North America

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Hook & Plow Hermosa Beach

Too many visitors turn resolutely left out of LAX, heading north for Los Angeles, Beverly Hills or Santa Monica, oblivious to the delights which lie to the south. Yet within a half-hour’s drive of the airport sit LA’s delightful beach towns, a great place to kick back and enjoy good food in rustic surroundings. Hermosa Beach is one of the prettiest of these coastal villages, and The Hook & Plow has been its star turn since 2014.

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Santa Fe Inn at Loretto

The Inn and Spa at Loretto

Given that the two most important attributes for a Santa Fe hotel are location and local ambience, The Inn And Spa At Loretto has it over pretty well all its rivals. It’s just a block from the Plaza which is the centre of town life and on the prettiest, southernmost side. And despite its good looks, it’s very fairly-priced in a city where many lesser properties charge more and deliver less.

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Georgia O'Keeffe's New Mexico

Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico.

It may be remote, hundreds of miles from any international airport, but Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico is set to become a must-visit as the artist’s sublime landscapes are seen for the first time this summer by visitors to Tate Modern.

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Valley Ho exterior credit Hotel Valley Ho

Hotel Valley Ho. An architectural beauty in Scottsdale.

Frank Lloyd Wright would have been proud of the Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale, Arizona. This desert town sprawling eastwards from Phoenix is where the visionary architect made his last home, Taliesin West, still one of the area’s prime cultural attractions.

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Andy Mossack discovers the extraordinary beauty of Arizona's Sedona.

Arizona is not just a Grand Canyon State. Captivating wonders beyond the Canyon.

Andy Mossack visits Arizona and discovers there is so much more to see than the obvious. Arizona is not just a Grand Canyon State.

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Anthea Gerrie has a thoroughly enchanting stay at the Enchantment Resort Sedona. 

ENCHANTMENT RESORT SEDONA. Experience a stunning desert retreat

Unlike many high-class resorts where the gift shop is a rip-off, Enchantment Resort featured charming local pottery and the native American jewellery for which Arizona is renowned at a fair price, and generally warm and friendly service left an overall air of contentment – enchantment, you might say, indeed.

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