Europe and Middle East

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Rebecca Hall knows a thing or two about Athens, and was intrigued to explore the newly opened Dave Red, Son of a Brown hotel

Locals may not like Margate’s nickname – Shoreditch-on-sea – but Michael Edwards finds there’s more than a grain of truth in the comparison.

Rupert Parker raves in the desert in Saudi Arabia’s annual MDLBeast Soundstorm Festival.

Rupert Parker tastes Colonel Saab, celebrity Indian chef Roop Partap Choudhary’s first UK restaurant.

Andy Mossack stays at the new Asomaton boutique hotel in the centre of one of Athens’ trendiest neighbourhoods.

Rebecca Hall takes in the unique surroundings in the converted monastery hotel of 25 Hours Firenze in Florence.

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