The Metropolitan Hotel, London
In the 1990s real minimalist design hotels were coming of age – out went the chintz and in came art, minimalism and restrained [a new stripped back, most white] aloofness. […]
Category Archives: Europe
L’Absinthe, Honfleur
We’ve been to Honfleur a couple of times, never for long enough. It’s been on the way back, staying overnight to catch the ferry back from Caen to the UK. […]
Osteria Al Squero, Venezia
Osteria Al Squero sits alongside one of the less popular canals, running roughly south between the Grand Canal and the main waterway that separates the city from Giudecca – the […]
Gatto Nero, Burano, Venezia
Burano is one of the beautiful lagoon islands to the north-east of the city, lying out beyond Murano but easy to get to on the regular water bus. Whilst Murano […]
Au Petit Fer à Cheval, Paris
The Marais holds lots of gems, in a relaxed, smart Parisienne way – nothing brash or edgy, just comfortable and refined. Good restaurants, hotels, galleries, shops, patisseries and little cafés […]
Osteria Santa Marina, Venezia
On the scale of hard to find, this is a challenge. Venezia is notoriously hard to navigate at first but, as with most things, practice makes perfect – and we’re […]
Paris Plages, Paris
When it gets too hot in August, Paris empties out into the cool of the countryside, the restaurants close, the hotels drop their prices and the tourists replace the residents. […]
Dock Kitchen, Portobello Docks, London
Each time we go to London – now more for pleasure rather than business – we try to explore a new bit, or revisit an area long neglected. This time […]
Café at the Baltic, Gateshead
Newcastle-Gateshead is one of those rare and wonderful joint ventures [imagine England and Scotland joining together??] that proves the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. The river, as […]
Restaurant Meneghello, Palmizana, Pakleni Islands
Just off the coast of Hvar in Croatia you’ll find the paradise that is the Pakleni Islands. Otok [means island] Sveti Klement is the largest island of the group and […]
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