thousands of families lived, in caves carved into the cliffsContinue reading “Sextantio le Grotte della Civita, Matera”
Masseria Grieco, Ostuni
As entrances go, it doesn’t get more grand than this. A short drive from Ostuni leads you through countryside to the imposing gates of Masseria Grieco. They open, as if by magic, and the anticipation builds as you travel up a seemingly endless tree-lined path towards your destination. Masseria Grieco is more than a fourContinue reading “Masseria Grieco, Ostuni”
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