Inspiring Travel Writing from Jamie Dunford Wood: Page 18 of 24
Reviews by Jamie Dunford Wood: Page 18 of 24
Hotel Art | Jamie Dunford WoodThis former chapel cum seminary has now been converted into a super trendy design hotel, self styled as 'superior 4 star'. A pebble and steel candy floss entrance way leads the way in. 'Superior' evidently refers to the veneer of space age design...-
Grand Hotel et de Milan
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Jamie Dunford Wood
The Grand Hotel et de Milan is a classic 19thC Italian grand dame - dusty, dowdy, slow, polite - with a posh granny-flat feel. Many of the staff look like they have been here for eons, and will probably die on the job. Downstairs there is a heavy...
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Hotel Crillon
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Jamie Dunford Wood
One of just six 'Palace Hotels' in Paris, the Crillon is the only of the luxury hotels still in French hands, owned by the Taittinger family. Perfectly positioned on the Place de la Concorde, it has for a while been trying to refashion its identity...
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The Grove
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Jamie Dunford Wood
The Grove is a most surprising hotel. Indeed, one almost hesitates to call it a hotel, as it caters to both a North London country club crowd as well as weekend golfers, spa members and people simply walking their dogs. Set in extensive grounds, the...
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San Clemente Palace
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Jamie Dunford Wood
The San Clemente Palace in Venice has been eagerly awaited for several years. Just a short ten-minute boat ride from St Marks, this luxury hotel is a restoration of a former 19th-century Austrian barracks and provincial headquarters, but was more...
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Pershing Hall
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Jamie Dunford Wood
This mini-Costes of just 26 rooms is named after the American general Pershing that stayed in the building during the war. What he would make of Pershing Hall's trance music, the dimly lit corridors and the space-ship décor - mixed with 70s retro -...
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Chateau Eza
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Jamie Dunford Wood
Chateau Eza prides itself most on their discrete service. The boutique hotel offers guests the most in privacy and comfort. Built over 400 years ago, the Chateau has been a home to royals over the ages. The Medieval village of Eze is situated right...
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Hotel Capo d'Africa
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Jamie Dunford Wood
The design Hotel Capo d'Africa in Rome is a real gem. Bright and clean, it provides a welcome alternative to the usual heavy fare in Rome without the price tag of the de Russie or the pretensions of the Alephi or the ES. A former school, the design...
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Port Palace
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Jamie Dunford Wood
Port Palace luxury hotel in Monte Carlo is built in a modern office block, with a lobby revealing its sleek modern minimalism. The design scheme is continued with the small bar at one end of the luxury hotel and a library at the other, sporting a...
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Royal Riviera Hotel
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Jamie Dunford Wood
Although this luxury hotel has a St Jean Cap Ferrat address, this grand Edwardian structure is really on the edge of Beaulieu, just as the road slopes up and around towards the Cap Ferrat peninsula. The facilities The luxury hotel Royal Riviera has...
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