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It’s that magic time of the month again – we’ve just launched a whole host of luxurious boutique hotels in some of the furthest-flung corners of the world. It’s a mixed bag (in terms of geography, not quality, naturally), covering four continents, eight countries, and one very hefty air fare bill (carbon-offset, of course) Most [...]
Since the launch of the Smith route-planner and our top luxury UK road-trips not so long ago, we’ve been thinking a lot about the lure of the open road, the thrill of the wind in the hair, and the enduring 80s awfulness of soft-rock service-station drive-time compilation albums. Thus far, we’ve thought exclusively about journeys [...]
The Wester Ross Coastal Trail – By Tamara Lohan Packing tips wellie boots and binoculars Intro The road trip we took is a loop – starting from Pool House in Poolewe, taking the Wester Ross Coastal Trail through Shieldaig to Applecross and then over the Pass of the Cattle before heading back inland and taking [...]
Hey Mary, so you just went gallivanting around Me-hi-co, huh? Si, senorita! Any goosepimple moments? There was a hotel called Verana… we were meant to arrive by boat but the seas were too rough that day so we had a lovely white-knuckle drive down a very steep, very windy road… met by the Belgian GM [...]
Hotels Provence James Lohan: We were commenting on a couple who couldn’t keep their hands off each other during dinner (get a room!) in a very classic French hotel restaurant called Colombe d’Or in Saint Paul de Vence (famed because artists such as Miro, Cezanne, Matisse used to exchange their works of art which are [...]
