Our 2018 Five Favourite Luxury Hotels in India
This year’s choice of top accommodation experiences in India As with many countries, India offers a huge variety of hotels and lodges of all styles, degrees of opulence and price. The service levels, decoration and overall ambiance changes year on year, such that a favourite this year can slide down the rankings by next. We thought we’d like to update you on this year’s favourites, so that when you plan your next trip to India...
Atypically Italian in Rome
Our guest writers Jamie & Iza enjoy a weekend in Rome that’s a little out of the ordinary. Our ‘mission’ in Rome is simply to visit as many historical sights and eat as much Italian food as possible during our weekend stay! Therefore, being based in central Rome is going to be essential. Its so easy to end up going around in circles to find a good convenient place to stay so we’re especially pleased to find...
Samode Safari Lodge – a fine heritage
If ever there is an argument for visiting a wildlife park and never leaving your hotel then Samode Safari Lodge has to be it! It’s not often that we’re taken aback on entering an hotel room but at Samode Safari Lodge on the edge of Bandhavgarh National Park in India we experience a definite double-take! We should have expected a treat as Samode’s other hotels (beautiful heritage properties in Rajasthan) had, on previously visits to...
Mallorca – game, set and match
Combine a group of friends, a love of tennis, fine wine and food with a stunning villa and you’ve got the perfect recipe for fun in the sun. It’s become something of an annual tradition for a group of us to pick a country, find a villa with a tennis court and pool that will accommodate all, a location that offers interest and distraction – and then get stuck into full-on enjoyment for a week of games, great dining and lots of...
Calm and charm in the Cotswolds
When an English summer permits, there’s no more enchanting a place than Easter Cottage to spend time just chilling in the Cotswolds. We set off with the roof down on a blisteringly hot summer’s day and after an effortless drive turn up, lightly-toasted, at Church Enstone in the heart of the beautiful Cotswolds. We’ve eschewed more grand and ostentatious alternatives in favour of investigating the quietly charming and comfortable...
Fateh Garh – when a lake doesn’t float your boat
An alternative luxury hideaway in Udaipur, city of lakes, that won’t sink your budget. Udaipur, sometimes optimistically called the ‘Venice of the East’ is one of the principal attractions in Rajasthan, famous for its Lake Palace that ‘floats’ ship-like in the middle of Lake Pichola, We were initially pleasantly surprised by the rich and fertile lands surrounding the approaches to Udaipur, where it lies on the southern slopes of...
