The Style Traveller

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Chilling At The Ice Hotel Sweden

Chilling At The Ice Hotel Sweden Where? The Ice Hotel, Sweden          When? April 2016 Exactly? Situated 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, in the Swedish uplands lies the original Ice Hotel in Kiruna. Every year the architects use 30,000 cubic metres of snice (snow and ice), plus 1000 tonnes of ice, made into gigantic ice blocks to create the iconic structure. Come summer the hotel then melts

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The Style Traveller London Fashion Week Bar & Restaurant Guide

The Style Traveller London Fashion Week Bar & Restaurant Guide Where? London Fashion Week, Brewer St, Soho. It’s the start of London Fashion Week, where the world’s fashion editors, celebs, models and beautiful people, descend upon the big smoke to purvey, pout, selfie and strut their stuff in all manner of creative creations and sartorial styles. So where do the hip crowd hang out in between the shows? Above: Nopi Restaurant

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Love Can Take You Round The World

Love Can Take You Round The World… This year we have been fortunate enough to have Valentine’s Day fall over the weekend, so embrace this romantic time of the year and whisk your other half away on a luxury escape. Dine at world renowned restaurants and check into some of the best hotels for a sumptuous end to your night. Treat that someone special to an extraordinary and special valentine’s

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Caribbean – Jumby Bay, Private Island, Dream Destination

Caribbean – Jumby Bay, Private Island, Dream Destination Where? The last stop on The Style Traveller Caribbean Island Hop is to the spectacular Jumby Bay Private Island, a Rosewood Resort off the coast of Antigua. When? Winter 2015-16. Best time to go? The Caribbean peak season runs from mid-December to mid-April. Picture above: Me standing on the jetty wearing Melissa Odabash cornflower blue shirt dress. Below: The crystalline waters and powder white beach at

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St Barth’s – Restaurants, Beach Bars and Partying

St Barth’s – Restaurants, Beach Bars and Partying St Barth’s is often referred to as the gastronomic epicentre of the Caribbean. And with it’s ‘Billionaire’s playground’ credentials, there’s a lot to live up to in the partying stakes too. The social scene in St Barth’s revolves predominantly around beach life. Think chic, daytime al fresco dining, at trendy beach bars and restaurants. In the evening, world class restaurants with exceptional French

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St Barth’s – Le Guanahani Boutique Hotel

St Barth’s – Le Guanahani Boutique Hotel Where? St Barth’s is widely renowned as one of the chicest islands in the Caribbean, it’s also known as ‘The Billionaire’s Playground’. Situated in the French West Indies near St Marten, this beautiful, hip haven is famed for its white sand beaches, expensive designer shopping and exceptional gastronomy. Oh and also for it’s happening party scene! I think I’m going to like it here!

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Malliouhana Boutique Hotel – Anguilla, Caribbean

Malliouhana Boutique Hotel – Anguilla, Caribbean Where? Anguilla, in the Caribbean Exactly? Malliouhana Hotel When? November 2015 Special thanks to? ATB Anguilla Tourist Board for inviting me and making my stay so much fun. For the second leg of my Aguillian adventure I decided to try out another hotel on the island with a very different vibe, in order to get a slightly different perspective. So I moved from the

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Paradise Found – Anguilla – The Caribbean’s Best Kept Secret

Paradise Found – Anguilla – The Caribbean’s Best Kept Secret Anguilla Part 1 – at the Viceroy Hotel When I recently mentioned to people that my next Style Traveller trip was to Anguilla, I was met with some rather blank expressions. ‘Anguilla? Where’s that?’ And this response came from some of my more well travelled friends too! The answer dear reader, which I’m sure you know, is it’s in The

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Michelin Star Cookery School – A Foodie’s Dream Weekend Break

Michelin Star Cookery School – A Foodie’s Dream Weekend Break Where? Le Saint James Bouliac, Bordeaux, France Why? I love fine dining and I’m very lucky to have eaten in some of the best restaurants in the world, but cooking for myself is not my forte. So when the lovely guys at the Michelin Starred cookery school at Le St James, asked me to join them for a gastronomic weekend of

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Marrakech – Palais Namaskar – the most beautiful hotel in Morocco

Marrakech – Palais Namaskar the most beautiful hotel in the Morocco Over the years in my career both as a fashion editor and as a travel blogger, you can imagine I’ve come across some pretty spectacular hotels, aesthetically beautiful in design, visionary architecture, immaculate service. But every now and again a really special hotel comes along and completely raises the bar for the rest of the competition. This hotel is Palais Namaskar

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