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
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Some wine among the vines …
When staying at a wine estate of some reputation, it would seem foolish not to tour the vineyards and sample the wines, now wouldn’t it? I was staying at one of Spain‘s newest properties near Valladolid, Spain – Abadia Retuerta … Continue reading
In the Frame: LeDomaine
You can’t beat a good sunrise and those at Abadia Retuerta LeDomaine are sensational and differ day by day. Even better when the sun rises relatively late in the day! These are two of my favourite images of the property … Continue reading
It’s a bit Cat Stevens over there ….
Or rather, morning has broken. The idyllic setting of Abadia Retuerta LeDomaine in Sardón de Duero (near Valladolid), Castile y Leon, Spain), turns every sunrise into something special. This is the view from Room 202 of this historic wine Estate on 17th … Continue reading
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Every hotel should have a stork’s nest ….
The winery estate of Abadia Retuerta LeDomaine, Valladolid, Spain, which opened as a hotel on 22nd March 2012, has a rather unique selling point for bird lovers everywhere. On the bell tower of the former Santa Maria de Retuerta Abbey, there … Continue reading
Sunrise at LeDomaine, near Valladolid, Spain
Sometimes – as a trainee photographer as I term myself – we hit pay dirt with a few snaps and for once I was happy with a capture of the sunrise at the historic medieval winery estate, Abadia Retuerta LeDomaine, … Continue reading
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