Five quirky, quaint, quality, luxury hotels, worldwide
Feb08

Five quirky, quaint, quality, luxury hotels, worldwide

If you eschew glitz for the sake of it and seek instead something with real character, then take a look at our top five choices of accommodation in five different countries To avoid favouritism and so that we don’t have to make a choice, we’ve listed these wonderful places alphabetically Al Maha, Dubai   ‘Based on a Bedouin tent’ is a statement as far from reality as saying the Orient Express is based on a freight...

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Magical Royal Mansour – Marrakech
Mar10

Magical Royal Mansour – Marrakech

Dining fit for a King… To call the Royal Mansour an ‘hotel’ is to create preconceptions for the visitor that threaten to undermine the true magic of the experience. One should go with an open mind. Arriving at the commanding Moorish façade one could be forgiven for thinking that you’d simply arrived at the walls of the Medina itself, until on closer inspection the first hints of true craftsmanship appear. Passing through the...

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Flavours of the Medina – Marrakech
Mar03

Flavours of the Medina – Marrakech

We wanted to taste the Medina in all its forms… …especially food that the locals would eat but without the risk of running into trouble…or bathrooms. Prior to travelling to Marrakech our Twitter feed popped up with a lady called Amanda of Marrakech Food Tours. We contacted her to find out more as we intended to spend a good deal of time in the Souks and thought it would be good to combine our meanderings with a culinary...

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Je t’adore Riad Adore
Feb25

Je t’adore Riad Adore

One of the most beautifully tranquil Riads in the heart of the Marrakech Medina. For those who don’t recognise the play on the 1984 advertising slogan that reflected the era of New Romanticism and nouvelle cuisine that also pushed the wine it promoted to the number one brand within months, the link with Riad Adore might be lost. However, whilst Riad Adore might not yet enjoy quite the same meteoric rise to most popular Riad in the...

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