Our Favourite Hotels and Places to Stay and Eat

The Swan Hotel, Southwold, Suffolk, England

The Swan Hotel, Market Place,
Southwold, Suffolk IP18 6EG
Tel: 0870 418 8079
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• A beautiful old-style English country inn, situated in the centre of the fine seaside town of Southwold.
• The food is wonderful, and as the hotel is owned by Adnams Brewery (also in Southwold) the beer is excellent, too.

Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

Shangri-La Hotel,
89 Soi Wat Suan Plu, New Road, Bangrak,
Bangkok 10500, Thailand
Tel: (66 2) 236 7777
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• A modern hotel with traditional features, in a prominent position overlooking the Chao Phraya river.
• From the dining terrace you can watch the extremely busy waterway in action, and at night the ferries are beautifully illuminated.
• This hotel also has the great advantage of being near the river ferry terminal, and the SkyTrain terminal, so that Bangkok's awful traffic can be avoided as far as possible.

The Inn at Turner Mill, Stowe, Vermont, USA

The Inn at Turner Mill,
56 Turner Mill Lane,
Stowe, Vermont 05672, USA
Tel: (800) 992-0016 (reservations)
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• A wonderful traditional wooden hotel, comfortable and family-run.
• Excellent walking, touring, and winter sports nearby.

The Pantry Restaurant

The Pantry
Leidsekruisstraat 21
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Tel: (0)20 620 09 22
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Web: http://www.thepantry.nl

• Excellent small friendly restaurant serving classic Dutch dishes.
• Don't expect nouvelle cuisine or Michelin stars, but dishes such as meatballs and red cabbage are fantastic.
• Near Leidseplein on tram lines 1, 2, and 5 from Central Station.

Tauferberg Hotel and Guesthouse, Niederthai, Austria

Tauferberg Hotel,
Niederthai 12,
A-6441 Umhausen, Austria
Tel: +43 (5255) 5509
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• Situated at 1550m in the village of Niederthai on a high plateau at the side of the Ötztal (Oetztal) valley in western Austria.
• Lovely family-run hotel serving excellent food.
• Major centre for cross-country skiing training and practice. Two 7km Langlaufen loops are maintained right in the centre of the village.
• Fine walking country. Near one of Austria's highest waterfalls.

Loc Envel, Belle-Isle-en-Terre, Brittany, France

Loc Envel house and cottage
2 Guerrien
Loc Envel
Belle-Isle-en-Terre
Brittany
France
Tel: +33 296 430 963
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• House sleeping 6; cottage sleeping 2
• Beautifully renovated and maintained properties
• Totally quiet and peaceful
• Excellent for children as the properties are away from the road, and there is a large garden and a field to play in
• Washing machine; microwave; electric cooker; heating
• About 30 minutes from the Pink Granite Coast of Brittany
• Beautiful villages and towns; fine churches and calvaries; wonderful walking country
• Excellent shops and supermarket nearby in Belle-Isle-en-Terre
• Car essential

Barcelona Princess Hotel, Barcelona, Spain

Princess Hotel
Avinguda Diágonal 1
Barcelona 08019, Spain
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• Beautiful modern hotel at the sea end of the main diagonal avenue
• Excellent rooms, facilities, and food
• Good transport links to the city centre
• Next to a large shopping centre which contains numerous restaurants
• Fantastic views from the higher floors and from the 24th-floor outdoor swimming pool (the highest in Barcelona)
• Can be booked through various hotel agencies at reduced rates

Cloister Inn Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic

Cloister Inn Hotel
Konviktská 14
Prague, Czech Republic
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• Located right in the heart of Prague in a district called Staré Mesto, yet extremely quiet
• Excellent rooms and facilities
• Fantastic restaurant: Restaurace Století, just round the corner at Karolíny Svetlé 21 (www.stoleti.cz)
• Easy walking to the heart of the city

Restaurace Století, Prague, Czech Republic

Restaurace Století
Karolíny Svetlé 21
Prague, Czech Republic
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• Fantastic restaurant
• Easy walking from the heart of the city

SAIGON and more, Berlin, Germany

SAIGON and more
Geisbergstraße 21
10777 Berlin, Germany
Tel: 030-2362-6090
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• Wonderful Vietnamese restaurant, with extremely friendly proprietor, and fascinating visitors' books in a vast number of languages
• Located in Schöneberg

Cenno, Castel del Piano, Italy

Cenno
Castel del Piano
GR 58033, Italy
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Email: please contact through john@rabancourt.co.uk
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• Amazing old farmhouse in unspoilt country near the fascinating medieval hill-top town of Castel del Piano. The main house sleeps about 6 people; the separate upstairs flat sleeps four. A car is essential, unfortunately. Siena, Pisa, the Etruscan tombs, and the nature reserve and beach of La Maremma are within easy reach by car. Florence and Rome are a little further away.
• Flights to Pisa, and then hire car, are usually the easiest way to reach Cenno.