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This month, we went looking for new Smith hotels in Fiji. Our search uncovered Dolphin Island, a private-island stay just north of Viti Levu. In the Indian Ocean, we plotted a romantic rendezvous at Anantara Kihavah Villas, a desert-island dream of a hotel in the blue-gold Maldives.
Next, we went coastal in south-east Asia, discovering Bunga Raya (above), an eco-chic escape [...]

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This month, we’ve got a whole new host of summer-ready sanctuaries, including three island hideaways on Santorini: the seven secluded Aenaon Villas, the all-white Avaton Resort & Spa and the neutral-hued Kapari Natural Resort (below).

Another trio debuts in New Orleans, as we reveal the fruits of our first foray into Louisiana – namely, Soniat House, [...]

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Hotel of the week: Huvafen Fushi

Friday, May 21st, 2010

The Tube has got sweatier, Brits are getting their toes out and, next door to Smith HQ, the strange half-naked man has started watering his plants again. This means two things: summer is a comin’ and it’s holiday time. Our latest crush is the Maldives, the pearl in the Indian Ocean, and more seductive and [...]

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Rocking all over the world

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Have you ever noticed how actresses about to receive a necklace on screen are always bare-necked before their suitor rocks up with a jewellery gift? If you, too, know that naked feeling when you’re in your hotel room, getting ready for a fabulous night out – get your partner to channel Richard Gere in Pretty [...]

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As romantic destinations go, there aren’t many more beautiful than Indian Ocean islands – they regularly crop up in top-10 polls for ‘most romantic’, ‘best honeymoon‘ and ‘exotic escapes’. One of Mr & Mrs Smith’s intrepid independent reviewer couples has just returned from a trip to the Oberoi in Mauritius, the honeymoon-fabulous spa retreat in [...]

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A quick Q&A with Graham & Green

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

JAMIE GRAHAM Creative Director, Graham & Green

If there’s one homewares shop that lets customers get a little boutique-hotel chic to go, it’s Graham & Green in Notting Hill. And now they have an outpost in Reading too. I grabbed a minute with one of its owners to ask him how he gets his travel kicks.

What [...]

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To celebrate the launch of the Mr & Mrs Smith wedding pages, we’ve persuaded Brides magazine editor Deborah Joseph to divulge her Little White Book of wedding secrets – and trust us, what she doesn’t know about weddings and honeymoons probably ain’t worth knowing: Brides is the UK’s biggest-selling bridal magazine.
Here she reveals her [...]

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Top 10: Honeymoon Destinations

Monday, September 1st, 2008

Let our destination inspiration whet your wanderlust and provide a guide to the most romantic cities, idyllic islands and wilderness escapes. LUCY FENNINGS rounds up a worldwide hot-list of honeymoon destinations…

01 Kruger National Park
LUXURY SAFARI STAYS
Countryside South African wilderness
Country life Eye-spy the Big Five

Why to go Safaris epitomise romance, with spine-tingling safari drives, [...]

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