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La Divine Comédie Demeure Privée + Spa Avignon
A Sense of Theatre A private paradise. A secret world. A hidden kingdom. Cloistered glory. The very essence of exclusivity. If luxury could be bottled… heavenly scent. A multiple epiphanic realisation of complete beauty and tranquillity. Not even a Gallic … Continue reading
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Forss House Thurso Caithness + The Chimneys
Passing Places Really, a newspaper cutting was enough to book Forss House for a Highlands escape. Those chimneys, even looming large in a thumbnail! Close to the northernmost point of Britain, Dunnet Head, the hotel overlooks a serpentine river and … Continue reading
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Tagged anne mackenzie general manager, chimneys, dunnet head, forss house hotel thurso Caithness scotland, galignani messenger, john gifford, joseph gribben belfast builder, major charles radclyffe, pevsner guide buildings of scotland highland and islands, sinclairs of orkney
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Lynnfield Hotel + Restaurant Kirkwall Orkney Islands
Freighted for Heaven A sea of chairs fills the drawing room. And somewhere at the core of Lynnfield Hotel is the 1790s manse of Kirkwall Cathedral. In 1902 Walter Grant, owner of the adjacent Highland Park Distillery, bought the house … Continue reading
Carrigart Hotel Donegal + Soufflé
Fair Dos | No Bother “The Carrigart Hotel was dead fancy! It really was The Place To Go To. They even served soufflé!”
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Tagged carrigart hotel, donegal, downings, lavender's blue, stuart blakley
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Hôtel Meurice Calais + Lavender’s Blue
Schmotel From Paris to Berlin Calais, we’re always at home in Le Meurice. C’est bon. C‘est très bon. Tout suite.
Posted in Architecture, Art, Country Houses, Design, Developers, Fashion, Hotels, Luxury
Tagged berlin, hotel meurice calais, lavenders blue, le meurice paris, stuart blakley
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Royal Ascot + The Duchess of Cambridge
Berserk in the Berkshire | A Missing Glass Carriage | Courses for Horses | The Tori Party The Season is in full swing. Tuesday morning of Summer Solstice week: a chauffeur driven Merc screeches to a halt outside The House … Continue reading
Posted in Country Houses, Fashion, Hotels, Luxury, People
Tagged catherine duchess of cambridge, charbonnel and walker, fortnum and mason, frankie dettori, guards polo club, highgrove, house of lavender’s blue, lavenders blue, ollie dabbous, queen anne stakes, rolls royce, royal ascot 2019, royal berkshire hotel, stuart blakley, the duchess of cambridge, wentworth estate
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Lady Verona Residence Verona + Lavender’s Blue
Expounding Riddles With The Harp Everything tastes better in a palazzo with a campanile.
Posted in Architecture, Hotels, Luxury, Town Houses
Tagged italy, lady verona residence, lavender's blue, stuart blakley, via armando diaz
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Hôtel + Café Métropole Brussels
Eclectic Dreams It’s the café with a hotel attached. In 1890 the Weilemans-Ceuppens brewing brothers opened Café Métropole chiefly to sell their own branded beer. Such was their success they bought the bank next door and transformed it into a … Continue reading
