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Anfi 5

Anfi Tauro Golf Club

Men moved mountains for me to play the Anfi Tauro golf course. Dynamited out of Gran Canaria’s black volcanic rock, this hedonistic and sometimes simply sadistic Par 72 course is a golfing Beauty and the Beast.

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Exterior of Sandymount Hotel Dublin

Sandymount Hotel, Dublin 

There’s no better spot to begin a gentle stroll passing Georgian-era Dublin than from the Sandymount Hotel situated in the gracious leafy district of Dublin 4.

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Hotel rasmushof kitzbuehel winter

Hotel Rasmushof, Kitzbühel

The Rasmushof Hotel is set in the very foot of the legendary Hahnenkamm, a mountain known throughout the world along with Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, and the Eiger.

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Pomona's restaurant

Delicious Pomona’s Restaurant & Bar, Notting Hill

They say third time lucky. Ponoma’s is now a neighbourhood restaurant that should be forgiven for any past sins. This is version 3.0 and it’s great.

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Verbier

Skiing in Verbier

Verbier should carry a government health warning, something like ‘You come here at your own risk’. Risk of what! Well, your wallet for a start, then your health, then your ego.

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Chisenau Wine Festival

Mysterious Moldova

I’m waiting for an audience with the Gypsy King of Moldova, Arthur Cerari, and this is his palace.

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