Inspiring Travel Writing from Jamie Dunford Wood: Page 4 of 24
Articles by Jamie Dunford Wood: Page 4 of 24
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Hotel Forum
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Italy
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Lazio
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Rome
Every tour bus that approaches the Colosseum from the ‘wedding cake’ in the Piazza Venezia passes the Forum Hotel, set back a way from the real forum. Many is the tourist who will have looked longingly at it, complaining loudly to their tour leader...
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Hotel La Perouse
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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France
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Riviera Cote d'Azur
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Nice
The entrance to this luxury hotel looks uninspiring. Right on one of Nice's busy corniche road, albeit with great views over the Baie des Anges, you would never imagine what lies behind. The facilities Even inside, the small reception area gives no...
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Hotel de l'Europe
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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The Netherlands
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Amsterdam Region
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Amsterdam
The Heinekin family's canalside stalwart is big on position and busy on décor. Popular with Scandinavians and russians, there is something very 'square' about the Hotel de l'Europe, with its fighting striped walls and drapes, its thick carpets and...
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Hotel de Buci
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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France
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Ile-de-France
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Paris
After 40 years in the same family you would expect this boutique hotel - formerly an artist's studio, and over 400 years old - to have plenty of 'patina', and so it does. Despite recent and fairly extensive renovation - a/c, electric blinds, quality...
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Hotel Raphael
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Jamie Dunford Wood
The Hotel Raphael is a classic grand dame of Paris, but without the palace pretensions. These hotels tend to get overlooked by newcomers, who go for the more famous names, but repeat business is strong here, and what you get for your money is loads...
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Hotel Royal Monceau
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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 stylish Hotel Royal Monceau is close to the Arc de Triomphe and just a few paces from the Champs Elysees in Paris. It is probably one of the best of the grand, non-palace luxury hotels. The facilities There are massive marbled columns, swags,...
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Hotel Pergolese
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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 Pergolese is an off-the-beaten track hotel near the Arc de Triomphe and just beyond the Champs Elysees was the first design hotel in Paris, opened in 1991. Though overtaken in the fashion stakes by recent entrants, it still boasts its...
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St Paul Rive Gauche
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Jamie Dunford Wood
Charming and excellent value family-run (for three generations) three-star of 31 rooms in a quiet street between St Germain and the Luxembourg Gardens. A cat lolls about, mostly asleep, while a visitors' book on reception overflows with gratitude....
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Meson Castilla
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Spain
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Catalunya
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Barcelona
Friendly, family run three-star in a central but relatively quiet location on the edge of the gothic quarter. Traditional spanish furnishings, with portraits of the royal family in the lobby, wth clean tiled floors, painted furniture and ceilings...
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Hostellerie du Vallon de Valrugues
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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France
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Provence
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St-Remy-de-Provence
Unlike its sister hotel, Les Bories, the Hostellerie du Vallon de Valrugues feels like a city hotel, despite its suburban setting. Or perhaps a country club - with tennis, small golf range and large 25m pool. What it lacks are large grounds, but...
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