Get the low-down from the original style-seekers' latest good-time hunting expeditions, find destination inspiration and insider tips from around the world. Welcome to the official Smith blog: we hope you enjoy your stay
Looking for a Euro destination that blends buzzy city culture with sun-kissed beach life and some kooky castles? Portugal’s cool capital Lisbon is the ideal good-time getaway, with a serious cake habit on the side.
When Smith lived it up in Lisbon recently, we found our slice of daily heaven in the form of pastéis de [...]
We’ve got a bumper bundle this month, with new hotels spanning the globe from Langkawi to Lisbon. Foodies in particular, you’re in for a treat…
We’ve gone gourmet for June with three new foodie fantasies: St John Hotel, a sleek London retreat where nothing’s skipped on the nose-to-tail menu; The Bull Inn, a picturesque Dorset pub [...]
The post-wedding blues are rife at Smith HQ, but there’s still one more reason to celebrate: a whole host of new hotels for May. Don’t go packing those flags away just yet…
First up, we forayed into Portugal, combing the coast north to south in search of hotel-shaped hot cakes. Torres Vedras, north of Lisbon, brought [...]
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 Sausalito [...]
A few too many stacks of pancakes this week have left us in need of a detox. We can’t think of anywhere better to cleanse body and soul than at Aquapura, Portugal’s sexiest spa retreat…
Style Sprawling spa retreat
Setting Dazzling Douro wine country
Why this week? This perfectly positioned former farmhouse has had a dramatic designer reinvention [...]
Not long ago, we dispatched travel blogger Heather Cowper on an anonymous review trip to the enchanting Hotel Heritage Av Liberdade in Portugal’s capital. Not only did she produce a terrific hotel review, but she also gave us a whistle-stop tasting tour of the city’s eats…
There are so many things I could tell you about [...]
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 [...]
As an award-winning blog, we thought it was about time we shared the love (or, more precisely, the awards) with a mini Oscars of our own: Mr & Mrs Smith presents… Hotel of the Week. As the catchy title suggests, there’ll be a weekly accolade awarded to the property du jour (or should that be [...]
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 [...]
