Inspiring Travel Writing from Jamie Dunford Wood: Page 5 of 24
Articles by Jamie Dunford Wood: Page 5 of 24
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Hotel de Vigny
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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France
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Ile-de-France
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Paris
This 37-room Relais and Chateaux hotel (the only one in Paris) is an odd mix of a faux country-house styling in a rather unattractive modern block. The tone is chintzy, interiors heavily swagged and slightly gloomy, with red fabric walls, busy...
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St Martin's on the Isle
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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United Kingdom
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Scilly Isles
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Isles of Scilly
Few such isolated spots can offer luxury on this scale, writes Philip Marsden. He's right. But it's the getting here that is the challenge - from London it can involve train, minibus, helicopter, landrover and boat. Remotely situated in one of the...
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The Edgewater Inn
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Turks & Caicos Islands
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Caicos Island
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Grace Bay
The luxy resorts of the west coast of Barbados - Sandy Lane, Cobblers Cove, The Royal Pavilion - are all too familiar from the glossy brochures - but head out for the East coast and it's an entirely different story. No manicured jet-setters wind up...
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Raphael Hotel
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Italy
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Lazio
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Rome
Not long ago the unofficial party HQ of a certain Sgr. Craxi, on first impression the Raphael is promising. The location, just a few steps behind the Piazza Navona in the heart of old Rome, is second to none, whilst the ivy clad building and art-...
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Hotel Rey Juan Carlos
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Spain
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Catalunya
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Barcelona
The Juan Carlos has rapidly become an institution in Barcelona. Famously built in record time for the 1992 Olympic Games, the hotel is a massive skyscraper structure on the road out of town, with glass walled elevators climbing up an inside...
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Hotel Ritz
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Spain
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Madrid Region
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Madrid
You know this hotel is going to be something special as soon as you spy the well dressed Madrilenos hiding from the torrid heat under the shade of the trees and to the tinkle of a cooling fountain - quite apart from what the name conjures up. This...
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Villa Real
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Spain
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Madrid Region
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Madrid
With their claim 'we approach the hotel industry as an art form', Derby Hotels of Spain have put down a challenging marker. As in Barcelona's Claris Hotel (their flagship), modern design and detailing are carefully blended with the owner's eclectic...
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Hotel Claris
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Spain
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Catalunya
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Barcelona
The Claris is the flagship hotel of Mr. Clos’s Derby Hotels group, sister to the Villa Real in Madrid. In line with his eclectic philosophy, the hotel is built around three central concepts - his taste in art, mostly primitive and / or classical,...
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Sand Rivers
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Tanzania
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South West Tanzania
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Selous
Sand Rivers stands in one of the most remote parts of Africa, 100s of miles from the nearest village. There are only a clutch of camps in this reserve, so for those who really want to get off the beaten track, this is the place. Run by John Corse,...
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Hotel Westminster
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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France
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Ile-de-France
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Paris
Amongst a line of great luxury hotels stretching from the Ritz in the Place Vendome to the grand hotels around the Opera, the Westminster, an old converted convent, has some selling to do. And stepping inside, the grand reception area does impress,...
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