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  • Bellinter House, a quirky and peaceful countryside hotel in Ireland. Read more about staying there for a romantic escape or a family holiday

    Spotted – Bellinter House in the Dublin countryside, Ireland

  • Finn Lough, a country estate in Ireland with lodges for families and romantic "bubbles" for couples. Go explore what it has to offer

    Finn Lough, sleep in a bubble in Northern Ireland

  • Santo Maris Oia, a design and luxury hotel in Santorini. Perfect for a romantic trip. One of the new hotel openings of 2016

    24 new boutique hotels that opened recently

  • Gite de Buron, a romantic isolated rental in the mountains.

    What if you were hiding away with your love in the mountains?

  • A selection of small hotels by the seaside and in the countryside in the UK. They have less than 10 rooms! It's amazing the amount of charm and services that small hotels can pack in. Those six finds below really show that you don't need to be big to serve guests with a big heart.

    5 UK gems: small stylish hotels by the sea and in the countryside

  • No 4 Benissa, a stylish B&B on the Costa Blanca in Spain, perfect for a sunny romantic escape. Read the blog to learn more.

    No 4 Benissa, an escape to Spain just for the two of you

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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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