The best hotels in Portugal 2025

Tranquillity is easy to find in Portugal’s Alentejo countryside, but nowhere feels quite as special as this little rural escape. More than just a luxury hotel, São Lourenço is also a working winery, olive grove and farm in Portugal’s wild, sun-bleached Alent…
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Why I love Portscatho in Cornwall – especially in winter

It’s a far cry from the sun-kissed beaches of Cape Town where she grew up, but the simple pleasures of a seaside village in Cornwall draw the author back year after year

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I don't mind the chain hotels, but they can be a bit of overkill for a couple of nights.

If I'm doing this wanderlust thing more often, are there any reliable web sites I can use to find proper old-fashioned B&B places to stay in the UK?

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‘Not many pub lunches require a trip across the Atlantic’: readers’ favourite UK country pubs with great food https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/oct/24/readers-favourite-uk-country-pubs-with-great-food #Walkingholidays #Foodanddrink #Lifeandstyle #Shortbreaks #Daytrips #Walking #Top10s #Travel #Pubs
‘Not many pub lunches require a trip across the Atlantic’: readers’ favourite UK country pubs with great food

Your top tips for inns that serve delicious meals, from mussels on a Scottish island to homemade pies in North Yorkshire

The Guardian

The best hotels in Porto for 2025

Best hotel in Porto for: wine lovers Vila Nova de Gaia has become known for its hospitality offerings and the first hotel to really put this side of the Douro River on the map was The Yeatman, which officially opened in 2010. …
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The best hotels in Porto for 2025

Best hotel in Porto for: wine lovers Vila Nova de Gaia has become known for its hospitality offerings and the first hotel to really put this side of the Douro River on the map was The Yeatman, which officially opened in 2010. Covering 2.8 hectares, …
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‘The river becomes an otherworldly bayou’: five of the best paddleboard and kayak adventures in the UK

Navigating to a backwater pub or brewery and paddling around one of Britain’s last wildernesses is a magical way to explore

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