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Travel gallery: Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons
Super chef Raymond Blanc’s renowned Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons hotel in Oxfordshire has a seriously foodie reputation to uphold (not to mention two Michelin stars). It’s no surprise, then, that the...
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Meet Mr & Mrs Smith’s anonymous hotel reviewers: #12 Kathy Lette
You’ve probably got the hang of this by now, but just to recap; when we find a Smith-worthy boutique hotel, we send our super-secret reviewers and their significant others undercover to give it the...
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New for July: Smith hotels in Menorca, Maine, the Maldives, Mũi Né and more…
Our adventures this month began in Tuscany’s rural hills, where rustic-luxe La Bandita has jaw-dropping views from its infinity pool; then, beautiful Basilicata made us an offer we couldn’t refuse:...
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Postcard from Bath: flock to the Muddy Duck
This week we were exclaiming ‘Lord love a duck!’ as we marvelled at The Muddy Duck – a cosy pub turned luxury hotel near Bath – formerly known as the Kings Arms. Our Smith spy (Keith Oswin, a Wiltshire...
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New for August: Smith hotels in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Somerset and more…
We’ve been all over the place this month, from cities to seas. Our Euro adventures began with a trio of très belles Parisians: minimalist foodie masterpiece Hôtel de Nell, knowingly cool design hub...
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Postcard from the Zetter Townhouse: a Clerkenwell to-do list
Clerkenwell may be one of the capital’s quieter enclaves, replete with cobbles, idiosyncratic 13th-century and ultra-modern architecture and industrial-chic warehouse conversions; but it’s also home to...
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Aviator, Hampshire: hotel of the week
This week we flit up to the emerald airfields of Hampshire to eat our fill of dinky scones, cakes and finger-sized sandwiches, with jet-set boutique bolthole the Aviator‘s new afternoon tea. If we...
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New for September: Smith hotels in Japan, Marrakech, Barcelona and beyond…
We have something we’re very excited to show you… our very first handpicked hotels in Japan! Meet Beniya Mukayu in Kanazawa (bottom right), the Park Hyatt Tokyo (below) – yep, the one where Scarlett...
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Dylan, Dublin: hotel of the week
From the historic streets and architecture to just enjoying the craic and a pint of the black stuff, Dublin has it covered. Dylan offers guests a stylish and comfortable base to explore Ireland’s fair...
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Gourmet Getaways #1: Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons
If you’ve a must-eat-at restaurant wish list (and let’s face it, you have), chances are Le Manoir au Quat’Saisons is close to the top. The Oxfordshire flagship of Raymond Blanc’s gastronomic empire has...
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Halloween hotels: haunted houses, spooky stays, ghostly guesthouses and eerie...
This Halloween we’re seeking out high-end haunted house hotels, vampy Transylvanian stays, ghostly guesthouses and the most spooktacular events. Our boutique hotels are renowned for being out of this...
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Top 10: quirky room perks
It’s true, we never mind being packed off to our room. After all, testing the bedsprings and lathering up with bath potions is all in a day’s work. And we especially love discovering added incentives...
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Chef Sophie Michell’s new Pont St address
Food writer, TV host and chef Sophie Michell has been cooking professionally since she was a teenager. Now taking the helm of Pont St restaurant in London’s Belgraves hotel, she’s fast gaining a...
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What’s cooking at Lucknam Park?
Ah, Christmas. Treacherous frost dusting the streets. Crowded shops packed with anxious shoppers. End-of-year deadlines looming, Secret Santas creeping, cinnamon-scented everything. If, like us, you’re...
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Chewton Glen: hotel of the week
Chewton Glen hotel in the New Forest is the sort of Hampshire haven that makes a marvellous midwinter hideout: it’s all cosy nooks, sumptuous spa, 24-hour room service and magically appearing staff...
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The Smith Awards: top-10 sexiest hotel bedrooms
Romantic boudoirs are our raison d’être, so the Sexiest Bedroom in the World category at the Smith Hotel Awards got our pulses racing. Boutique hotel lovers (and dirty-weekenders) voted for bedrooms...
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Gourmet Getaways #2: Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa
The first in our series of Gourmet Getaways visited the restaurant at Oxfordshire’s Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, to sample Raymond Blanc’s French fine dining. Now dignified country pile Lucknam Park...
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Postcard from Bath: the historic Queensberry Hotel
Member relations’ maestro Keith Oswin visited romantic Regency city Bath, where he stayed at the Queensberry Hotel – a genteel Georgian townhouse within walking distance of thermal spas, fine dining...
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Cotswold House Hotel & Spa: hotel of the week
Roaring fires, mood-lit showers, outdoor hot tubs and beds large enough to lose yourself in… Set in the pretty rural setting of Chipping Campden, Cotswold House Hotel & Spa is the boutique hotel...
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Top 10 best spa hotels at the Smith Awards
When we set out to find the world’s best boutique hotel spa, we had no idea it would be such back-breaking work. No no no, don’t give us that look: scouring reef-fringed bays, pristine rainforests...
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