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Isabel Conway

JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel

18/02/2019 by .
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I descend the vast cream marble staircase imagining how Sissi, Empress Elisabeth of Austria would have made her grand entrance to an admiring audience below.

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Skiing in Val Gardena

05/02/2019 by .
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“These are our rock stars” shouts Isabel, the local guide, her voice almost lost in the wind while we swoosh over a snowy downhill run, framed by craggy rocky summits that look like giant dragon teeth about to gobble up us tiny (fly sized) humans.

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Sandymount Hotel, Dublin 

24/12/2018 by .
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‘Dublin can be heaven, with coffee at eleven and a stroll in Stephens Green’ ….a famous Irish song goes and there’s no better spot to begin that gentle stroll, passing Georgian-era Dublin than from the Sandymount Hotel situated in the gracious leafy district of Dublin 4.

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Lyrath Estate, Kilkenny

22/10/2018 by .
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“To the Manor Born”, jokes my companion. With a grinding of gears (well it was a rather sharp turn) we enter the wide gates and sweep up a long imposing driveway towards one of Ireland’s still intact grand demesnes.

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Cuba for first-timers

07/09/2018 by .
Cuba for first-timers

Isabel Conway explains what to expect when you visit Cuba for anyone who hasn’t been there yet. This is Cuba for first-timers.

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Dunbrody House Hotel

06/09/2018 by .