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The Milestone Hotel

A cold December day, but the welcome sign in the lobby of the Milestone Hotel warms our hearts, “please help yourself to our complimentary hot chocolate, marshmallows and chocolates.” Now that’s what I call the perfect hello.

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Avignon at Christmas

Avignon celebrates catholic festivals the same way it celebrates its gastronomy and culture, with a genuine reverence for its past and a real enthusiasm for modernity. Next time you fancy a Christmas market with a soul, Avignon at Christmas is the place

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The Cherry Tree Inn at Stoke Row. Super English character in the Chilterns.

Lucy Daltrof redisvoers Henley as she stays at the Cherry Tree Inn at Stoke Row.

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Insider Guide to Antwerp

Antwerp is not chocolate box beautiful like Bruges, nor does it have that busy pick and mix’ selection combination of transient Eurocrats and tourists you taste in Brussels. Belgium’s second city is more ‘urban praline’ so in Isabel’s Insider Guide to Antwerp, you can look forward to savouring a luscious centre wrapped up in delicious outer coatings.

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Graubünden is not just for skiing. Many more great choices for non skiers.

It can be quite intimidating if you are the only person on the ski trip who doesn’t ski, but fear not because Graubünden offers plenty of exciting alternatives, so it seems Graubünden is not just for skiing.

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Best things to do in Faro

For most of us Faro is just the entry point for our Algarve holiday. We arrive at the airport, get the hire car, turn left and go down the coast. But Faro has plenty of interesting sights, and in this guide we reveal the best things to do in Faro so why not turn right this time […]

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