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Smith reviews: Sicilian farmhouse stay Azienda Agricola Mandranova
While it’s a bit miserable and dark (well, it’s winter, innit), we thought we’d brighten your day with tales from a sunnier isle – Sicily. As you know, every time we publish a new hotel write-up from...
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Dipping in: the best hotel pools in Europe
If there’s one thing Team Smith love (after a fabulous boutique hotel, a good rare steak, and a darn fine cup of coffee), it’s a gorgeous swimming pool. A shimmering stretch of water to sun-bask next...
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Eating our way around Italy
The 2010 La Dolce Vita show is set to honour all things Italian this week. We’ll be there of course – look out for our Graham and Green-styled stall, G1. In greedy anticipation, we’re playing foodie...
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Volcano-proof travel? Take the train
The geological antics of the last few days have had us all scrambling around in search of alternative modes of transport.* When the skies are out, man has no choice but to turn to the seas, roads and...
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New to Smith: luxury Indian escapes, European ski stays and Australian lodges
Here at Smith, we don’t know whether to drag out our saris, ski poles or swimwear this month, as we welcome new luxury hotels in the Indian desert, European mountains, sun-drenched Sicily and tropical...
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The Crème de la Mer guide to simple beauty
Sometimes luxury is best served effortlessly and stripped back. We’ve teamed up with the skincare travel essential, Crème de la Mer, to bring you a travel guide to simple beauty – here, we offer our...
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Top 10 bank-holiday hotels in the UK and beyond
Have you booked a bank-holiday break yet? Yes, we know it’s just two weeks away, but there’s no need to resign yourself to three days of rain-threatened back-garden barbecues just yet. We’ve rounded up...
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New year, new Smith hotels in Somerset, Shropshire and Naples
We couldn’t forgive ourselves if we didn’t begin 2012 in style. Luckily, this month’s exploring unwrapped some super new Smith hotels in Somerset, Shropshire and Naples. First we checked into The Swan...
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Dark arts: cultural enlightenment this Spring
This year’s bumper cultural crop of mega-shows includes artistic aces aplenty, from Tate Modern’s Sonia Delaunay retrospective in London to a double whammy of skin-revealing sensuality courtesy of...
View ArticleNuns, guns and buns: a scandal-filled pastry tour in Sicily
It’s not all sweetness and light. We take a look at the backstories behind the world's most notorious desserts...
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