Europe and Middle East

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LOWER DECK DAY BUDDHA BAR BEACH ABU DHABI

Buddha Bar Beach, St Regis, Abu Dhabi

Come summer, when a brutal burning sun bears down on Abu Dhabi, folk retreat into the Buddha Bar’s lounges, sit on bar stools at the Sushi Bar or watch the robata chefs in action. Six evenings a week guest DJs spin chill tracks.

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Paschoe House, Devon

Every detail has been considered. On arrival, there are home-made chocolates and cookies to go with coffee from the Nespresso machine or a tea from the tray

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Luxurious Hartwell House Hotel. Aylesbury

In the early 19th century, Hartwell House was home to not just one king, the exiled Louis XVlll of France but also the deposed Gustavus of Sweden. T

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Beverley Watts enjoys the beauty and the best of Lombardy in a long weekend break. Sirmione sunset © B.Watts

The best of Lombardy in a long weekend

Flying into Milan for a Thursday to Sunday break, we drove in a loop taking in Bergamo, Sirmione, Mantova and Cremona, avoiding the autostradas to appreciate the countryside.

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Wellington Club Restaurant

The Wellington Club Restaurant. Experience one of London’s most famous clubs.

The Wellington is a club with quite the storied past. Formerly in Knightsbridge, its membership list read like a celebrity who’s who and was famously where Lord Lucan had a final tipple before vanishing.

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Church Road Restaurant. Leafy Barnes London Eatery

With all the good restaurants in central London, a neighbourhood eatery has to be something special to attract outsiders onto an Overground and a bus to join the chattering classes during the dinner hour. 

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