Category Archives: Hotel

Dog friendly B & B in the heart of the New Forest

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Natasha Blair

  Built in 1627 the Grade 2 listed Thatched Cottage Hotel in the heart of  Brockenhurst  is a pretty, thatched, dog friendly bed and breakfast with 10 bedrooms. Mine had an open fireplace and timber-beamed ceiling. Brockenhurst has a mainline … Continue reading →

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Dog-friendly Holdsworth House Hotel

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Natasha Blair

  On the edge of Halifax, Holdsworth House is a pretty 17thcentury Jacobean manor set in three acres of grounds. Dating back to 1633, the family-owned 38 bedroom 4* hotel has open fires, beamed ceilings, oak paneled halls, and mullioned … Continue reading →

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Chic Dog-friendly Hotel in Cowes, Isle of Wight

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Natasha Blair

North House, a Grade 11 listed townhouse in the conservation area of Cowes Old Town, and a member of the Mr & Mrs Smith stable, has been converted into a fourteen bedroom stylish boutique hotel. My room with the decor … Continue reading →

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Atmospheric hotel in Pretty Village of Dunster

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Natasha Blair

The dog-friendly Luttrell Arms in Dunster, Somerset one of the oldest post-houses in Britain, occupies the site of three ancient houses. Recorded in 1443, two of them were at that time conveyed to Richard Luttrell, who already held the other. … Continue reading →

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Bucharest and Southern Romania

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Natasha Blair

#ExperienceBucharest It is hard to imagine what the people of Romania endured under the Communist regime. Whole areas of the city were destroyed, and people moved out of their homes, on the orders of their former dictator Nicholae Ceausescu to … Continue reading →

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Stylish 3* Hotel in Champagne

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Natasha Blair

Le Marius Hotel I enjoy hotels that have character and the stylish family run hotel Le Marius at Ricey Bas in the Champagne region fits the bill. On the Burgundy border, in a small village the 16th century Le Marius … Continue reading →

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Luxury Hotel in Umbria

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Natasha Blair

Park Hotel Al Cappuccini Italy’s hotel star rating is very confusing. This, I was reliably informed, is largely due to the Italian tax system where-by the benefits of being five star carries with it a hefty tax. The Hotel Park … Continue reading →

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Great value stay at stylish boutique hotel in the Northern Cape

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Natasha Blair

The African Vineyard guesthouse just outside Upington is the ideal spot for discovering the Northern Cape of South Africa. Surrounded by vineyards on an island in the middle of the Orange River the ten, soon to be twelve-bedroom stylish boutique … Continue reading →

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Liege’s Historic Five Star Hotel

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Natasha Blair

Belgium’s Crowne Plaza, Liège The 126-bedroom dog-friendly Crowne Plaza Liege is the city’s only five star hotel. The hotel incorporates two former town houses from the 16th century the Selys Longchamps, and the Comtes de Mean on the Mont Saint-Martin. … Continue reading →

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Stately, dog-friendly, splendour in Truro

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Natasha Blair

Hidden away, but only minutes from the town’s centre, the 34 bedroom Alverton Hotel in Truro is impressive to say the least. The east wing was built as Alverton Manor in 1830, and later became a nunnery. A chapel, now … Continue reading →

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