Europe and Middle East

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Edinburgh castle

Weekend in Edinburgh. What can you pack in?

It’s getting late in the evening at the old castle, and I’m sitting watching the closing of the Edinburgh Tattoo.

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Grosvenor House Apartments

For oil tycoons and other wealthy businessmen who travel with entourages, the Grosvenor House Apartments in London offer the ultimate in self-contained privacy.

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Sublime Clinique La Prairie, Lake Geneva

Anthea Gerrie visits Clinique La Prairie spa and is relieved she no longer needs to donate blood.

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Jumeirah Grand Hotel Via Veneto The Entrance

Grand Hotel Via Veneto Jumeirah

Grand Hotel Via Veneto Jumeirah nicely bridges the gap between other five-star hotels on this ritzy Rome street which are so grand and stuffy as to seem unapproachable and the downmarket four-stars packed with loud Americans in shorts who threaten to strip the boulevard of its class.

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Grayshott Spa Hotel, Surrey

Wellness tourism put the Surrey hamlet of Grayshott on the map decades ago, and its eponymous mansion remains the venue of choice for well-heeled ladies who lunch lightly and enjoy a bit of pampering.

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