• Hotel Urban, Madrid
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    Hotel Urban, Madrid

    Home Explore Hotel Reviews Current Article Hotel Urban, Madrid 25 August, 2017 Words by India Dowley Some Some hotels are about comfort, others about convenience. There are those that put luxury at the forefront of guest experience while for many it's about value for money. But at Urban it's about creating something entirely original; this […]

  • OD Talamanca, Ibiza
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    OD Talamanca, Ibiza

    Home Explore Hotel Reviews Current Article OD Talamanca, Ibiza 17 August, 2017 Words by India Dowley Whether Whether you're hitting the White Isle to hell raise from sunrise to sunrise or want nothing more than to float around on a giant inflatable flamingo staring at the sky, thi design-led hotel from the OD group offers […]

  • The Principal Madrid Hotel
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    The Principal Madrid Hotel

    Home Explore Hotel Reviews Current Article The Principal Madrid Hotel 11 August, 2017 Words by India Dowley Standing Standing proud on the Gran Via (Madrid's "great lane") in an equally impressive 20th-century mansion, The Principal couldn't be better located for exploring the capital's many galleries, museums and parks. But far from being a soulless tourist […]

  • Batty Langley's, London
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    Batty Langley's, London

    Home Explore Hotel Reviews Current Article Batty Langley's, London 09 August, 2017 Words by Kate Hamilton "You'll "You'll find us when you need us" is the unofficial motto of Batty Langley's hotel. The third offering from Douglas Blain and Peter McKay (the brains behind Hazlitt's in Soho and The Rookery in Clerkenwell) kept quiet within […]

  • Henrietta Hotel, London
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    Henrietta Hotel, London

    Home Explore Hotel Reviews Current Article Henrietta Hotel, London 04 August, 2017 Words by Kate Hamilton When When we're in London but want to feel like we're in Paris, we call on The Experimental Group. They are the brains behind China Town's Experimental Cocktail Club and the Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels in Covent Garden, which […]

  • Sublime Comporta, Portugal
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    Sublime Comporta, Portugal

    Home Explore Hotel Reviews Current Article Sublime Comporta, Portugal 01 August, 2017 Words by Kate Hamilton St St Tropez in the Seventies, St Barths in the Eighties, Jose Ignacio in the Nineties - the comparisons have come to Comporta thick and fast. Like other fashionable beach destinations, this stretch of coast in southwest Portugal is […]

  • The Ludlow, New York
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    The Ludlow, New York

    Home Explore Hotel Reviews Current Article The Ludlow, New York 28 July, 2017 Words by India Dowley If If the thought of being categorised as a tourist rather than an in-the-know global citizen fills you with indignant horror, The Ludlow will aid any attempt to pass off as a New Yorker. Filling a restored red-brick […]

  • Sand River Masai Mara, Kenya
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    Sand River Masai Mara, Kenya

    Home Explore Hotel Reviews Current Article Sand River Masai Mara, Kenya 23 July, 2017 Words by Fleur Rollet-Manus Located Located on the water's edge, Sand River Masai Mara is a luxury Kenyan safari camp reminiscent of glamorous 1920s Hollywood films celebrating African adventure. Opening up onto the Masai Mara National Reserve, this is the perfect […]

  • House of Waine, Nairobi
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    House of Waine, Nairobi

    Home Explore Hotel Reviews Current Article House of Waine, Nairobi 14 July, 2017 Words by Haley Crawford Originally Originally the owners' private home which they converted in 2004, House of Waine is a family-run boutique hotel which exudes a spirit of conviviality and homely hospitality. In-keeping with this close-knit atmosphere, the décor is inspired by […]

  • Hemingway's, Nairobi
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    Hemingway's, Nairobi

    Home Explore Hotel Reviews Current Article Hemingway's, Nairobi 07 July, 2017 Words by Haley Crawford For For Out of Africa elegance with an extra helping of luxury, Hemingway's will make all your linen-shirt-wearing, rum-swilling dreams come true. Named after Ernest Hemingway's account of his romp across the Serengeti, Green Hills of Africa, this hotel is […]

  • Calcot, the Cotswolds
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    Calcot, the Cotswolds

    Home Explore Hotel Reviews Current Article Calcot, the Cotswolds 09 June, 2017 Words by Jaime Rose Along Along with our self-deprecating humour, British people seem to wholeheartedly embrace the clichés bestowed upon us. Give us a queue and we'll stand in it; give us sun cream and we will still burn - and give us […]

  • The Whitby, New York
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    The Whitby, New York

    Home Explore Hotel Reviews Current Article The Whitby, New York 01 June, 2017 Words by India Dowley Making Making a colourful splash in Manhattan's Upper Midtown, The Whitby is the second addition to Firmdale Hotels' New York portfolio (following the effervescent Crosby Street Hotel in SoHo) and packs an eccentrically British punch characteristic of its […]

  • Villa Monticello, Accra, Ghana
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    Villa Monticello, Accra, Ghana

    Home Explore Hotel Reviews Current Article Villa Monticello, Accra, Ghana 26 May, 2017 Words by Rhiannon Hutchings Accra Accra is probably not the first destination that springs to mind when planning a holiday. And while it's true that the city's notorious traffic jams, relentless street vendors and pumping music might take some getting used to, […]

  • One&Only Reethi Rah, Maldives
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    One&Only Reethi Rah, Maldives

    Home Explore Hotel Reviews Current Article One&Only Reethi Rah, Maldives 19 May, 2017 Words by Fleur Rollet-Manus The The epitome of beach luxury, One & Only Reethi Rah rules the jewelled waters of the Maldives on a private island so far removed from reality that it commands its own time zone - locals set their […]