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
Banish the January blues by canoodling in the country: The Wheatsheaf Inn will do nicely. This historic Cotswolds coaching inn seems to have it all: stylish rooms, a parade of strokeable livestock for children, and a restaurant that capitalises on its rural bounty. There’s also that title-snatching cocktail from the recent Cotswolds Bloody Mary Competition…
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The Bloody Mary: probably the best hangover cure known to man. Fact. Also, probably the single best drink you can craft from in-flight trolley ingredients (or, if you’re totally lazy, from Belvedere’s pre-macerated Bloody Mary vodka, right). Fact 2.0. Also, in the wrong hands, potentially the most repulsive, godawful hash of a cocktail on God’s [...]
It may only be October and there’s all the fun and festivity of Hallowe’en and Bonfire Night to get through first, but wise birds are getting organised early for Christmas. Join them by booking in at this week’s hottest hotel, The Montpellier Chapter in the Cotswolds, for a December trip to buy gorgeous gifts at [...]
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 [...]
Crackling fires, G&Ts, lovingly landscaped gardens: there are some things that British hotels just excel at. In this current Blighty-loving mood, our hotel-of -the-week spotlight shines oh-so-bright upon Cotswold House, a picture of enticing English gentility if ever we clapped eyes on one…
Style State-of-the-art comfort zone
Setting Charming Chipping Campden
Why this week? We love a [...]
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, [...]
In our books, summer isn’t summer until a poolside party has been attended, whether it’s on the roof of an old East London warehouse or a soirée in the city where the heat is on (Miami, if you’re wondering). This year, we’re going classic and letting our hair down in an English country garden – [...]
As parents across the land caught in the throes of the Easter hols know all too well – it takes a lot to keep those nippers occupied on their jollies. Is time off a relaxing holiday for their folks? Not unless they’ve planned well. What’s so great about this 14th-century farmhouse set three miles from [...]
We know a thing or two about getting away from it all, and if it’s total isolation you’re really after, look no further than these remote retreats new to our Smith & Friends collection…
DOLLY COTTAGE County Donegal
- This cosy cottage sits undisturbed on a seven-acre patch of romantic rural Ireland
- It’s near beaches, a [...]
Much as I love Smith HQ, it’s always exciting to jet off (or, in my case, get on the First Great Western train) from London, in order to meet some of our properties in the flesh, as it were. So, when the chance arose to visit one of our newest Cotswolds acquisitions, the beautifully styled [...]
