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Hotels with royal connections and rich histories

By Rose Shepherd With British history and monarchy on our minds, this month we present our pick of some of our favourite Guide hotels with a colourful past – places that abound in stories, original features, several with royal connections, some set in acres of landscaped parkland and pleasure grounds.

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Time for an Irish country house hotel

By Rose Shepherd If you fancy a restful, convivial, self-indulgent or sporty and restorative country-house weekend, look to Ireland for the perfect place for you.

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Hotels for kipper lovers

By Rose Shepherd A staple of the Edwardian breakfast table, kippers fell out of fashion in the Seventies, but they are enjoying a renaissance, to the delight of connoisseurs among our readers, who write to tell us when they have enjoyed a fine specimen of the butterflied smoked herring.

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Hotels for a reviving Spring break

By Rose Shepherd It’s been a long, testing winter, with snow and ice for some, but soon trees will be blossoming, bulbs will be starting to flower, and it is time to make plans for a reviving spring break.

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The world’s best holiday kids’ clubs

Archery, tennis, circus skills, sailing – the list of activities on offer for children at modern resorts is off-the-scale (and way more exciting than a family day by the pool).

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Hotels for Valentine’s Day 2023

By Rose Shepherd With St Valentine’s Day almost upon us, our fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.

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Hotels to restore you in the New Year

By Rose Shepherd Christmas looms so large at this time, it can be hard to see beyond it, but we know that, by the New Year, we all feel in need of a boost to our wellbeing, and a hotel break with spa treatments or country or seaside walks could be just the thing to…

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Christmas crackers

By Rose Shepherd After two years of uncertainty, hotels are making exciting plans for a bumper Christmas, and rooms are selling like hot mince pies, which does mean that you may find no room at your favourite inn.

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16 wonderful wildlife holidays for 2023

Whether polar bears lumbering across an Arctic plateau, manta rays gliding through crystalline seas or eagles soaring above silent Scottish lochs, a wildlife holiday offers the chance to experience unforgettable encounters with some of the planet’s most fascinating creatures.

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