Amazing Spaces | The Outbuilding Appledore near Rye, Kent
One of the main things that I look for when spending the night away together is wherever we’re staying has to be way nicer than our house. I mean, that’s the whole point,… Continue reading
Category Archive: Hotels
Piggin’ Out, Stayin’ In | The Pig In The Forest, Brockenhurst, Hampshire
The trouble with putting off visiting somewhere you think you’ll love is that it gets very hyped up inside your head. This is exactly what happened with The Pig. It’s probably been about… Continue reading
Mövenpick – A Winner In Magical Marrakech | Mövenpick Hotel Mansour Eddahbi
SO WHAT’S THE STORY? We love a hotel with history, even better when there’s a fascinating back story too and we really didn’t expect that the five-star Mövenpick hotel in Marrakech would have… Continue reading
Venice In Three Days | A Food & Drink Guide
Life is too short to not visit Venice at least once in your lifetime. The tail-end of last year got us all thinking about our own mortality – what with all the celebrity… Continue reading
Taking Some Time Out | Bel & The Dragon at The Swan, Kingsclere
Since Big Ben rang us into 2017, Saff and I have been working our bits off. It’s been relentless with me on a magazine redesign whilst Saff has been neck-deep in a new… Continue reading
From Water’s Edge To Town Centre | The Jetty, Harbour Hotels, Guildford
Last year, we took a trip to Christchurch to stay in the Harbour Hotel, where we missed out on eating at their prestigious restaurant, The Jetty. Instead we endured a less than impressive… Continue reading
The Perfect Family Summer Holiday – Sorted | Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort, Turkey
Every year finding the perfect family holiday is a real mission. My children live with their mum and the two weeks I get to spend with them over the summer break is so… Continue reading
This Is The (Island) Life! | The Atlantic Hotel Jersey, Le Mont de la Pulente, Saint Brelade, Jersey JE3 8HE
Jersey – the largest of the channel islands and one that holds happy memories of annual holidays as a child, right through to a teenager. I’ve been hankering after a trip back down… Continue reading
Slip Into Something More Comfortable | 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin, Budapester Strasse 40, 10787 Berlin
As is always the case when we travel, we turned up at our hotel exhausted, hungry, stressed and a little angry at each other. Getting from Schönefeld airport to the 25hours Bikini hotel… Continue reading
It Must Be Love, Love, Love | Casa Corazon, Cami de sa Fontasa, 89, 07814 Santa Gertrudis de Fruitera, Ibiza, Spain
It’s funny what the universe can sort out for you. Now I’m not really a believer in cosmic ordering or anything spiritual [Hmm, I think you are a little – Saff]. But I’m… Continue reading
Not just for members | Bedrooms at The Hospital Club, 24, Endell Street, London WC2H 9HQ
I commute to London every day, Monday to Friday and have done so for nearly two decades. But there’s still so much of this great city that Saff and I haven’t experienced. Yes,… Continue reading
East Meets West | Urban Villa | Great West Road, Brentford, London TW8 0GA
Boutique hotelier Urban Villa opened their first UK hotel in Brentford last month (that’s Brentford, not to be confused with TOWIE territory Brentwood in Essex). Think serviced apartments/aparthotel but with more attention to… Continue reading
You Can Ring My Bell | The Bell “Apparently”*, High Street, Ticehurst, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 7AS
Every time we mentioned that we were planning on staying at The Bell in Ticehurst on Christmas day, we were amazed by the response. ‘I took my boyfriend there, you will love it!’… Continue reading
Twenty years young | Hotel du Vin & Bistro Henley-on-Thames, New Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BP
Hotel du Vin for me always reminds me of Brighton – the only branch I knew of and the place everyone wanted to stay. Little did I know there’s actually 15 of them,… Continue reading
The suite life | The Aegean Suites hotel, Periferiakos Skiathou, Skiathos 370 02, Greece
The Greek island of Skiathos is known as the ‘fly and flop island’ and that’s exactly what we did when we stayed at the beautiful and extremely chilled Aegean Suites. We’d just spent… Continue reading
Fit for a princess | The Skiathos Princess hotel, 37002, Agia Paraskevi, Skiathos, Greece
I have an idea of a new hotel concept – a cat hotel. Not a cattery, I mean a hotel for humans with resident cats. Humans like me who love cats but for… Continue reading
Undoubtably the best views from a hotel, ever | Shangri-la hotel & TĪNG at The Shard | 31 St Thomas Street, London, SE1 9QU
Staying the night in the Shangri-la at the Shard – the UK’s first elevated hotel was only ever going to be incredible. The Shard is one of our favourite buildings, despite my doubts… Continue reading
Bed, breakfast, Bentleys and (golf) balls | Auberge du Lac and Brocket Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire AL8 7XG
We’d had a couple of full on weeks at work, the Easter and bank holidays had played havoc with the schedules and my stress levels. I thought the perfect antidote would be the… Continue reading
Miracle Mile | The Inn On The Mile, 82 High Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH1 1LL
Scotland holds so many happy childhood memories for me. During the late 70s and early 80s we would all jump in the back of my dad’s Alegro estate and make the epic journey… Continue reading
Mayfair ladies | Afternoon tea at Quince, Mayfair Hotel, Stratton Street, London W1J 8LT
I am officially now an afternoon tea convert. Past experiences haven’t been that spectacular or impressive, I didn’t really get the whole fuss, until now. My little sister chose to have afternoon tea… Continue reading