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Please note our writers visited these hotels prior to the coronavirus pandemic Summer is but a distant memory. Days are downright chilly, breath visible as you leave the house and cheeks pinched red. Escaping to warmth or hibernating until spring becomes all the more appealing. Thankfully, Britain excels when it comes to cosy spots that

Top UK spa hotels including Rudding Park, Grantley Hall and Sopwell House are backing a new accreditation body to make treatments and therapies more accessible for people with cancer. Holistic practices such as massages and reflexology are said to be a “lifeline” for many people undergoing hospital treatment, but spas and hotels have been known

Expert guide to Passo Tonale Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow report Snow-sure beginner favourite Passo Tonale is set on a high pass, which separates the region of Trentino from neighbouring Lombardy. It developed as a ski resort because of its high, snow-sure setting. It is also in the Val di Sole (Sun Valley), which

Expert guide to Passo Tonale Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow report Three-star hotels that vary greatly in degree of comfort make up the bulk of the accommodation in Passo Tonale, and there are a few four-stars. Most hotels are located on the main road through the resort, and quite convenient for the lifts, however

A little luxe, Highlands It’s hard to beat the location of Eagle Brae, found between Glen Affric and Glen Strathfarrar and surrounded by rugged munros. With three major lochs on the doorstep, as well as the Farrar and Glass rivers, you can head out to catch your dinner before curling up under the red cedar-wood

Now, more than ever before, is the time to think about staycations. Lucky for us, there is something of a hotel boom this year, after a slow start. Exciting openings range from the most popular new opening in Cornwall for years, to a former hosting house of King Charles II. Not all of the below

Expert guide to Courchevel Overview Hotels Restaurants Apres ski Snow reports Glamorous French giant Courchevel is at one end of the world’s largest lift-linked ski area, the Trois Vallées, which has 600km of pistes and 166 lifts. With many north-facing slopes, the snow in the Courchevel valley is usually some of the best in the whole

Ever booked a trip somewhere after reading its outstanding Wikipedia page?  Economists have found that adding a few extra paragraphs and pictures to a town or city’s Wiki page could increase tourism by nine per cent (sometimes more) and boost revenue by up to £100,000. The research carried out by the Collegio Carlo Alberto in

Expert guide to Courchevel Overview Hotels Restaurants Apres ski Snow reports Of Courchevel’s six villages, Courchevel (also known as 1850) has by far the biggest selection of hotels, many of them with four-star, five-star or Palace status – the top hotels or ultra-luxury chalets lining the pistes can cost upwards of £1,000 per person per

“What was that?” I gasped. “It’s just the wind,” my mum sighed. “Since when does the wind sound like a weeping woman?” I snapped. “Since we’re in the middle of the worst storms these parts have seen all year,” she shrugged before rolling over and going straight back to sleep. I was at Roch Castle

The world of wellness is ever evolving, especially at the moment with the travel industry starting to reemerge from lockdown. Last year it was all about IV infusions, goat yoga and CBD treatments, this year it’s immune-boosting therapies, private spa experiences and socially distanced loungers. With a constant flurry of new hotel openings, there’s always

Expert guide to Alpe d’Huez Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow reports Crowd-pleased Alpine favourite Few resorts in the Alps match Alpe d’Huez for its suitability for skiers and snowboarders at both ends of the skills graph, as well as in the middle. The terrain here is as well suited to experts as it is to beginners, while

Expert guide to Alpe d’Huez Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow reports Most people visiting Alpe d’Huez stay in self-catering apartments, though there are some chalets and luxurious hotels available, as well as a Club Med resort. The resort village is split into eight small districts, or quartiers, with the Cognet quartier close to both

Province of Lecce 3 Rane Ristoro, Lecce   This little charmer near the Baroque centre of Lecce offers fine gourmet food at prices you’d pay in an ordinary trattoria.  In a small, simple dining room (six tables, sundry vintage chairs) ‘artisan cook’ Maurizio Raselli and the ever-amiable wait staff will pamper you with meticulously prepared food

Much of St Lucia is mountainous and covered in a blanket of thick rainforest, and the south-west corner has arguably the most arresting sight in the whole Caribbean: of the green and precipitous volcanic cones of the Petit Piton and Gros Piton rising out of a blue ocean. That is not to say that St

Expert guide to Sölden Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow reports Austria’s snow sure secret agent Sölden is not as well-known on the British market as it deserves, partly because it’s not on the books of many UK tour operators. Intermediate-friendly and with much livelier nightlife-wise than nearby Obergurgl, which is more familiar to Britons, it

Expert guide to Innsbruck Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Austria’s fairytale city A cobbled history-rich city in the heart of the mountains, Innsbruck kills three birds with one stone – imperial, Alpine and urban – putting it high on the list for a city/ski break.  Snow-covered mountains tower above Innsbruck on all sides, and the lively

Expert guide to Innsbruck Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Innsbruck has a huge choice of city accommodation and for those booking a short break, finding a hotel in the Alps that will take bookings of less than a week is easy – which is unusual in the Alps. None of the traditional ski tour operator to

A non-profit campaign to thank hard-working intensive care nurses with luxury hotel stays has seen all 6,200 rooms on offer snapped up within six hours. The founders of Nights On Us said they were “delighted” with the response, which has seen thousands of NHS staff members who worked tirelessly throughout the heights of the coronavirus

Were you meant to be in Majorca right about now? Was your Vegas escape a write-off? Whatever the foreign escapades you had in mind for this year were, it’s certain the pandemic has complicated things. Still, Britons stuck at home this year can at least pretend they’ve made it further afield by visiting cleverly conceived