Inspiring Travel Writing from Jamie Dunford Wood: Page 14 of 24
Articles by Jamie Dunford Wood: Page 14 of 24
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Hotel de l'Abbaye
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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France
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Ile-de-France
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Paris
The Hotel de l'Abbaye is a perennially popular left bank favourite; not just for its elegant townhouse feel but more particularly for its friendly service, and a small but reassuring - for Americans at least - detail: the rate includes breakfast. It...
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Hotel Relais Saint Sulpice
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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France
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Ile-de-France
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Paris
The Relais Saint Sulpice stands right behind the neighbourhood St. Sulpice church on the left bank. The area is now one of the chic-est in Paris, full of small designer boutiques and artisan-style stores. First impressions are encouraging - a...
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Moonfleet Manor
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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United Kingdom
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South West England
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Weymouth
Weymouth is a lovely, old-fashioned seaside town, but as in many others around the country, the suburbs are something of a disaster, a mish-mash of retirement bungalows, concrete community centres and forelorn Victorian churches begging us to be...
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The Nare Hotel
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Jamie Dunford Wood
This seaside hotel has great charm. Steps from the beach with sweeping seaviews, the hotel is great value off season though can be expensive - and busy - in high Cornish summer. It overlooks a wide and popular beach that attracts le tout Cornwall -...
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Paris Hotels
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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France
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Ile-de-France
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Paris
Knowing or finding a good hotel in Paris has always been an essential part of any successful stay in the 'City of Light'. Hotels in the modern sense have existed here probably longer than in any other city in the Western world - in fact the French...
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Hotels in Venice
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Italy
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Veneto Region
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Venice
Hotels in Venice - at least on St Marks - are amongst the most expensive in Europe. Lagoon and Grand Canal views can cost 800 euros a night and more, but given the scarcity of them, perhaps this is not surprising - there are just 120 hotel rooms for...
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Hotels in France
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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France
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Ile-de-France
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Paris
Hotels in France come in a wider variety of forms than perhaps anywhere else. In Paris we have the Grand Dames and the garrets along with the more recent design offerings. The provincial cities lag behind, with plenty of old style French hotels of...
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Hotels in Rome
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Italy
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Lazio
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Rome
Rome is a hard city to find good accommodation in. Things are changing slowly, but there's not nearly so much choice as in, say, Paris, where hotels have been catering to picky English travellers for centuries. Most in Rome only sprang up in the...
Reviews by Jamie Dunford Wood: Page 14 of 24
Hotel Eden | Jamie Dunford WoodThe Hotel Eden is just off the Via Veneto in Rome and is known as the 'the jewel in the Forte crown'. This luxury hotel has long been a favourite of English travellers, and gained the ultimate accolade of some ribbon cutting by Margaret Thatcher on...-
Hotel Adler
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Jamie Dunford Wood
The inside of Hotel Adler in Madrid, is a masterpiece. The hallway in the boutique hotel is floored in black and white tiling, and what looks like expensive garden furniture, while candles seem to float in large Conran-esque glass jars. The lighting...
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