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  • Paris for Kids (in the Footsteps of Madeline and Eloise) | Sue Carpenter | France | Ile-de-France | Paris
    While modern fiction-fanciers are flocking to Paris to follow the Da Vinci Code trail, my six-year-old daughter Simi and I came in pursuit of two altogether different storybook characters - Madeline and Eloise. You may be familiar with these two...
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  • Homestays and hideaways in Kerala | Sue Carpenter | India | Kerala Region | Thekkady
    Oh dear, we thought, as we spotted the tray of garlands and dish of red powder at the entrance to Paradisa Plantation Retreat. Another traditional greeting that could turn messy. Warm and personal as the welcome was, however, from owner Simon and...
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  • Travels to India with Simi | Sue Carpenter | India | Madhya Pradesh | Maheshwar
    ‘Lunch!’ announced our driver, breaking into my semi-consciousness. ‘Lunch? No, no!’ It was 7.30pm and my 5-year-old daughter Simi and I were knocked out from the flight and our current dodgem ride along some of the worst roads in India. All I...
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  • Reviews by Sue Carpenter: Page 4 of 4

    Le Prince Maurice | Sue Carpenter
    Asia meets Mauritius at Le Prince Maurice, the most stylish luxury hotel on the island. This luxury hotel is designed in contemporary zen by the Amanresort team and the first glimpse of the lobby is dazzling - a soaring timber-framed cathedral with...
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  • Farol Design Hotel | Sue Carpenter
    It's a daring concept at the Farol Design Hotel in Cascais, Portgual: take a whitewashed 19th-century estalagem (a hostel or inn) on a crag of coast and build on a modern wing. Kit out the entire place in the contemporary design idiom with bold...
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  • Lapa Palace | Sue Carpenter
    The luxury hotel Lapa Palace in Lisbon is set amid the quiet cobbled streets of the residential embassy district. This resplendent 1870 mansion was bought by the Orient-Express group in 1998 and revamped with the kind of glitz and gleam that appeals...
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  • Casal Antigo | Sue Carpenter
    Located between the seaside resort of Cascais and the historic inland town of Sintra, Casal Antigo is a compact bed and breakfast that appeals to those who like to make a personal connection with their hostess (owner Eduarda Cavaco, a former finance...
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  • Pestana PalaPestana Palace Hotel & National Monument | Sue Carpenter
    While on tour in Lisbon, Madonna defected to the luxury hotel Pestana Palace Hotel & National Monument at the eleventh hour, on hearing that it was even more beautiful than the Lapa. Indeed it is - the joyous sunshine-yellow 1904 building with...
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  • Four Seasons Ritz Lisbon | Sue Carpenter
    From the moment you enter the lobby of this luxury hotel, you know you're in good hands. It it is still known locally as 'Ritz' (pronounced with a guttural French 'R'), although this classic Fifties hotel has since 1998 been under the first-class...
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