Inspiring Travel Writing from Jamie Dunford Wood: Page 15 of 24
Reviews by Jamie Dunford Wood: Page 15 of 24
Hotel Inghilterra | Jamie Dunford WoodDelightful hotel near the bottom of the Via Condotti, a short walk from the Spanish Steps and the Piazza del Popolo. Downstairs a series of intimate connecting bars, sittings rooms and restaurants give onto one of the most fashionable streets in...-
Hotel Gritti Palace
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Jamie Dunford Wood
Now part of the all powerful Starwood Group's 'Luxury Hotel Collection', Hotel Gritti Palace preserves the character of a family run albergo in traditional Italian style. The facilities Downstairs at this luxury hotel, the succession of public rooms...
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Hotel Danieli
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Jamie Dunford Wood
The luxury Hotel Danieli has always been a fine haven from the crowds of tourists on the Riva in Venice. The facilities This luxury hotel has a cool and undisturbed reading room just inside to the right where you can read free newspapers in many...
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Hotel Hermitage
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Jamie Dunford Wood
Of the three grand luxury hotels in Monte Carlo, the Hotel Hermitage rates as the best. Slightly away from the mad throng and vulgarity that surrounds its more famous neighbour, the Hotel de Paris, these guest rooms are less ornate and more tasteful...
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Westminster Hotel
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Jamie Dunford Wood
This is a great location for a luxury hotel, right on the seafront, in a town where good locations are hard to find. Although associated with the Concorde chain, the Westminster name, as the manager pointed out, comes first - apparently that makes a...
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Hotel du Palais
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Jamie Dunford Wood
This former Imperial Palace of Napoleon 3rd and his queen Eugenie makes much of the fact that it played host in its heyday to Kings, Kaisers, Prime Ministers and the ubiquitous Duke and Duchess of Windsor. A plaque in reception informs us that...
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Hotel Goldener Hirsch
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Jamie Dunford Wood
Another addition to Starwood's Luxury Collection, the Goldener Hirsch will hopefully be here in another 500 years as it was 500 years ago, when the Luxury Collection will be long gone. This is an ancient (1407) Austrian coaching inn in the...
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Excelsior Hotel Ernst
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Jamie Dunford Wood
Sister hotel of the Hotel Bauer au Lac in Zurich, the Excelsior Hotel Ernst is the smartest place to stay in Cologne, and one of the few buildings, alongside the famous Cathedral which is across the road, to have survived the war. This is a city of...
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Kempinski Hotel Corvinus
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Jamie Dunford Wood
You have to hand it to the Kempinski Corvinus- Madonna is just one of the recent celebrity guests they have snagged. For a luxury hotel with very ordinary rooms in questionable taste, it is a triumph. They were, of course, one of the first 5 star...
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Hotel Arts Barcelona
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Jamie Dunford Wood
The Hotel Arts Barcelona was one of a number of luxury hotels that was built in record time (and not finished) for the 1992 Olympics. It is right in the harbour, which is a great location - there is plenty going on down there. It has wonderful views...
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