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Hotel Porta Fira

Hotel Santos Porta Fira

It's the sixth tallest building in Barcelona and the winner of the prestigious…

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Best Places to Live

Best Places to Live and Work

In case you wanted to use the New Year to broaden your horizons and see where…

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Castles

Magical Castles

If you've ever dreamt of a fairytale escape why not start the year off as you…

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Vincci Gala

The Vincci Gala 4*: Styling It Up in the City of Surrealism

The most beautiful and oft-visited cities in the world never fail to conjure up…

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chocolate

The Dark Secrets of Chocolate

In its various forms, down the centuries, it has been used as currency, drunk…

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Balmoral Castle

Scottish Castles

Evocative of the turbulent history they stand testimony to, Scotland is a…

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Golf in Scotland

Golf in Scotland

The Ryder Cup at Gleaneagles - Samuel Ryder, an English seed merchant,…

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Extraordinary Hotels

Extraordinary Hotels

Spending the night in a prison cell sounds far from glam but it's all part of…

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Spring in Scotland

Scotland in the Spring

It's not every day you see a man in a kilt taking a haggis for a walk. Well,…

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