Helen Browning’s Royal Oak, Wiltshire: hotel review
The pioneering organic farmer has expanded her local pub’s offering to include a stylishly idiosyncratic B&B, with piggy treats top of the bill‘Noise and smell – that’s what people expect of a pig...
View ArticleRoom 104 review – multi-genre motel anthology makes for a thrilling stay
The new series by Jay and Mark Duplass shows different slices of life in the same dinky room, gliding between horror and romance with aplombFor the past several years, the Duplass brothers – Jay, 44,...
View Article10 of the best things to do in Pisa
A €30m redevelopment has funded the revamp of many of this walkable Italian city’s main attractions – including its tower – and there are great bars, restaurants and hotels to relax in after the...
View Article10 great wilderness cabins and campsites in Canada: readers’ tips
Whether it’s backcountry camping, huts for post-hike relaxation or a hot tub and luxury cabin after a day in a canoe, our tipsters know some great staysSimply one of the most beautiful places I have...
View ArticleFive Acre Barn, Leiston, Suffolk: hotel review
With adventurous contemporary architecture, cool styling and a warm welcome, this is a chic alternative to Suffolk’s many old-fashioned, chintzy B&BsTo most first-time visitors, the Suffolk coast...
View ArticleHow Britain fell for Wetherspoon’s
Wetherspoon’s has won a special place in our hearts, bourgeois snobbery notwithstanding. As it nears its 40th birthday, Ed Cumming visits his localHonestly, this is nicer than the X,” says my...
View ArticleThe Great House, Sonning, Berkshire: hotel review
The riverside village beloved of Jerome K Jerome and George Clooney is home to a swish bar and restaurant and, now, characterful but good-value bedrooms to matchIt is obligatory, when writing about the...
View ArticleYHA The Sill at Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland: hostel review
There’s been a hostel in this spot for more than 80 years but the new YHA flagship is one of a kind, with a museum and cafe and blending into the Unesco-listed landscapeAt midday, we were lounging on a...
View ArticleGalicia coast holiday guide: the best beaches, bars, restaurants and hotels
White sandy beaches, epic Atlantic scenery and supreme seafood combine to great effect on Spain’s most beautiful coastlineLush green valleys and rugged mountains, sheer cliffs and wild, frothing,...
View ArticleThe Ginger Pig, Hove, East Sussex: hotel review
The food’s always been top-notch at this gastropub, so the new bedrooms are a welcome addition, providing informal luxury at fairly affordable pricesThe sea is turquoise, the sky hazy in the heat, yet...
View ArticleOnce upon a time in … Efteling theme park, the Netherlands
The traditional, fairytale-themed amusement park features elves, trolls and talking parrots, and its woodland setting and new hotel make it ideal for a family holiday Walking along windy paths through...
View ArticleHedge funds: Game of Thrones location spurs rise of business empire
Entrepreneur buys Dark Hedges hotel, golf resort and trademark as Northern Ireland cashes in on TV show’s legacyWhen Stephen Gray noticed a dozen Game of Thrones fans, wearing helmets with torches,...
View ArticleHotel world: wherever you travel, the rooms are the same - in pictures
From Cairo to Cape Town, Paris to Panama, Roger Eberhard criss-crossed the globe photographing Hilton hotel rooms for his series Standard, only to find their decor eerily similarContinue reading...
View ArticleThe Hafod Hotel, Devil’s Bridge, Ceredigion: review
Reached by heritage steam train and sitting above a waterfall, this historic former hunting lodge inland from Aberystwyth is being smartened up by its new ownersThere can be few more satisfying ways of...
View ArticleThe Pointer, Brill, Buckinghamshire: hotel review
This pub has long had a reputation for its excellent food – much of it grown on its own farm. Four lovely new rooms mean guests can now stay the night in the ‘ridiculously pretty’ villageThe Pointer...
View ArticleA hotel with a view: 'Brexit could tip us over the edge'
From a porter, to a chef and the owner, staff at a Bath hotel talk about how they see the future for their industry and themselvesThe Queensberry, a boutique hotel in Bath, has 38 full-time employees,...
View ArticleHoliday guide to Somme, France: what to see plus the best restaurants, bars...
The area of northern France known for battlefields and memorials also has pretty landscapes, unspoilt beaches and some of the country’s best cuisine – all just a short hop from the UKThis bucolic...
View ArticleMotel 6 has reported undocumented guests to US authorities, chain confirms
Practice by one of country’s largest hotel chains has led to detentions and deportations, lawyers say, as company claims policy was local to ArizonaMotel 6, one of the largest hotel chains in North...
View ArticleThe Mount Edgcumbe, Tunbridge Wells, Kent: hotel review
This former lodging house for people taking the waters was reborn as a bar and restaurant five years ago and has now added six fun-but-tasteful bedroomsIt’s Thursday night at the Mount Edgcumbe – a...
View ArticleDenver city guide: what to see and do plus the best restaurants, bars and hotels
The Mile High City gets a little closer with new direct UK flights giving visitors the chance to soak up a wild west boom town with a roaring food and nightlife scene‘Gold!” went the cry in the summer...
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