An East Coast ride through history, with our experts
A fascinating journey through the nation’s most evocative historical sites
View ArticleHotel Britania
The only Art Deco hotel in Lisbon, designed in the 1940s by Cassiano Branco, a famous Portuguese Modernist architect. Original interiors have been beautifully restored, among 32 rooms and one suite in...
View ArticleFontecruz Lisboa
With illuminated blue letters standing out against a shiny, black, tiled façade, the Fontecruz is a visible presence on Lisbon’s main boulevard. Behind the contemporary-meets-heritage entrance are 72...
View ArticleTom's Eco Lodge
Tapnell Farm has been milking cows and growing maize for a century – and now family-friendly tourism is the headline act here. The safari tents at this ranch-like retreat on the Isle of Wight are...
View ArticleEurostars Das Letras
This 107-room hotel, centrally located behind Lisbon’s main avenue, offers comfortable accommodation at affordable prices. A literary theme runs throughout the hotel with every room named after an...
View ArticleSolar dos Mouros
Right in the heart of Lisbon’s ancient Alfama district, overlooking the city from one of Lisbon’s seven hills, is this 13-room hotel that sits within the towers and ramparts of St. George’s Castle....
View ArticleAltis Avenida
Perfectly located on the Praҁa dos Restauradores, this hotel faces the Avenida da Liberdade on one side and the neo-manueline, horseshoe-arched Rossio station on the other. It was built in Lisbon’s...
View ArticleAs Janelas Verdes
This small 18th-century palace was once home to Eҁa de Queiroz, the 19th-century novelist, and was where he wrote his best known work ‘The Maias’. Its 29 rooms are decorated in classic style in keeping...
View ArticleYork House Lisboa
Named after two enterprising women from Yorkshire who ran this small hotel in the 1880s. The building dates from the 17th century when it was a Carmelite convent. It now offers 32 rooms, unashamedly...
View ArticleBulleigh Barton Manor
This dog-friendly bed and breakfast in a beautiful country home in the grounds of Compton Castle, near the village of Ipplepen, South Devon, offers a warm welcome in a pastoral setting. A swimming...
View ArticleDidsbury House Hotel
This four-star hotel is one of a small group of four in Manchester, and makes for a comfortable and stylish base for a night or weekend in the south of the city. Its signature freestanding Victorian...
View ArticleHotel Nord Pinus Tanger
There’s no better location in Tangier than being perched high in the Kasbah where the Straits of Gibraltar tickle the Spanish mainland. Anne Igou knew that when she bought this richly decorated former...
View ArticleLinthwaite House
A relaxed country-house hotel without the swags and fuss but with plenty of stylish warmth and comfort - and a rather good kitchen. Close to the honeypots of Bowness and Windermere but cocooned in...
View ArticleWaterhead Hotel
A refreshingly metropolitan-style hotel amid the traditional, bijou or country-house offerings of the Lake District’s central honey-pots. With smart rooms, a snazzy restaurant and lakeside position,...
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