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Trade the alarm clock for the dawn chorus of the Mara 🦁🌅
Ilora Retreats sits in the Masai Mara National Reserve, the epicentre of the Great Migration. Here, lions, elephants, zebras and cheetahs share the plains, and your days are spent among them.
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Autumn calls for somewhere with character 🍂
From historic townhouses to intimate canal-side hideaways, discover Europe's most atmospheric boutique hotels for a cosy seasonal escape.
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Hotel Savoy has stood on the Piazza della Repubblica since 1893, and its rooms are a love letter to Florentine craftsmanship. Then there’s the view: the lively piazza below, and from some rooms and suites, the Duomo’s dome rising above the rooftops ✨
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Set along Bangkok’s riverfront, The Siam is an Art Deco-inspired sanctuary where Thai heritage meets considered design. Think antique treasures, striking architecture, tropical gardens and private pool villas tucked away from the city's energy 🖤✨
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Ca’ Apollonio Heritage is a lovingly restored 15th-century villa in the foothills of the Venetian Prealps, set within eighteen hectares of organically farmed countryside and framed by ancient olive groves 🫒🌿
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Walk through the gates of Hotel Villa Carlotta, and you could easily mistake it for Eden 🌿
This 17th-century Taormina villa is all about the details: classical motifs, walls steeped in heritage, and a botanical garden that welcomes you in.
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Nowhere to be, and all the time to be there 🌊
Lace-trimmed sheets, Adriatic views, and slow moments on the island of Vis. Pomâlo Inn is made for taking your time.
Save this for next summer ☀️
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POV: you wake up in a Venetian palazzo 🥀✨
Terrazzo floors, original ceiling frescoes, and industrial-chic pieces in between. Corte di Gabriela is a 19th-century palazzo that lets old Venice and new design share a room.
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A countryside escape that feels like home ✨
Al Piglio sits among the rolling hills of Lazio, a centuries-old stone house flanked by olive groves and vineyards. Spend your days tasting olive oil, relaxing by the pool, and lingering over long meals.
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Steal the look: soft, quiet countryside 🌿🤍
Hyll Hotel in the Cotswolds shows how countryside chic can feel truly calm. A restrained palette and soft textures let the landscape do the talking.
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Rooms worth copying. 🛏️
Ten HIP Hotels with interiors to steal from, from Parisian monochrome to a one-colour room in Whitby.
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Puglia, but not as you know it...
This restored 18th-century palace pairs Baroque architecture with bold, eclectic interiors by Pascale Lauber, where rich colour meets exposed brick, original frescoes and high ceilings.
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Steal the look: a cosy country house in deep colour 🖤🍂
Villa Provence in Aarhus has the warm, lived-in feel of a country house, with rich colour, vintage bedframes, vintage artwork, and layer upon layer of texture.
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Mountains, ocean, and nowhere to be. Villa Chad is a seven-room refuge on South Africa’s Whale Coast, made for slow mornings and quiet evenings 🌊 🌿
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Dine and stay high above Florence 🍷✨
Antica Torre di Via Tornabuoni 1 dates back to 1200, and it’s now a boutique hotel filled with frescoes, antiques, and Renaissance art. Dinner here comes with views over the historic centre and the hills beyond.
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Wake up like an aristocrat in Taormina 🍋✨
Hotel Villa Ducale is a Sicilian villa that began life as a family home, and it still feels like one. Its 18 rooms and suites are filled with authentic antique furniture and exclusive Sicilian fabrics.
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Slow mornings, still water 🌊🤍
At Cortisen am See, life moves at the pace of Lake Wolfgang. Linger over a six-course breakfast, spend the afternoon in the panorama pool or the sauna with the mountains in view, or take a rowboat out with a picnic.
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Maximalism, done with glamour 🖤✨
Flemings Mayfair is a former set of Georgian townhouses that became a hotel in 1851, and its interiors are a celebration of ornate detail. Think glistening marble floors, chandeliers and vivid fabrics.
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The best way to eat your way through an Italian autumn is to stay put long enough to let the table set the pace. Pick a region, book a hotel that grows or presses or pours its own, and let the season do the rest 🍽🍷
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Floating above the Costa Rican treetops 🌿✨
At Suitree Experience Hotel, you live high above the trees. Six spacious suites sit in the Guanacaste hills, with jungle canopy below and the open sky above. No schedule, no noise, just room to breathe.
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