St Mawes Retreats – luxury and sea views at Stargazers in Cornwall
Walking through the door of our luxury holiday house of Stargazers in St Mawes, I felt the Wow! factor as if I’d been given a …
Hotels
Bosinver Farm Cottages – a family weekend in Cornwall – video
Teenage boys can be notoriously difficult to please, so I wasn’t quite sure what my sixteen year old son and his two friends would make …
The Bristol Hotel – an elegant hotel in Bristol Harbourside
Set bang on the harbourfront, The Bristol Hotel offers a perfectly central location for anyone visiting the city of Bristol and offers a luxurious base …
Inspira Santa Marta Hotel Review – boutique hotel in Lisbon
In this guest post, Oneika Raymond reviews the Inspira Santa Marta Hotel in Lisbon where she spent a long weekend soaking up the atmosphere and …
Intercontinental Budapest Review – a luxury spring break
On a short spring break in Budapest, we stayed at the Intercontinental Budapest. It’s a classy, 5 star hotel that wrapped us in a cocoon …
The Prince Hall Hotel on Dartmoor Review – Country house comfort in Devon
Dartmoor is a place to treat with respect, with glorious landscapes and weather that can turn against you in an instant. Leaving the snow in …
JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort – review and video
Between San Antonio and Austin in Texas lies the area known as the Texas Hill Country, where the flat-lands of Southern Texas soften into rolling …
Living like a local – our home from home in Austin, Texas
By the time we drove up to Austin, we’d been in Texas nearly a week and were looking forward to some family time over the …
The Winchester Hotel, Winchester Review – for a weekend break
The picturesque Hampshire town of Winchester is the ideal place for a weekend of shopping, sightseeing and walking. I met up with my sister at The …
Picosa Ranch – a luxury ranch with a slice of Texas history
Hunting and history may seem unlikely partners, but they go hand in hand at Picosa Ranch in Texas. The ranch is the former family home …
Hotel Valencia Riverwalk – boutique hotel in San Antonio, USA
Hotel Valencia rises from the San Antonio Riverwalk with a shades-of-ochre facade that is distinctly Mediterranean rather than North American. This luxury San Antonio hotel …