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New for December: Smith hotels in Scotland, Portugal, Italy, Australia, the...
This month, we started our search for stylish stays by sipping whisky at The Atholl, a suite-only townhouse in Edinburgh. After all that hard work, we headed south to soak up the rays at romantic...
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Christmas ‘Golden Ticket’ offer: last-minute Cotswolds escapes from just £1!
Looking for a room at the inn? We all know this is a crazy time of year, but The Wheatsheaf Inn has gone totally crackers, with an amazing ‘Golden Ticket’ Christmas offer – this chic Cotswolds...
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Festive fun in London: a Christmas to-do list
What’s that you say? It’s nearly Christmas? Cue cold sweats, mild panic buying and a belated urge to sling on some knitted accessories, sing a merry tune and stock up on seasonal good cheer. With that...
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Ellenborough Park: hotel of the week
After several days spent juggling turkeys, presents and bottles of whisky (for Santa, natch) while entertaining the family, you’re probably in need of some downtime. Why not give yourself a pat on the...
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New for January: Smith hotels in Tuscany, London, Shanghai, Polynesia, St...
We’re starting the new year as we mean to go on, with a host of heavenly hotels. This month, we’ve already enjoyed a Tuscan tryst: we were seduced by a cosmopolitan Chianti castle, Castello del Nero...
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New for February: Smith hotels in Bali, Thailand, St Lucia, French Polynesia,...
This month, we escaped to some dreamy island getaways, including U Palazzu Serenu, a hillside haven in Corsica; The Bulgari Resort, an Italian-inspired designer-den in Bali; and Soneva Kiri, a...
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Malin + Goetz Q&A: behind the scenes
Stylish, hardworking, easy on the eyes and often found in the world’s best bathrooms: like their products, the dynamic duo behind Malin + Goetz skincare is very well-travelled. So, we just had to sit...
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Urbanologie talks London restaurant openings…
Londoners, if you like to keep your fingers on the pulse of restaurant, bar and hotel openings, you will enjoy getting emails from Urbanologie, such as this one about the hottest new tables in town…...
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New for March: Smith hotels in Corsica, Stockholm, Berlin, London, Nantucket,...
This month, we explored the edenic eastern Algarve from our temporary home at quirky country house Fazenda Nova; after that, we lounged by the pool at Corsican beauty La Signoria. Once we managed to...
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Inside London #14: Swarovski Crystallized
With rain-soaked pavements and throngs of unsmiling shoppers, shopping in London can be less than pleasant without some insider knowledge. But we’re here to help: just two umbrella-dodging minutes from...
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New for April: Smith hotels from California and Kennebunkport to Cornwall and...
We’re gleefully celebrating Spring’s arrival with a globe-spanning host of new hotels this month. We kicked off our world tour in the Windy City, where Ian Schrager’s sleek Public Chicago hotel has...
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Baglioni Hotel, London: hotel of the week
This week we’re prescribing a hearty dose of lavish Latin living as a post-winter pick-me-up: snugly situated on the southwest corner of London’s Hyde Park is the irresistibly Italian Baglioni Hotel…...
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Snapshots from the Bingham hotel in London
Looking for boutique hotels in London but want to escape the bustle of the city? Go west: in riverside Richmond, the Bingham is a smart townhouse with stylish rooms, excellent food and a verdant lawn...
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New for May: Smith hotels from Amsterdam to Vietnam, via Hampshire, Hawaii...
This month, the intrepid Smith team of style-seeking hotel hunters began its global trek in canal-crossed Amsterdam, home to a trio of reinvented Dutch stunners: a modern aristocrat named Sir Albert...
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London in bloom: five alternatives to the Chelsea Flower Show
Feeling wilted because you missed out on tickets to the Chelsea Flower Show‘s centenary edition? Fear not: a rose at any other show would smell as sweet and there are plenty of capital distractions...
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New for June: Smith hotels in Andalucia, Lake Garda, Dubai, Mérida and beyond…
This month the Smith team got back in the saddle, hitting the dusty trail in search of the best luxury hotels around the globe. First up, we arrived in sunny Spain, where we strapped on our Marengo...
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The Smith extra: cocktail masterclass at the Kensington Hotel in London
As our globe-trotting readers will know, there’s an exclusive Smith extra waiting for you at all our luxury boutique hotels around the world, thanks to our free Mr & Mrs Smith membership. But...
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A cut above: Mark Hix’s carving masterclass at Brown’s Hotel
The Smith Travel Blog team does love an outing (only last week we were mixing cocktails, remember), and we’re also partial to a meaty dinner, so when the opportunity came to combine the two with a trip...
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In the diary: gad about like Gatsby
With the Gatsby bandwagon rumbling through town like a Rolls-Royce, we’ve rounded up the coolest hotels and happenings that capture the zeitgeist without drowning you in fringed flapper frocks… JAZZ UP...
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Five of the best romantic mini-breaks: a style guide
You already know that Smith hotels and romantic weekends go together like moonlight and music: but what are the other ingredients of a super-stylish mini-break? We’ve rounded up this season’s perfect...
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