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12 of the most luxurious spots in Paris
Everyone who knows Paris associates it with luxury. In fact, the French do luxury better than almost any other culture. While its possible to enjoy Paris as a starving teenager camping out in youth hostels, if you are able to splurge, there is no finer place to do it than in the City of Ligh
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Interview with Richard Lumb, Co
As an unhappy accountant, an offer of a job as a ski guide in Kitzbuhel was just too attractive to turn down. In short, Richard Lumb was hooked on the travel industry instantly and never looked back. Finding new products, innovations and delivering the best service in his niche market keeps
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Top 10 holiday cocktails and their origins
We all love a good cocktail whilst on holiday, the two go hand in hand like Bonnie and Clyde or roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. Ive put together this little fun list of the best ones out there, where they hail from and how they are made:
Singapore Sling, Singapore
This fabulous cocktail w
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3 steps to ultimate luxury in Bath
Everybody has a romantic mental image of what Bath, England should look like: tidy rows of stately Georgian terrace homes of gray stone and slate roofs set among green hills of pastures and woodland. With its rejuvenated pedestrian center, a slew of Chefs leading the culinary charge and hote
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A surprise for diners eating in darkness
There’s uproar at one of Paris’ most exclusive restaurants this morning after it was revealed last night that it’s been serving up nothing but fast food since its inception in the early 1990s. Manger dans L’obscurit was one of the first ever restaurants to latch on t
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5 decadent reasons to visit Zurich
Zurich is known for banking, watches and a rather serious population that works hard. Yet, there is more to Zurich than pin-strip suits and trains that run on time. Zurich is a gracious city with many delightful nooks and crannies to explore. Like secret treasures, decadent pleasures can be
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Denmark's first female chef to get a Michelin star
Congratulations go to Anita Klemensen, aged 34, who is currently talk of the town after becoming Denmarks first female chef to be lauded with a Michelin star. Her thatched woodland restaurant, just 10 miles north of the capital city of Copenhagen, Den Rde Cottage, serves Danish delicacies wi
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3 steps to ultimate Mediterranean luxury in Puglia, Italy
Among whitewashed seaside villages, glowing golden hill towns and the pink and yellow blossoms of a million never ending orchards, food is life in the Itria valley of Puglia. Miraculously, tourism is just taking hold in this agricultural heartland. The warm Southern Italian people still embr
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The Feast of the Vine and the Wine
This large open cellar event in May covers many regions in the South of France and draws an audience of over 40,000 people from all over the world! Winemakers, villagers & visitors alike flock to nearby vineyards in and around Provence including the Cte D`Azur and Rhone Valley areas, to
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Virgin on the ridiculous: is this REALLY what we want from our airlines these days?!
On selected flights during May, Upper Class fliers with Virgin Atlantic will be ‘treated’ to a new in-flight innovation. More comfortable seats, free WiFi, a new menu or maybe improved cabin staff, you might wonder? Think again. No… their great idea – which has report
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Fine dining in Gran Canaria
When going on holiday on Gran Canaria youre going to expect the best of the best. The super red status of the resort all year around means that you have the most glorious weather and the premier beaches which were imported especially yes you read that right, sand from the Sahara and Coral f
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Londons Best Hidden Wine Bar
Rush-hour on the Strand can make London feel like a town of nothing but tourists and theatre-goers. The black cabs and red buses whirl by as confused, map touting foreigners scamper across the streets. The well-heeled, well-suited business men pile into the posh hotels and swanky gastro pubs
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On the wine trail in Italy
Just a little over an hour from Venice lies the lovely walled city of Soave, the center of the wine region of the same name, and home to some wonderful refreshing white wines. The wines here are made from the Gargenega grape, either alone, or blended with Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, or most t
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Rickshaw rides and bespoke picnics offered by luxury London hotel
Situated in the heart of London’s Knightsbridge, guests at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London will be one step ahead of the crowds and travelling in style in the hotel’s bespoke rickshaw during the London 2012 Games this summer.Dressed in red, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park’s
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Hawaii's Top Attraction
There are endless things to do in Hawaii. If you go on a cruise or with a group, you’ll have most of your activities planned out for you. In case you don’t, or you find yourself wondering what to do with your free time, you must make time to visit the farmers’ markets. This
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The top 5 luxurious wine estates in South Africa's Western Cape
The sprawling valleys of South Africas Western Cape are home to some of the worlds most luxurious wine estates. Discover the vintage wines of Groot Constantia or enjoy an evening of pampering at the Lanzerac Hotel & Spa. Escape from the city and have a getaway to remember at one of these
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The world's most expensive restaurant doesn't even have its own website
It’s hard to define what makes a restaurant ‘the most expensive’, but Tokyo’s Aragawa restaurant – ranked #1 in CNN Go’s list of ’10 stupidly expensive restaurants’ must certainly be up there. Since getting its first Michelin star, it’s m
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My top 5 reasons to visit the Italian town of Ferrara this Summer
Last month two earthquakes rocked the villages and towns of northern Italy including the late medieval and Renaissance town of Ferrara. Established by the powerful Este dynasty this UNESCO World Heritage site is a town of bicycles, black magic and imposing architecture suspended in time. Alt
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The Andalucian harvest: sherry, sweet wine and a very good time
So youve done the tour of French vineyards and youre looking for something new, or perhaps youve been to and done the Tuscan wineries and you want a different take on the grape scene. Andalucia makes for a surprisingly sophisticated harvest experience; and lets face it, la fiesta is in the S
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Uruguay: a story of boutique wineries and big wines
Uruguay has long been known as a beach destination that provides everything from the rustic andunplugged Cabo Polonia in the north-east to the playground of the continents yachting class in Punta delEste. Recently however, tourism has been moving off the sands and inland, largely thanks to a
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