HotelsSouth Seas Island Resort CaptivaFloridaFor an Englishman playing golf in the Sunshine State, the sight of a 300kg alligator lazily sunning itself in the reeds next to the tee on the third hole will never get old. Though I get the impression the ‘gator in question has seen it all before. Feeling more like...read more
HotelsAl Baleed Resort Salalah by AnantaraOmanSomething needs to be made clear from the outset and crystally so: Al Baleed Resort Salalah is absurd. The beachfront resort so epitomises the cliché of luxury that it borders on total nonsense. Yet the Anantara group’s touch is so sophisticated, its attention to detail so harmonious – from the...read more
HotelsThe Wife of BathKentOne of the UK’s best northern Spanish restaurants isn’t what you expect to find at a six-bedroom B&B in a sleepy Kent village. Unless you knew it were there, you’d never find it. Home to a couple of quaint riverside pubs, a haberdasher and two small restaurants, Wye hasn’t (yet)...read more
HotelsRosewood BeijingBeijingCao Xueqin’s saga Dream of the Red Chamber is considered the Chinese novel, and it is also the scarlet thread which runs through this ultra-luxe hotel in Beijing’s CBD. There is a leatherbound copy in each of the 283 bedrooms and exotic art inspired by the story throughout. As with...read more
HotelsWaldorf Astoria Trianon PalaceFranceSeptember’s Ryder Cup takes place at Le Golf National, just outside Paris. It’s the first time the tournament has taken place in France and as such, they’ve chosen a course worthy of the occasion. Opened in 1990, it’s new and fresh, yet mature enough to prove a challenge when Europe...read more
HotelsKing Street TownhouseManchesterThe clock strikes five. The bell rings out over the rooftops of downtown Manchester from the Town Hall, audible in the attic room at King Street Townhouse, one of the city’s more upmarket boutique hotel offerings. For a bird’s-eye view of the bell tower itself, you can take a dip...read more
HotelsSant FrancescMallorcaThere are few better places to embrace summer on the Mediterranean than the balmy Balearics. And this converted 19th-century mansion in the beating heart of Palma is our top pick for a trip this month. You’ll find it in an atmospheric square in the old town, where apricot-hued houses come...read more
HotelsNobu HotelIbizaIn one of the most unlikely successful pairings since we were introduced to truffle custard, Robert De Niro and Nobu Matsuhisa have joined forces to bring the world a new breed of hotel. Nobu Hotel Ibiza Bay is one of nine Nobu outposts launched in the past 18 months, with...read more
Hotels17 Farrier StreetDealWhen the weather is fair, there’s no finer place to appreciate Britain’s bucolic beauty than on the south coast. Many of the old port towns here are in the grip of gentrification, and its subsequent influx of excellent restaurants and bars. Hotels, however, are slow to catch up, so we’re...read more
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