Newsletter, June 2020

Once again we bring you an email dominated by Coronavirus. It's sad, it's annoying, but it just can't be avoided. There is light at the end of the tunnel though, so let's try to move forward positively. As well as the latest travel and hotel news, this issue also features some new hotels and a most unusual B&B in Ireland.....READ MORE

British Landmarks You Really Mustn't Miss

I feel like I've set myself an impossible task here as there are hundreds, possibly thousands, of British landmarks that shouldn't be missed. Here are a selected few: Hadrian's Wall, Land's End, St Michael's Mount, Mount Snowdon, the white cliffs of Dover, the Jurassic coast, Stonehenge and Avebury.....READ MORE

Newsletter - New Year 2020

New Year to all our Little Hotels subscribers! (And to anyone who has had this forwarded by a friend.) We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and now perhaps your mind is turning to holidays in 2020. As we always do at this time of year, we offer you here a few thoughts to help you plan.....READ MORE

Riviera - Such an Evocative Word

"Riviera" seems to convey so much more sophistication and glamour than just "the seaside". But where does the word come from? Surprisingly perhaps, it's not French.....READ MORE

Newsletter, August 2019

For years, Little Hotels specialised solely in Spain and the Spanish islands so inevitably we are still best known for carefully chosen small hotels in Spain. Now that we are covering hotels in a few other countries too, we offer a much wider choice for your next holiday. Let's look at a few of the places that we recommend.....READ MORE

Newsletter, June 2019

There have been some big changes recently at Little Hotels. We have combined with Best Small Hotels so Little Hotels now covers not just Spain, but the best small hotels in the UK, Ireland, France and Italy as well. Our philosophy remains unchanged; to bring you quality, charm, character and service from the little hotels that we would want to ....READ MORE

A Journey Through the North-East of England

It's not the work of a moment to decide if a hotel is deserving of the label "BEST Small Hotel". Here is the tale of a trip through the north-east of England searching out that elusive hotel that we can truly say is one of the best. Along the way, we also visited some interesting places and saw some wonderful scenery. ....READ MORE

Artist Residence

There's an unusual story behind the Artist Residence hotels.

Once upon a time there was a run-down guesthouse in Brighton, owned by a middle-aged couple who also had an even more derelict place in Penzance.  Sad to say, the husband died unexpectedly of a heart attack and just a week later his wife was ....READ MORE