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Coquillade Provence Resort & Spa review: The picturesque French village that became a luxury hotelPhoebe Hunt checks into a village-style hotel in the Luberon Valley, famed for its cycling and vineyards.
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Keythorpe Hall: A beautiful country house and walled garden to call your own (for the weekend, at least)Teresa Levonian Cole checks in to Keythorpe Hall, a refurbished Georgian house a few miles outside Leicester that's perfect for celebrations big and small.
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F Zeen: The good life at a retreat on KefaloniaLuxurious F Zeen, in Kefalonia, is the perfect place to soothe body and soul.
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The 'workation' at The Lanesborough — a little bit of work, a whole lot of luxuryHow about a ‘workation’? The new idea which has been coined by London hotels, encouraging professionals struggling with working from home to use hotel rooms as temporary offices. Hetty Lintell prefers a staycation option, where work and relaxation go hand in hand.
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Capital Region USA: An enchanting mix of country road trips, city grandeur, waterfront living and natural beautyThe area around Washington DC isn't the obvious choice for holidaymakers crossing the Atlantic, but as Sophia Constant discovered it offers a huge range of wonderful options — particularly if you pencil it in now for the autumn.
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Rothay Manor — The Lake District as it should be: fresh air, breathtaking views, hearty food and a good night’s sleepOctavia Pollock checks into Rothay Manor in Ambleside, Cumbria.
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The luxury Italian hotels rising from the ashesCastello di Reschio is leading the way when it comes to agriturismo-inspired travel. Phoebe Hunt and Rosie Paterson check in.
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"I’ve stayed in my fair share of seductive hotels and I would cite this as the the most romantic"We sent Adam Hay-Nicholls to discover Sicily’s lesser-explored western coast. It's fair to say that he liked it.
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The Idle Rocks, St Mawes: A hotel where winter can even outshine summer — particularly if you take the whole place for yourself and your loved onesThe Idle Rocks in Cornwall has long been a popular destination for those looking for a beautiful West Country hotel — and if you're going with a group, this retreat is now available for enviable private stays. Harry McKinley paid a visit.
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Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich review: The ever-changing grand dame of Bavarian hotelsMunich's grand old hotel has been in the same family for four generations, yet has kept up with the dizzying change of the past century with aplomb. Toby Keel paid a visit.
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The Harper review: A luxury boutique hotel in the wildest, most beautiful corner of NorfolkNorfolk’s chicest new hotel has a neighbourly ethos, as Emily Anderson discovered when she paid a visit to The Harper.
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The new hotel in Venice that blends 13th and 21st centuries, the antidote to a city full of overly-gold and ornate places to stayOur travel editor Rosie Paterson visits the beautiful Ca’di Dio in Venice, with a medieval exterior, modern interior, and beef from cattle reared eating chamomile.
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A weekend at the Newlyn School of Art: 'You'll find yourself studying breaking waves, changing colours and shifting light in a whole new way'The famed art school on the tip of Cornwall promises to help anyone improving how they paint. We sent Victoria Marston along to put them to the test.
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The new hotels in London to book now that won't break the bankA wave of brand-new, stylish and affordable (yes, really) hotels is crashing down on London — in time for a half term staycation and the Christmas holidays. Rosie Paterson picks three of the best.
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Cliveden House: A weekend away at the former country seat that once homed dukes, princes and queensNot being able to go abroad has opened many people's eyes to the joys of staying somewhere truly spectacular in Britain — and they don't come more spectacular than Cliveden House. James Elwes paid a visit and finds little has changed since the glamorous house parties of old — just as you’d like it.
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A former farmhouse turned Manor house that has undergone a full refurbishment — and the results are really quite incrediblePaddock House is a fine country Manor House with all the trimmings of a five-star luxury hotel.
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Jason Goodwin: My new life as a Swiss hotelier in the heart of DorsetOur columnist Jason Goodwin muses on reincarnation, hospitality and broken windows.
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Country Life 11 August 2021Country Life 11 August 2021 rides in a hot air balloon, visits some of Britain's spa towns and celebrates Walter Scott.
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Great Yarmouth: Endless skies, endless rides and the evolution of the Great British seaside holidayThe British seaside has had a memorable year with more people holidaying in the UK than there have been for years — and Great Yarmouth, the classic resort on the Norfolk coast, is making the most of it. Toby Keel took his family to pay a visit.
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A Regency-style manor house set amid orchards, woodland and lawns that was once an idyllic yoga retreatPreviously used as a yoga and spiritual retreat for people to unwind and connect with nature, Runcton Manor is an absolutely stunning period property in tranquil surroundings.
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Lord Crewe Arms: A beautiful guest house beloved of W. H. Auden‘No other spot brings me sweeter memories,’ remarked the poet W. H. Auden about the Lord Crewe Arms. 90 years later, the beauty of this historic bolthole, on the Northumberland/Co Durham border, hasn’t changed. Harriet Compston paid a visit.
