HOTELS

Perchance to dream

Sow, sow good | Review: The Pig, The New Forest

Sow, sow good | Review: The Pig, The New Forest

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"The Pig is a typical, 21st century post-Babington enterprise – the retired-from-clubbing generation’s idea of a country pile"

Bindi mood | Review: Vivanta by Taj, Bekal

Bindi mood | Review: Vivanta by Taj, Bekal

by Leon Beckenham

It’s become a common cautionary remark, sighed out with a middle-distance gaze and a wry you’ll-see smile, that “nothing can prepare you for India”

Why I love the butlers at Claridge’s

Why I love the butlers at Claridge’s

by Lisa Richards

"Is there a better spot anywhere in town to view London from than here?"

Taking Stockholm

Taking Stockholm

by Derek Guthrie

"The menu reads like a modern Viking feast – fallow deer tartare, seared reindeer’s heart and rare Berkshire pig"

Review: The Ampersand Hotel, London

Review: The Ampersand Hotel, London

by Sudi Pigott

Sudi Pigott finds the earth moves for her in some unexpected ways, at South Kensington's Ampersand Hotel

Drawing the line | David Downton at Claridge’s

Drawing the line | David Downton at Claridge’s

by David Downton

"The Fumoir is a state of mind. You could have a martini at 10am and not feel like an alcoholic."

To Terre Blanche (one of the best luxury resorts in Provence, not the dead Afrikaner white supremacist*)

To Terre Blanche (one of the best luxury resorts in Provence, not the dead Afrikaner white supremacist*)

by Monisha Rajesh

"It felt like driving through a Cézanne painting: all terracotta roofs and patches of violet in the distance"

Le Vuitton ski lodge

Le Vuitton ski lodge

by Jennifer Sharp

Ruinart, Yannick Alléno, flash art and high design at LVMH's Alpine lair

Review: The Goring, London

Review: The Goring, London

by Lisa Richards

"There are some with blood bluer than mine who shudder at the thought of the Middletons camping out at The Goring during the royal wedding. Lowers the tone, and all that"

Less a massage, more a cure | The London Metropolitan by COMO

Less a massage, more a cure | The London Metropolitan by COMO

by Lisa Richards

"Rohan Quarry Day comes highly recommended – he’s Christina Ong’s personal back doctor. And Ong, of course, is the owner of COMO Hotels & Resorts"