Travel
Review: Nature meets luxury on an autumn break at Cumbria’s Hidden River Cabins
Morag Bootland heads south of the border for a relaxing dog-friendly, family break at Hidden River Cabins in Cumbia. As we drive through the beautiful countryside of the Scottish Borders into Dumfries and Galloway and over the border into Cumbria, I’m asking myself what makes the perfect autumn break. For our family it needs to…
Read MoreGlasgow Marriott celebrates a new look
Over 300 guests descended on the refurbished Glasgow Marriott Hotel on Argyle Street last week to celebrate a night to remember for this award-winning property’s recent renovation, which has been transformed with a complete revamp of the public spaces, guest room upgrades, new facilities, and contemporary styling throughout. The theme for this event was Urban…
Read MoreReview: The Alan, Manchester
Like many British cities over the last 30 years Manchester has enjoyed a remarkable renaissance thanks to huge injections from business, culture, sports and general urban renewal. Not having visited the city for 20 years, the first thing that struck me on approach was the sheer scale and height of the skyscrapers that now dominate…
Read MoreREVIEW: Into the wild at Loch Rannoch Hotel
Rosie Morton swapped Edinburgh city for an outdoorsy retreat by the banks of Loch Rannoch – and it spoke to the soul. Edinburgh has captured my heart over the last five years, but it is the enduring beauty of the hills that always steals it. And so it was with no hesitation that I…
Read MoreReview: The Gailes Hotel & Spa, Irvine
Ellie Forbes swaps the hustle and bustle of Glasgow for a chilled-out break by the coast and it truly soothed the soul. The beach is always a good idea in my book. Give me the salty sprays of the sea any day. So I have decided to escape the city for a weekend by…
Read MoreReview: Summer time in the Lakes
It’s bucket list material. After all, if it inspired Beatrix Potter and William Wordsworth, it’s surely good enough for this travel writing hack. The tourist honeypot that is the Lake District stands as one of the UK’s most popular summer destinations, guaranteeing beautiful views, superb boutique shopping, and outdoor activities galore. So, as we wound…
Read MoreDiscovering the soul of sauna in Finland’s Tampere
Did you know that there are around three million saunas in Finland? And given there are only around 5.5million people, that’s an awful lot of Löyly (that’s the steam that is generated when water is poured over hot coals) per head. And nowhere has more steam than the city of Tampere. Situated slap bang in…
Read MoreTravel: Going green in Prague and Central Bohemia
Living just outside Edinburgh, I’m all too aware that the effects of tourism on some of the world’s most visited cities can be negative as well as positive. And that’s at the front of my mind as I fly into another of the world’s most beautiful and historic cities – Prague. I enjoy travel but…
Read MoreReview: Maften Hall, Northumberland
Megan Amato escapes to the Northumberland countryside for a stay at Maften Hall. Like much of the north of England, I had romantic notions about the rolling hills and historic treasures to be discovered in the Northumberland countryside – notions that were not at all distilled after my visit to Maften Hall. Located only a…
Read MoreReview: The Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh
It was Coco Chanel who said ‘luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it’s not luxury.’ And I think it’s fair to say the purveyors of grandeur at Edinburgh’s famous The Caledonian Hotel have taken this motto to heart. An imposing block of red sandstone on Edinburgh’s premier Princes Street, The Caley, as it’s affectionately known, oozes…
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