Archive for the 'Barcelona' Category
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Oh, how we like to spoil you. We’ve been skipping around the globe to bring you a cherry-picked collection of stylish new stays…
Brush up on your Spanish lessons as we say hola to two scorching hot havens in Barcelona. Edgy Ohla Hotel (pictured left) radiates classic Catalan cool, and flaunts a rooftop pool and two [...]
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With summer dresses and shorts being hastily recovered from the back of our wardrobes, the spa is calling: our need of beauty-boosting treatments has never been greater. Today’s hotel of the week must make us confident enough to bare almost-but-not-quite all. Step up ABaC Restaurant & Hotel in Barcelona, which is more than happy to [...]
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
The geological antics of the last few days have had us all scrambling around in search of alternative modes of transport.* When the skies are out, man has no choice but to turn to the seas, roads and tracks…
We’ve sung the praises of traincations in the past, but that was before The Volcano. As tonnes [...]
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
So we’ve had vacations, staycations, bleisure trips and, now, there’s the ‘traincation’ – thanks to the growing trend for budget boutique breaks and eco-luxe getaways, rail travel is experiencing a renewed surge in popularity. Of course, new high-speed rail links into Spain and Italy (not to mention trusty Eurostar destinations) help a fair bit. If [...]
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Posted in Barcelona, Boutique hotels, Destinations, Eco travel, Europe, Paris | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
If there’s one thing Team Smith love (after a fabulous boutique hotel, a good rare steak, and a darn fine cup of coffee), it’s a gorgeous swimming pool. A shimmering stretch of water to sun-bask next to, sup sundowners beside, or just to admire the reflections of a starlit sky in. Occasionally, we’ve even been [...]
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Posted in Barcelona, Boutique hotels, Destinations, Europe, Features, France, Greece, Ibiza, Italy, Languedoc-Roussillon, Sicily, Spain, Top 10s, Tuscany | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
I confess I’ve been out of the office for most of this month, sampling some of Smith’s spectacular honeymoon hotels in Thailand and Bali (but more on that later – I’ll just say for now that Amandari in jungly Ubud may have just become my favourite place in the world, and that the spikily pungent [...]
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Posted in Barcelona, Boutique hotels, News, Portugal, Spain, Uncategorized, Wales | 4 Comments »
There are loads of fantastic things to do in Barcelona, but if you’re anything like us, shopping factors pretty high on the agenda. So our roving Smith stylista Toni Jones risked life and limb (ok, maybe she only risked the occasional blank look) to grill the Barcelona-based fash-pack for their recommended retail resources. Here’s her [...]
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Posted in Barcelona, Design, Destinations, Shopping, Travel tips, Uncategorized, Worth getting out of bed for | 5 Comments »
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Fashion editor Toni Jones – our very own Smith stylista – highlights on-trend weekend-wardrobe essentials for would-be Mr & Mrs Smiths. This month, it’s all about sleek Barcelona city luxury, with a peek at what all of Barcelona’s barflies are wearing…
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MRS SMITH’S CITY-LUXE PACKING TIPS
To celebrate the arrival of Mr & Mrs Smith’s hot [...]
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Following on from her first post for the Smith Travel Blog on what to do in Rome with your kids, we’ve asked the lovely Debbie Dubrow of DeliciousBaby.com back to impart her motherly pearls of wisdom on family-friendly breaks in Barcelona. We know you’re all romantic-weekend fans at heart, but there’s no reason you can’t [...]
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Posted in Activities, Barcelona, Boutique hotels, Child-friendly, Eating & drinking, Guest blogs, Self-catering, Smith & Kids, Travel tips, Uncategorized, Worth getting out of bed for | 8 Comments »
Time for the monthly round-up of new additions to Mr & Mrs Smith’s boutique hotel collection. Do try to restrain your excitement. We’ve been focusing on Europe this month; Barcelona’s been on our hitlist for a while now – it’s one of our most popular destinations for short, luxury city breaks, presumably thanks to the [...]
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Posted in Barcelona, Boutique hotels, Destinations, Italy, London, News, Spain, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, United States | 3 Comments »