Make sure you pack layers. Sun hats and woolly hats. Jumpers and shawls. It’s a little warmer in the south but by the afternoon the clouds appear and their obstruction of the sun makes for […]
So quiet you can only hear staff sweeping up leaves in the courtyard, The Sun House feels a world away from the bustle of Galle, a town on Sri Lanka’s south west coast. Set on […]
In this adventure find out how long it takes to get up in the air from City Airport and then lounge around in five-star luxury in Frankfurt. I mix the old with the new, well […]
The Mediterranean Sea is always a pull and so are the further reaches of the region. Follow me as I check out some the best and let’s face it luxury offerings in Turkey on the […]
Some topographies are so indigenously gifted that gilding their grounds becomes a lovelorn labor of reflection and regeneration, and when done best, a bespoke union of the two. Updating a property in the Yountville region […]
As a resident of Edinburgh, I rarely have a reason to leave the city. Everything I need is at my doorstep: beautiful views, exciting culture and great pubs. I’m lucky enough to have one of […]
They say the journey is always better than the destination, I’m not so sure, sometimes they have equal billing. On a recent trip up north, I pondered this and other nuggets buried in my mind. […]
Many hotels often bleat about the luxuries they offer, but sometimes all you really want is genuine hospitality, a comfortable room for the night and a central location. The Hecht in Appenzell offers precisely that […]
“When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” So said Samuel Johnson but what Mr Johnson hadn’t factored in is that […]
With its grand, gabled façade on Appenzell’s main square, Landsgemeindeplatz, the Romantik Hotel Säntis creates quite an impression from the first. Run with unpretentious charm and a genuine belief in warm hospitality by the Heeb […]
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