England
The Athenaeum Hotel
28/02/2017 .
Florence Gardens Hotel
25/01/2017 .
Portsmouth has been much maligned, Spike Milligan relegated the whole town to Room 101 and sure, a weekend break in Portsmouth doesn’t have the same ring as 48 hours in Corfu or Majorca. You won’t see minke whales, otters or seals frolicking on the coast like you could, up in Scotland. But Portsmouth has a rich literary and naval history, the first Sherlock Holmes was written here. There is a newly restored and amazing dockyard with Henry VIII’s warship the Mary Rose and Nelson’s Victory.
Read the full story hereMews Suites at Sopwell House Review
10/11/2016 .
With the recent refurb of its Mews Suites at Sopwell House, Andy Mossack discovers what is going on behind the gates.
Read the full story hereBlack Swan Hotel
04/11/2016 .
You have only to look at the exterior of the Black Swan Hotel to realise that it’s certain to have quite a life-story to tell. Three distinct façades speak of a pedigree that flows back to Tudor times, witnessing the arrival of the motor car and through the coaching days of the 17th and 18th centuries: the Leeds-York ‘Helmsley Highflyer’, known locally as the ‘Mucky Duck’, passed this way three times a week in the 19th century.
Read the full story hereDevonshire Arms Hotel
20/10/2016 .
Settled peaceably near the intersection between the A59 and the river Wharfe, the Devonshire Arms Hotel has an air of lordly splendour, a commanding presence with a pedigree that is getting on for 300 years old, and possibly more.
Read the full story hereNew Residences at The Langham London
14/10/2016 .
There is something quite special about bypassing the ground floor check in and heading straight for the 3rd floor Langham Club private reception. Such is the benefit of getting Club access for the new Residences at The Langham London.
Read the full story hereSwinton Park Castle Hotel
12/09/2016 .
It had been a glorious autumnal day at Fountains Abbey, as we drove from Harrogate towards Masham and our treat of the trip: a stay in Swinton Park Castle Hotel, a proper Yorkshire castle
Read the full story hereRamside Hall Hotel. Famous Footballers favourite hotel
22/08/2016 .
Durham town may be immortalised in Roger Whittaker’s famous song, but there is perhaps a more legendary destination just a few minutes’ drive out of town at the Ramside Hall Hotel.
Read the full story hereJesmond Dene House
16/08/2016 .
Considering Jesmond Dene House is within walking distance of Newcastle’s centre, and then to find it surrounded by woodland and river comes as a very pleasant surprise.
Read the full story hereNorthcote Gourmet Break
25/07/2016 .
Northcote Gourmet break. Given the current vogue for ‘eating out’, mini breaks and an increasing emphasis on food generally, perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising to find restaurants that have already earned a worthy and enviable reputation in the dark arts of cuisine also expanding into the realms of the accommodation provision: wine, dine, cognac, sleep it off in lush comfort, and wake up in the morning wondering how much wine you had to drink.
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