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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 [...]
We’re always on the hunt for new hotels to be the apples of our eyes, and this month is no different. Allow us to introduce our crop of corkers for March…
We’ve been foraging in Italy once again, hand-picking Ca’ P’a – Casa Privata, a boho bolthole in Praiano on the Amalfi Coast. In Tuscany, we [...]
Last month, Smith forayed into frontiers new and journeyed across Ireland, from east to west, in search of the most stylish of self-catering properties for our Smith & Friends collection. Driving from County Longford to County Donegal, it was Ardara that won our hearts, a tiny charmer of a town with more pubs than there [...]
GALWAY INTERNATIONAL OYSTER FESTIVAL
When? 22–26 September 2010
Where? Galway, Ireland
What? Guinness and oysters, two of the finest things in life, join up with two more: music and friendship. The Galway International Oyster Festival brings deep, simple pleasures.
Style Guinness-gulping gourmets
Setting Wild West of Eire
Event highlights Socially inclined locals look forward to the Gala Ball and the ‘Oyster [...]
At a time when we’re all looking under our sofas for pound coins, what could be more welcome to us penny-pinchers than a hotel that’s affordable as well as stylish and luxurious? Well, a cheap chic hotel that’s just a short drive away, of course. Following on from Monday’s round-up of Europe’s best bargains, here’s [...]
