Inspiring Travel Writing from Jamie Dunford Wood: Page 10 of 24
Articles by Jamie Dunford Wood: Page 10 of 24
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Villa Orloff
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Greece
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Saronic Gulf
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Hydra
Like the Miranda, this hotel provides a calm and sophisticated oasis in a calm and sophisticated island. A charming 18thC mansion, the original rooms have been preserved, with just 9 turned into bedrooms. They are simply decorated with antiques and...
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Hotel Brighton
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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 Brighton shows great promise. It has three major factors going for it: one, position; two, view - one of the best in Paris; and three, price. Moreover, the renovated rooms with the views are a good size and all have separate power showers. Too...
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The Park Hyatt Paris Vendome
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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 Park Hyatt Paris Vendome, to give this hotel its full name, is the latest Paris designer offering, opened in August 2002, designed by Ed Tuttle of Amanresorts fame. Just off the Place Vendome, the interiors of a number of classic Paris...
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Locanda Al Leon
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Italy
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Veneto Region
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Venice
Very friendly and very tiny, this locanda of just 9 rooms is in an ancient 15thC merchant's house a short way from St Marks and the Riva. A narrow wooden staircase leads to a small wood-paneled breakfast area and heavy original beams. Rooms are...
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Hotel Ariston
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Italy
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Lombardy
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Milan
This unattractive modern block on a busy, messy road south of the Duomo has re-invented itself as an ‘ecological’ hotel, restored using natural building materials and fabrics, and non-toxic paints and glues. So far we have not been asphyxiated by...
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Locanda ai Santi Apostoli
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Italy
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Veneto Region
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Venice
Once you have located the entrance to this locanda and braved the stone flagged stairs, you emerge into a one-floored hostelry with some fine, if occasional, views over the Grand Canal. As the brochure says, it does have something of the feel of a ‘...
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San Anselmo
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Italy
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Lazio
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Rome
This charming Roman albergo is away from the action on the leafy, residential Aventine Hill, but makes for a good value escape from the bustle (if not the heat - there’s not a/c here until 2004) of the city. A conversion of an old Roman villa, the...
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Locanda Vivaldi
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Italy
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Veneto Region
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Venice
This small jewel-like designer hotel on the main Riva has a lot going for it - in particular the views and the rooftop breakfast. However, many of the rooms are small, and décor is heavy (stripey silk walls, garish chandeliers etc), but rates drop...
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Hotel Borgognoni
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Italy
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Lazio
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Rome
Serviceable and efficiently run four star in a good position in the heart of old Rome, close to the Trevi Fountain. Rooms are done in Italian corporate style – somehow more palatable than, for example, corporate offerings from northern Europe, and...
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Hotel Gatto Bianco
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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Italy
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Capri and Ischia
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Capri
Charming and relatively inexpensive option in expensive Capri, the Gatto Bianco is cool, quiet and very central. The 44 rooms are light, with well chosen fabrics and tiled floors. Some rooms have limited views, but are smaller, probably not worth it...
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