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This week, instead of buying Uncle Fred and Aunt Mildred a bottle of port and a cashmere scarf for Christmas, Smith are putting their pennies towards a stay at the deliciously cwtchy (that’s ‘cosy’ to the non-Welsh) Holm House in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales…
Style Deco-fuelled modernity
Setting Penarth’s Victorian seafront
Why this week? Book today, and [...]
If, like us, you’ve forgotten that this coming weekend is an extra-long bank holiday extravaganza of sun-basking laziness, and are currently lamenting your failure to organise anywhere to do your lazing, then fear not. We’ve had a chat with the ever-efficient Smith Travel Team and they’ve given us an up-to-the-minute breakdown of which hot hotels [...]
Last week, we were asked to ferret out our finery and head west to Wales for a glitzy party on a former farm estate near Carmarthen. Armed with our Dylan Thomas verse, marsh-proof wellies and facial-thirsty faces, we willingly went to experience a night of canapés and cocktails in honour of the shiny new spa [...]
Style Genteel modern townhouse
Setting Seaside meets Snowdonia
Why this week? Some makeovers attract scandal, but the overhaul at Escape Boutique B&B in North Wales is no Anne Robinson. Their refurbishment has triggered much speculation at Smith HQ as to how you might improve upon the elegant blend of old and new that Escape had already perfected. [...]
You know what you like to buy and you’re no sucker for marketing… Do you shun the red sale stickers on discounted produce at the supermarket? Do you laugh in the face of Bogof offers in Boots, resisting the urge to hoard toothpaste for the sake of a pound or so? Well, this is one [...]
If, like the huge number of Brits planning on taking a ’staycation’ this year, you just want to stay on home turf, let us point you in the right direction. For those eschewing overseas travel but still craving coastline and sunny climes, it’s little surprise is the home-grown holidaymakers’ number-one UK destination this summer. Soft [...]
Just as we’re excited about the new additions to our collection of Welsh hotels, so there’s also a buzz around a new, equally Welsh film, Sleep Furiously.
Launched on the festival circuit last year, Gideon Koppel’s picture about the plight of farming in mid-Wales, where Koppel grew up, is a heartfelt documentary that has been impressing [...]
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 [...]
Much like Mr & Mrs Smith, Suzanne’s Files is a trusted online source of inspiring travel tips and information, compiled by travel-savvy style-spotter Suzanne Aaronson from her own experiences and those of her global contacts. Since we’re both obsessed with style, service and quality, and love uncovering the world’s best boutique hotels, luxury beach resorts [...]
You know what big fans we are of our own Great British coastline here, and it’s not like we need much persuading to dig out our buckets and spades and storm the UK’s best beaches at the first hint of a little weak sunshine.
Part of the pleasure is tucking into that classic beach and on-the-pier [...]
