Archive for the 'Florence' Category
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
We like to think we know how to spot what’s special about a city within moments of arriving there – not least in Italy, where last year we spent a lot of time scouring cobbled streets and Renaissance piazzas for secrets to share in our recent Italy hotel guide. Meet some like-minded spirits: founders of [...]
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Posted in Eating & drinking, Florence, Guest blogs, Italy, Shopping, Top 10s, travel, Travel tips, Uncategorized, Worth getting out of bed for | 2 Comments »
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
Organised romance: what an arousal-squashing concept. Discerning lovers should bypass all the pink and sickly tack for some unabashed indulgence – from helicopter rides to ladies in lakes – at our romantic hotels. Mr & Mrs Smith built a business around the art of seduction, so who better to entrust with your night(s) of passion? [...]
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Posted in Boutique hotels, Destinations, Diary, Eating & drinking, Europe, Features, Florence, News, offers, Top 10s, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, Worth getting out of bed for | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
This month, we crossed the, er, two corners of the globe to see what’s going on hotel-wise down in Europe and the Americas… On the Jersey Shore, we found Bungalow Hotel, a stylish surf house seconds from the sea, and just an hour out of Manhattan. In San Francisco, we crossed the Golden Gate to [...]
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Posted in Boutique hotels, Florence, Italy, Portugal | No Comments »
The 2010 La Dolce Vita show is set to honour all things Italian this week. We’ll be there of course – look out for our Graham and Green-styled stall, G1. In greedy anticipation, we’re playing foodie Top Trumps with six of Italy’s regions, highlighting their signature plate-toppers and suggesting where to sleep off the calories… [...]
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Posted in Activities, Amalfi Coast, Boutique hotels, Eating & drinking, Florence, Italy, Milan, Puglia, Rome, Sicily, Tuscany, Umbria, Venice | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Best family-friendly boutique hotels in Europe, anyone? Mr & Mrs Smith round up a top 10 selection of child-friendly escapes
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Posted in Boutique hotels, Child-friendly, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe, Florence, France, Ibiza, Italy, Italy, Rome, Smith & Kids, Spain, Top 10s, Tuscany | 28 Comments »
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
The beautiful hotels, all those lovely flowers, the chance to acceptably don a frilly fascinator… we do love a good wedding at Smith. So allow us to introduce our favourite new partner, The Big Event (and its director, Rosie) – a stylish service dedicated to wedding and event planning in central Italy where Smith members [...]
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Posted in Eating & drinking, Florence, Honeymoons & weddings, Insider interviews, Italy, Rome, Tuscany | 7 Comments »