Europe and Middle East

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Palazzo Montemartini Rome

Palazzo Montemartini Hotel is looking particularly splendid tonight, her elegant facade proving a worthy canvass for the projected images beaming off her.

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Palm Beach Casino Restaurant

Something of a rarity to find a Mayfair restaurant that not only offers excellent food but at value for money that is hard to beat.

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Drakes Of Brighton

It may have been a case of too many Marmite soldiers but I found it difficult to extract myself from Drakes

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Churchill War Rooms, London

It’s rare a piece of world history can be defined in such an authentic way. In an age of replicas and rebuilds the Churchill War Rooms resonate with reality.

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Fenwick Arms, Claughton, Lancashire

With a pedigree that is more than 250 years old, the historic and atmospheric Fenwick Arms in Lancashire’s Lune valley has a clichéd old world charm that might be expected.

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Saba’a Restaurant. Dubai

So, Saba’a is more than a restaurant. It is an Arabian Banquet. Like Scheherazade, it tells a thousand and one stories of Arabian life.

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