Europe and Middle East

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Devonshire Arms Revisited

The Devonshire Arms Revisited. The brilliant legend continues.

I’ve always been wary of going back to hotels and restaurants I’ve previously enjoyed because of the risk of finding that it no longer matched our expectations.However, the Devonshire Arms revisited didn’t disappoint.

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Dom Pedro Old Course Golf Club 7 3

Dom Pedro Old Course, Vilamoura

On the 1st tee, João Carlota, a former Portuguese U21 champion, was athletically warming up to show me around the Dom Pedro Old Course.

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guide to the pink granite coast of Brittany 

Insider Guide to the Pink Granite Coast of Brittany

Journey past Dinard and the enchanting half-timbered houses and ramparts of Dinan, and an astonishing natural wonder awaits; to be discovered in this guide to the Pink Granite Coast of Brittany.

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valle dell'erica Thalasso & Spa

Valle dell’Erica Resort. Sardinia

The night air smelled of wood smoke and myrtle as an outdoor suckling pig spit-roast slowly turned over open flames.

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Compton Bay cred VIOW

Insider Guide to the Isle of Wight

Looking out through the panoramic window, on my Wightlink ferry from Portsmouth to Fishbourne, I search for my first sight of Osborne Beach.

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Rupert Parker discovers Ibérica ham and sherry in Andalucia while hiking around Picos de Aroche Natural Park. Iberico Hams in Jabugo

Ham and Sherry in Andalucía. Discover tasty hiking through magnificent Ibérica land.

The Sierra de Aracena is a landscape of gently rolling hills, 90% forested by mainly Mediterranean oak, with dramatic rocky outcrops rearing out of the trees

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