The formula for a first-class spa hotel is simple enough: bespoke treatments plus boutique brands and somewhere warm and bubbly to soak in. Add a stellar setting – say, a rural retreat or buzzy...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/wellness/best-luxury-spa-hotels-uk
Every other spring, the who’s who of the creative sector descend upon La Serenissima’s gondola-graced canals for the Venice Biennale, or, as it’s unofficially known; the Olympics of the art...
Do you know what the fastest-moving creature on Earth is? Forget peregrine falcons, cheetahs, and Usain Bolt, it’s two British people, deprived of heat all summer, arriving by boat into a seclu...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/travel-guides/mandraki-beach-resort-anonymous-review
Traipsing around a sweltering metropolis is hardly the most hankered-after of holiday experiences. Unless, of course, the city in question boasts the addition of a scenic shoreline, where you can...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/travel-guides/europes-best-city-breaks-with-beaches
Away from the gurning and glow sticks, this summer Ibiza’s best beach clubs offer a more sophisticated, (literally) laid-back form of clubbing. Throw shapes to the waiter for another margarita,...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/travel-guides/7-best-ibiza-beach-clubs
Holidays may usually help with your wellness levels without having to do very much, but if you want to take things up a notch, book a stay at one of these hotels for a yoga and wellness break. Fr...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/wellness/worlds-best-yoga-hotels
Sunshine isn’t all that will dazzle you as we move from spring to summer this year – we know where to stay in 2024 for waterside partying, meals fresh from the farm, shipwreck dives and more....
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/travel-guides/where-to-stay-spring-summer-2024
Indie music fans know that the only thing better than discovering a good record is doing so before everyone else. Perhaps it’s the magic of a chance encounter, or the delicious taste-forwardnes...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/culture/art-and-culture-in-south-tyrol
The best hotel bars in London make you feel as comfortable as if you were in your room, have barkeeps that keep you going past an apéritif, and often let you stay up way beyond your bedtime (aft...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/food-drink/best-hotel-bars-london
Our dark sedan pulls up, depositing two blinking and frazzled honeymooners in the warmth of a Mauritian morning. We’re led into a vast, shady loggia with stone columns and a ceiling of hand-car...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/travel-guides/mauritius-honeymoon
The official theme of the 62nd Milan Design Week 2024 (from 15 to 21 April), might be Materia Natura (natural matter), with its A-list roster of designers looking towards a more sustainable futur...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/design/milan-design-weeks-big-ideas
My memories of San Francisco consist of steep hills, shiny high-rises, and a gritty urban centre, so I’m delighted to discover, on my return, the peaceful green pocket of the Presidio. This 1,4...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/travel-guides/lodge-at-the-presidio-review
You’ll easily hit your daily steps navigating through Kensington’s prime postcodes; and with farmers’ markets, established eateries and maze-like mews adorning the area, it’s easy to see ...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/travel-guides/ultimate-kensington-neighbourhood-guide
Paris is disappearing. The inner city has ceded to the suburbs, Haussmann has given way to Le Corbusier. But my mind is going in the other direction, cantering into an era of feathered hats and f...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/travel-guides/les-sources-de-cheverny-review
I’ve always respected the environment, but while travelling in Fiji I somehow take it up a notch, catching myself mumbling ‘excuse me’ into my snorkel. There are so many fish swimming aroun...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/culture/revival-stories-eco-friendly-fiji
Love him or loathe him, Damien Hirst knows a thing or two about shock value. Since bulldozing his way onto the world’s stage as part of the YBAs in the early 1990s, the artist has raised more t...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/culture/damien-hirst-chateau-la-coste
The spring break is ‘thump, thump’-ing in, like a giant egg-delivering rabbit… If you’re in need of things to do this Easter over its two bank holidays, or need to fill the school hiatus,...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/travel-guides/easter-fun-big-kids
I flew to Costa Rica in search of sunshine. As it turns out, I found so much more than that. The country is raw, spirited and rough-edged in places – and it’s a far cry from city life in Lond...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/travel-guides/costa-rica-romantic-road-trip
Sidestepping any attempt at pigeon-holing, Soho’s history charts a course from Henry VIII’s hunting ground to high-society enclave, gay village and vibrant immigrant hub. It’s a riotous rec...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/travel-guides/essential-soho-neighbourhood-guide
Accessibility means different things to different people – it could be vision or hearing impairment for you, say; neurodiversity, limited mobility, or perhaps the need for wheelchair access for...
https://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/culture/accessible-travel-with-sophie-morgan