Author Archives: Lucy Daltroff
The Cherry Tree Inn at Stoke Row. Super English character in the Chilterns.
17/12/2014 .
Moorland Garden Hotel. Dartmoor
08/08/2014 .
The white, sprawled out, Moorland Garden Hotel is situated 20 minutes out of Plymouth in the beautiful Dartmoor National Park. As I drove up the long drive the surrounds were really impressive. After all it had been the byword in glamour when it first opened in the 1930’s, with visitors’ ranging from President Truman to David Niven.
Read the full story hereThe Boathouse Cafe. Plymouth
07/08/2014 .
Eating a deliciously fresh lemon sole by Sutton harbour and the mouth of the River Plym with the sun shining on the water, was a great way to first experience the much underrated city of Plymouth. It was there that I met Ben Squire, owner of The Boathouse Cafe who told me his own story.
Read the full story herePecs. The Gateway to the Balkans
26/03/2014 .
When I went to visit Pécs (pronounced Paych) the 5th city of Hungary I expected to find the grey uniformity associated with decades of communism. As if to prove me wrong the guide started her tour of Pecs by pointing out the brightly covered roof of the town hall, glinting in the sun, defying the long years when the colourful tiles had been covered over.
Read the full story hereJapan for first time visitors
24/11/2013 .
The white gloves of the train guards, the language of bowing, the tea ceremonies and the vanishing world of the Geisha. This is Japan for first time visitors
Read the full story hereLiguria Following in the footsteps of Shelley. A wonderful walk in dramatic Italian countryside.
24/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Italy, Liguria and tagged Guide to Liguria, Liguria on .
