MagellanStraitsRSSFeed- HotelFacts: #3: The Envelope 24/05/2013For the third in our series of Hotel Facts, we are once again immersed in the archive of The Savoy London. I first saw it on some advertising that The Savoy undertook a decade with a clever byline – “Nowadays, … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Shaken Not Stirred Series – ‘The Great Gatsby Cocktail’ 22/05/2013To celebrate the recent release of the 2013 film ‘The Great Gatsby’, Erik Lorincz, The American Bar’s award winning barman, has created an elegant masterpiece in the form of ’The Great Gatsby” cocktail for The Savoy, A Fairmont Managed Hotel. He tells us that his inspiration was drawn from the film itself … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Travel Facts#2: In the footsteps of Napoleon! 20/05/2013For anyone wanting to know more about Emperor Napoleon, surely there can be no more symbolic a place to visit than Aix Island, in Poitou-Charentes, France. Napoleon finally left French soil forever from Aix Island en route to his banishment … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- HotelFacts: #3: The Envelope 24/05/2013
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Travel Facts#2: In the footsteps of Napoleon!
For anyone wanting to know more about Emperor Napoleon, surely there can be no more symbolic a place to visit than Aix Island, in Poitou-Charentes, France. Napoleon finally left French soil forever from Aix Island en route to his banishment … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Europe, Poitou-Charentes, Travel Facts
Tagged Aix Island, Atlantic France, Emperor Napoleon, Fort Boyard, Fouras, France, Ile d'Aix, Napoleon, Poitou-Charentes
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Travel Facts#1: Cognac
When visiting Cognac for the first time, one key point was gifted to me by the kind people at Courvoisier, “all cognacs are brandies but not all brandies are cognacs”! As you travel around Cognac, you can see how fiercely … Continue reading
Aix – a kinder pace of life
Have you ever visited somewhere that you immediately & instinctively loved and that you hoped would stay like that forever? Well, that place for me is Ile d’Aix in Poitou-Charentes, France. I will be returning very soon and I fervently … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Europe, Poitou-Charentes
Tagged Aix Island, Atlantic France, Emperor Napoleon, Fort Boyard, Fouras, France, Ile d'Aix, Napoleon, Poitou-Charentes
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The Great French Blogger Relay!
Magellan PR is proud to be working with CRT Poitou-Charentes for a unique European blogger marathon featuring nine experienced and talented blogger/photographers from three different countries – the UK, from The Netherlands and from Germany from 9th – 19th May … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Poitou-Charentes, UK
Tagged Atlantic France, Blogger relay, Bloggers, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poitou-Charentes, social media, Travel
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What are you looking at?
I like nothing better than people watching and this family intrigued not only me but EVERYONE who was walking around Cordes-Sur-Ciel in the Tarn Department of Midi-Pyrénées, France, in July 2012. Everyone stopped with them and stood staring too! What … Continue reading
Posted in Midi-Pyrénées
Tagged Bastide, Cordes-sur-Ciel, France, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn
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On top of the world in Cordes-sur-Ciel
When invited to visit a city in the clouds in the Tarn department of Midi-Pyrénées, it was as if my childhood fantasies were revisited – a medieval stronghold or bastide so high up, on occasion, it is hidden from view among … Continue reading
Posted in Midi-Pyrénées
Tagged Bastide, Cordes-sur-Ciel, France, Medieval, Middle Ages, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn, Toulouse
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On Top of the World at the Pic du Midi
2,877 metres above sea level, the Pic du Midi is one of the few places where you can actually say ‘I’m on top of the world’ with genuine conviction! With views across the entire chain of the Pyrenees mountains, it is … Continue reading
Posted in ABTOF, Eco & Nature, Europe, Hotels & Resorts, Midi-Pyrénées
Tagged France, Midi-Pyrénées, Observatory, Pic du Midi
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In the Frame – Near the Bastille Bubble, Grenoble
I snapped this photo rapidly by reflex whilst waiting for the Bastille Bubble cable car in Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France – wondering if it was even in focus. It has now become one of my favourite images, framed by the window of the … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, In The Frame, Midi-Pyrénées
Tagged Bastille Bubble, Chartreuse Mountains, Destinations, France, Grenoble, Mountains, Rhône-Alpes, Travel
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An Englishman Abroad: Simon Scott
At the time of visiting Le Bistrot Saveur in the town of Castres in Midi-Pyrénées’ Tarn Department this summer, Chef Simon Scott was the only English chef in France to have been awarded a Michelin star (given in 2009) and … Continue reading
Feeling the cold? Then take a look at our Fab Five Best Beaches from 2012
The first in our count down is the just opened and uber-chic Fairmont The Palm, Dubai. Elegantly framed by palms and with soft golden sand, the beach at The Palm is a perfect way to relax after a day touring this magnificent city. Taking … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, UK, Eco & Nature, Hotels & Resorts, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Viceroy Riviera Maya, Poitou-Charentes, Europe, Central & South America, Five of the Best Series
Tagged Luxury, UK, Mexico, France, Beach, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Poitou-Charentes, Ile de Ré, Riviera Maya, Tulum, West Sussex, West Wittering, Beaches, Playa del Carmen, Dubai, Aix, Chichester Harbour, Beach Thursday, Fairmont The Palm Dubai, UAE, The Palm, Dog Walking, Islands
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