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For more than 11 months, it has been home to the UAE’s local motorsport and health and fitness communities – an open access hub of exciting motor racing as well as a range of cycling, running, yoga, family entertainment and much more. But now the pit garage doors of Yas Marina Circuit have been closed ...
The Netherlands is blessed with an abundance of incredible cities. Amsterdam obviously shouts louder than the rest, whether you’re a devout hedonist looking to take advantage of this veritable mecca of decadence, a keen historian eager to explore the capital’s incredible heritage, or an arts buff heading for some of the world’s greatest galleries. Elsewhere, ...
Cheltenham has a reputation of being the essence of an elegant Regency town, the immediate image that comes to mind is that it is rather genteel and sleepy, the fact is that there is masses going on in and around the town. It is generally accepted as having the role as the cultural centre of ...
It wouldn’t be at all difficult to think of 360 reasons why staying at 3Sixty Hotel in Nafplio would be one of the best ideas you’ve had all year. A list as glorious as a never-ending gelato menu – and equally as scrumptious. But life is enough of a list as it is (albeit, for ...
What a blessed, fertile, cultured and cultivated island Madeira is. This ‘island of eternal spring’ was a ‘paradise of naturalists’ with its exoticism attracting Thomas Cook and Joseph Banks. I’ts immensely fertile, everything seem to grow here, having been colonised by Henry the Navigator who introduced the sugar cane from Sicily and the Malvesia (Malmsey) ...
Yves de Contades jetted off to Miami, one of the top luxury destinations in the world. The mind whirled with endless glamourous connotations, Miami Vice, beach ball, beautiful models, Scarface, Latin Cuban dancing and the Rat Pack. Miami shares with New York that certain frisson when you arrive; like Monaco, it exhibits some serious wealth ...
Discover excellence off the beaten track in Moravia and Silesia, the little known regions of the Czech Republic. International eXcellence Magazine went off in search of something different in the Czech Republic, looking for adventure, mountains, history and landscapes. Ryan Air have now started flying direct to Ostrava so it’s a quick and easy, if ...
Lord Dukes is a very short cab ride from Victoria station up to the heart of St James. It is beautifully located between the Ritz on Piccadilly and Buckingham Palace, down a lovely little old Victorian London Mews. The doorman greeted us with exquisite manners and gently took all our bags, and us, off to ...
Fraiche in Oxton, Cheshire has been named Britain’s best restaurant, topping The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants. The list, published on Sunday October 19, is compiled by The Sunday Times in association with Harden’s. Now in its fifth year, it is based on 70,000 reviews from more than 6,000 consumers. The Sunday Times Top 100 ...
The Monaco Yacht Show was in fine fettle this year; those working with the largest yachts possessed the biggest smiles. The aristocrats of the seas were all there with some extraordinarily fine yachts: Royal Huisman, Feadship and Lurssen included. Joining in that league this year was Oceanco with the largest yacht in the show: the ...
Linking the world renowned city of Dubrovnik with the virtually unknown tiny historic centre of the inland town of Kranj in Slovenia is more than unusual, but there are elements that they share in addition to just bringing much pleasure and beauty into the equation. Both places are fundamentally historic, well preserved without the ...
Sophie Ellis Bextor is not just a pretty face, though those cheekbones and perfect features are the envy of many a model, she is also balancing a successful pop career with motherhood and glamorous travel. Mother of 4 boys, she has recently launched a new album, Familia, already receiving critical acclaim and for which she ...