Inspiring Travel Writing from Sarah Shuckburgh
Sarah Shuckburgh was brought up in Cambridge, and until she was fifteen she journeyed no further afield than Cornwall or Norfolk. Since then she has travelled as much as possible. Sarah is a regular contributor to the Sunday Telegraph Travel Section, and for many years led cultural tours and walking holidays in Europe, India and Malaysia.
When not travelling, Sarah divides her time between London - where she teaches Sociology, sits as a magistrate, and presides over a large household - and rural Normandy, where she walks and writes.
When not travelling, Sarah divides her time between London - where she teaches Sociology, sits as a magistrate, and presides over a large household - and rural Normandy, where she walks and writes.
Articles by Sarah Shuckburgh
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Holne Chase Hotel and Restaurant
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Sarah Shuckburgh
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United Kingdom
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Devon and Cornwall
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Dartmoor
Just inside Dartmoor National Park, and only five minutes from the A38 Devon Expressway, Holne Chase is a haven of a boutique hotel, in a stunning location. A long drive, lined with azaleas and rhododendrons, leads to undulating parkland surrounded...
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The Milestone Hotel
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Sarah Shuckburgh
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United Kingdom
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Greater London
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London
One of the Leading Small Hotels of the World, with many international awards for excellence, the Milestone Hotel combines impeccable service with the elegant furnishings of a country house. Its motto is "no request too large, no detail too small"...
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Chateau de Sassetot
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Sarah Shuckburgh
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France
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Picardy
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Sassetot Le Mauconduit
With excellent food, romantic rooms and 30 acres of parkland, the 18th century Chateau de Sassetot makes a stylish base for exploring the Alabaster coast between Le Havre and Dieppe. The chateau has an impressive classical facade, and picturesque...
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Belle Isle Hotel
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Sarah Shuckburgh
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France
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Normandy
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Pont-Audemer
Entirely surrounded by water, on its own river island, the 'Belle Isle' was built in 1856 for a local mill-owner and his large family. The red-brick mansion stands tall and majestic, a 'Relais du Silence' in five acres of peaceful gardens, with the...
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Seven Bridges Hotel
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Sarah Shuckburgh
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The Netherlands
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Amsterdam Region
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Amsterdam
The Seven Bridges Hotel is in a 300-year-old house overlooking one of the prettiest and most peaceful waterways in Amsterdam. The hotel's name refers to the sequence of brick bridges along this small canal. As you pass the end of the Reguliersgracht...
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The Painswick Hotel
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Sarah Shuckburgh
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United Kingdom
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Cotswolds
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Painswick
The Painswick Hotel is a comfortable country house hotel in one of the most picturesque Cotswold villages. Locals remember a time when this 18th century Palladian rectory was almost derelict, and the vicar lived in a couple of dark, draughty rooms...
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Lords of the Manor
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Sarah Shuckburgh
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United Kingdom
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Cotswolds
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Gloucestershire
The Lords of the Manor hotel - one of the Leading Small Hotels of the World - stands at the edge of one of the most unspoilt villages in the Cotswolds. Built of honey-coloured stone on the site of a house once owned by Henry VIII, the 17th-century...
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Ford Abbey
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Sarah Shuckburgh
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United Kingdom
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Midlands
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Herefordshire
The family who own Ford Abbey describe it as a luxurious B...
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Le Chateau de Brecourt
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Sarah Shuckburgh
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France
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Normandy
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Giverny
This is a four star hotel with a difference. Le Chateau de Brecourt, built in 1625, reflects the dignified elegance and calm of a less hectic age. Bedrooms have no TVs, minibars or other mod cons. The plumbing creaks, bathrooms are dimly lit,...
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Dar Mimosas
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Sarah Shuckburgh
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Morocco
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Atlantic Coast
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Essaouira
Four years of restoration and building, and the delivery of 240 lorry-loads of earth, have resulted in eight suites dotted about a beautiful garden. The owner and proprietor, Philippe Cachet, claims to be colourblind, but his choices of colours for...