Michael Edwards, Author at A Luxury Travel Blog For those who enjoy the finer things in life... Mon, 12 Aug 2024 07:55:10 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Review: Unforgettable Croatia cruise – The Blue Cave to Split https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/08/12/review-unforgettable-croatia-cruise-the-blue-cave-to-split/ https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/08/12/review-unforgettable-croatia-cruise-the-blue-cave-to-split/#comments Sun, 11 Aug 2024 23:34:00 +0000 https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/?p=200956 Hugging Croatia’s craggy limestone shoreline, our small ship heads north towards Split, sailing through a silky sheen of a sea. We...

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]]> https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/08/04/review-unforgettable-croatia-coastal-cruise-part-1/feed/ 10 Review: The Bush Hotel Farnham, Surrey, UK https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/07/12/review-the-bush-hotel-farnham-surrey-uk/ https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/07/12/review-the-bush-hotel-farnham-surrey-uk/#comments Fri, 12 Jul 2024 20:44:58 +0000 https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/?p=199243 The Bush Hotel Farnham is unique. This 95 key hotel, dating back to at least 1618, has a High...

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]]> https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/05/24/review-the-rockley-rockley-beach-barbados/feed/ 8 Review: Porthcothan Mill Cottage, Near Padstow, Cornwall, UK https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/05/06/review-porthcothan-mill-cottage-near-padstow-cornwall-uk/ https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/05/06/review-porthcothan-mill-cottage-near-padstow-cornwall-uk/#comments Mon, 06 May 2024 15:38:21 +0000 https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/?p=197849 A pair of original millstones stand by the entrance to this luxurious cottage that sits inland from the North...

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]]> https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/05/03/review-old-lanvean-cottage-st-mawgan-near-newquay-cornwall-uk/feed/ 9 Review: The Stables, Chateau de la Fuye, Chinon, France https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/03/30/review-the-stables-chateau-de-la-fuye-chinon-france/ https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/03/30/review-the-stables-chateau-de-la-fuye-chinon-france/#comments Sat, 30 Mar 2024 16:43:02 +0000 https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/?p=197847 This is the Versailles of gites. Within the shadow of the fifteenth-century Château de La Fuye sits a romantic...

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]]> https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/03/18/review-hotel-indigo-coventry-warwickshire-uk/feed/ 21 Review: Thornbury Castle Hotel and Restaurant, near Bristol, UK https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/03/06/review-thornbury-castle-hotel-and-restaurant-near-bristol-uk/ https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/03/06/review-thornbury-castle-hotel-and-restaurant-near-bristol-uk/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:56:07 +0000 https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/?p=195661 In 2021, The Times crowned Thornbury Castle Hotel as Britain’s Best Romantic Hotel. Guests time travel back to Tudor...

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