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  • 21 new delightful boutique hotels opening in 2021

    21 new delightful boutique hotels opening in 2021

  • Beautiful villa with heated pool in Luberon, Domaine de la Colline accommodates 12 people in 6 bedrooms.

    A villa with heated pool in Luberon, with a view!

  • Les Sources de Caudalie hotel and spa near Bordeaux. Read a review of the Caudalie spa, the restaurant and the rooms and how it feels for families

    Les Sources de Caudalie review: a good base for a relaxing weekend

  • Review of La Boheme a rental for groups by Unique Home Stays in Somerset. Group house with heated pool.

    Treat our NHS – B&B and vacation rental owners generously give away free stays via a competition

  • Casa Santa Teresa near Ajaccio is a luxury beach villa with pool in Corsica

    Casa Santa Teresa, a villa with pool on the beach in Corsica

  • Metzi Plutky, a minimalist retreat in the Czech countryside. Beautiful interior design which mixes modern and traditional arts, crafts and furniture.

    Mezi Plutky, a minimalist retreat in the Czech countryside

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Back to the magical and wonderful Scottish highlan Back to the magical and wonderful Scottish highlands and to @lundies.scot which we visited for the first time six years ago a short while before Covid closed everything down.

Both are still as out of this world as before. One has to go there once in their life. Trust me. 

It’s balm for the soul

#lundieshouse #highlands
My review of @stockholmstadshotell is now availabl My review of @stockholmstadshotell is now available in my newsletter. 
Make sure to check it out to find out what we loved and where it could have been better. 

#stockholm
Happy New Year! On this first Monday of January, w Happy New Year!
On this first Monday of January, which is usually a bit depressing, here is something to cheer you up. 
It’s my annual list of new boutique hotels with pools opening in 2026 across Europe. 

Make sure to save this reel so that you can easily return to it when you are ready to book. 
There’s a bit for everybody in France Italy, Greece, Finland et cetera. Here are a small selection of the 51 which you can discover in my Substack (link in bio).

Hope you find something you like and let me know which one is your preferred one.

1. @maisonalbarhotels
2. @lesbordesestate
3. @verneuilladoucehotel 
4. @aya.resort.cyprus 
5. @luura 
6. @ladarbia 
7.  Palazzio Sozzini by @emblemscollection 

#hotelswithpools #newhotels
Heckfield Place in Autumn is lovely… even with a s Heckfield Place in Autumn is lovely… even with a sick husband. 

Also a new newsletter issue is finally back in your inbox tomorrow with a recap of many of the hotels that opened the last few months. 

Do you like hearing about new hotels?#fromthepoolside #newhotelopening
I love this man, I love autumn and I love hotels s I love this man, I love autumn and I love hotels so 11 Years ago we got married in a boutique hotel of course! 
Mademoiselle handed us our rings, our families managed to understand each other despite half of them not speaking the other’s language and we had an extra hour to sleep as it was the clock change weekend !
Would do it all over again!

❤️

#endsleighwedding #francobritishwedding #autumnwedding
Walking through this house and its gardens was mag Walking through this house and its gardens was magic every day. 

Shall we go back 😀?
#fromthepoolsideingreece #paxosvillas #jenesaisquoi #eremiti
The sublime elegance of @heckfield_place ! We had The sublime elegance of @heckfield_place ! We had a lovely Valentine’s there. Always so relaxing and beautiful. 
I share more photos and my thoughts on what’s improved and what could still be better in my newsletter just out now. 

#fromthepoolside #luxuryhotelreviews #ukluxurycountryhotel
Testing luxury hotels in Provence one year at a ti Testing luxury hotels in Provence one year at a time. This year we are in @capelongue in Bonnieux. 

Click save if you want to add this to your list. 

Full review coming in September in the newsletter. 

(Short caption because I am on a mimimal effort mood during the holidays 😀)

#fromthepoolsideinprovence #fromthepoolside #luberonhotel #luxuryinprovence #provence #bonnieux #capelongue
The most serene views from @eros.keros #eroskero The most serene views from @eros.keros 

#eroskeros #fromthepoolsideingreece #jenesaisquoi #petitescyclades #fromthepoolside #koufonisia #keros #greecelover #greeceviews

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