At any other time in my life, being overtaken by a giant snail, a stick of celery and a trio of naked chefs might have been a cause for concern, but not today.
It's true that I had been running for several hours under the relentless summer sun, whil...
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Travel reviews of hotels, holidays, food and drink and epic adventure holidays featured on luxury leisure reviews website ALadyofLeisure.com written by travel journalist Sarah Bridge
What is Twixmas? Twixmas is that magical time in between (twixt) Christmas and New Year when there's nothing to do but relax, enjoy your presents, eat leftovers and go for country walks with family and friends. Many hotels have started offering Twixm...
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The best hotels for New Year's Eve 2023
Spending New Year's Eve at a luxury hotel is a perfect way to begin the New Year. With many of Britain's best hotels pulling the stops out for New Year's Eve - fine dining and wine-pairings, cocktails and cana...
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Hotel Christmas packages - three magical words! Who hasn't dreamt of staying in a hotel for Christmas? If you think of the best luxury country house hotels for Christmas 2023 you can almost picture the festive scene: great food, beautiful decorations...
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If you've ever wanted to become a real-life Mr Darcy and/or Elizabeth Bennett, I can highly recommend a stay at the Hunting Tower, Chatsworth in Derbyshire.
Not only do you get to stay in an imposing building overlooking Chatsworth House and the w...
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‘Have you just been to the North Pole?’ I was asked on my return from my Svalbard holiday. It wasn’t too far from the truth.
While the snowy archipelago of islands isn’t quite as far north as that, it is one of the most northerly inhabited pla...
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With European city breaks very much back on the agenda, Barcelona is a perennial favourite for those who love combining food and travel. This Spanish city is overflowing with culinary treats, thanks to its Mediterranean location, long history and suc...
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The Svalbard Express from Hurtigruten Norwegian shipping line is back – and last week I was on only its third ever sailing for 40 years. This iconic route up the Norwegian coast to Svalbard in the Arctic Circle originally ran between 1968 to 1982 and...
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Spending a night at the Sunborn Yacht hotel London was a rather pleasant if surreal experience, not least because I saw the hotel first from high up in the sky - not a usual occurrence! The hotel is located at Royal Victoria Dock in East London which...
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The Runnymede on Thames hotel and spa is the perfect place for, as the song goes, 'messing about on the river', as its riverside location means it couldn't be easier to enjoy the river Thames. There are boats to hire right outside the hotel, so you c...
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It isn’t often that you open the curtains of your hotel room to find a group of llamas peering in at you, but then a stay at Gilpin Hotel and Lake House in the Lake District is no ordinary stay.
This five-star luxury hotel near Windermere set in 21 ...
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If you're looking for the perfect country house hotel then Hambleton Hall Rutland must be high on the list. Dating back to 1881, this classic luxury hotel in Britain's smallest county has just 15 bedrooms and two suites, each one individually styled ...
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You don't get to be included in the Sunday Times' list of Best Places to Stay 2023 without good reason, and I was intrigued to find out what The Angel Inn Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk had to make it stand out from other great British hotels. Following...
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The Rectory Manor Hotel near Lavenham is a hotel stay like no other. For a start, it's more like a B&B rather than a hotel, offering bed and breakfast 'in the style of a hotel' (according to its website), but as breakfast is charged separately to...
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With rooftop beehives, a 'Vegan Suite' and classic films playing in the lobby depending on the season, Hilton London Bankside is not your typical chain hotel offering. It's also the closest hotel to Tate Modern, which makes it the ideal location to s...
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Some hotel visits stay in your memory long after the trip itself, and my recent stay at the Northcote luxury hotel Lancashire was a case in point. Not only was it a lovely hotel located just outside the vibrant and friendly town of Clitheroe, with lu...
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7 of the best Eurocamp sites in France - by someone who's been to them all!
The biggest problem with trying to book a family holiday is that parents and kids usually want different things, writes guest reviewer Rachel Bridge. Kids want to go camping...
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