MagellanStraitsRSSFeed- 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
- Suite Dreams Series – #11 – The Savoy’s Monet Suite 17/05/2013I guess the picture above lets the cat out of the bag so to speak but we recently took a sneaky peak around perhaps one of London’s most famous suites – the Monet Suite of The Savoy where Monsieur Claude … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Travel Facts#1: Cognac 15/05/2013When 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 →magellanstraits
- Travel Facts#2: In the footsteps of Napoleon! 20/05/2013
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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
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Tagged Aix, Beach, Beach Thursday, Beaches, Chichester Harbour, Dog Walking, Dubai, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Fairmont The Palm Dubai, France, Ile de Ré, Islands, Luxury, Mexico, Playa del Carmen, Poitou-Charentes, Riviera Maya, The Palm, Tulum, UAE, UK, West Sussex, West Wittering
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Playing Kings and Queens at Arundel Castle
On a crisp and fresh Autumn morn, we all know how hard it is to leave the fire. I can recommend however that when the sun is bright and the air has a certain chill, it’s the perfect day to visit … Continue reading
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Tagged Arundel, Arundel Castle, England, English Civil War, Fitzalan Chapel, Kitchen Garden, West Sussex, William the Conqueror
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Organic Farm – Field to Fork
Set in 3,300 acres of lush and fertile West Sussex country side, Goodwood Estate organic farm and kitchen gardens supply the chefs of Goodwood House with fresh seasonal produce all year round. The gardeners and chefs’ work together to ensure that … Continue reading
Cricketing Legend
Come the long days of summer, no English country House would be complete without idyllic images of men in full whites playing cricket – and the Goodwood Estate, West Sussex does not disappoint. With the thatched pavilion and ground situated … Continue reading
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Tagged Duke of Richmond, Goodwood, Goodwood House, Sussex, Sussex County Cricket Club, Thomas Lord, West Sussex
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Five things to do in West Sussex & Hampshire
Base camp is the newly-refurbished Goodwood Hotel on the Goodwood Estate and our four other suggestions crisscross over the county boundaries of West Sussex and Hampshire – or as we locals tend to call it, the county triangle! With starting room … Continue reading
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Tagged Captain Oates, Captain Robert Scott, Captain Scott, Chawton, Cindy Leveson, Duke of Richmond, Gilbert White, Gilbert White House & Gardenn, Glorious Goodwood, Goodwood, Goodwood Aviation, Goodwood Estate, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Goodwood House, Goodwood Motor Circuit, Goodwood Racecourse, Goodwood Revival, Hampshire, Jane Austen, Jane Austen House Museum, National History Museum, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Scott of the Antartic, Selborne, Summer Exhibition, The Goodwood Hotel, The Oates Collection, The Queens at Seborne, West Sussex, West Wittering, West Wittering Beach
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Colour & Innovation – Sèvres Porcelain Collection
The circular Card Room of Goodwood House – so called after Edward VII as he loved playing cards there – contains a rare collection of Sèvres porcelain and is thought by Rosalind Savill, an authority on Sèvres and the former … Continue reading
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Tagged Activities, Birds, Britain, China, Days out, Duke of Richmond, Goodwood, Goodwood Estate, Goodwood House, Grand Tour, History, Local history, Luxury, Porcelain, Rosalind Savill, Sèvres Porcelain, Travel, UK, Wallace Collection, West Sussex, WestSussex
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Goodwood’s Astute Visionaries
From the First Duke of Richmond to the current heir apparent, the family have always had an eye and instinct for untested talent. Goodwood House started life as a hunting lodge and over the generations has grown into the Estate it … Continue reading
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Tagged Activities, Britain, Canaletto, Days out, Duke of Richmond, George Stubbs, Goodwood, Goodwood Estate, Goodwood House, Grand Tour, History, James Wyatt, Local history, Luxury, Sèvres, Travel, UK, West Sussex, WestSussex
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Royal Goodwood: The Summer Exhibition
To celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, this year’s summer exhibition Royal Goodwood will look at Goodwood’s royal heritage and how it is represented in the art collection, running from 6th August – 15th October, 2012*. The exhibition will showcase the royal pictures … Continue reading
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Tagged Activities, Britain, Days out, Duke of Richmond, Goodwood, Goodwood Estate, Goodwood House, Grand Tour, History, King Edward VII, Local history, Luxury, Queen Alexandra, Travel, UK, West Sussex, WestSussex
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The Penguins have come to Goodwood!
The Penguin collection of books is perhaps not the first association you would link with a magnificent English country estate, set deep in the glorious Sussex countryside, but it’s certainly an intriguing aspect of the historic Goodwood Estate. Row upon row of Penguin classic paperbacks … Continue reading
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Tagged Activities, Britain, Days out, Duke of Richmond, Goodwood, Goodwood Estate, Goodwood House, History, Local history, Luxury, Penguin, Penguin Books, The Kennels, Travel, UK, West Sussex, WestSussex
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Take a Tour of Goodwood House
Set within magnificent grounds in the Sussex countryside, seven miles from the sea, is one of the truly spectacular English country estates. The seat of the Dukes of Richmond and Gordon for over three hundred years, Goodwood House remains in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Activities, Britain, Days out, Duke of Richmond, Goodwood, Goodwood Estate, Goodwood House, Grand Tour, History, Local history, Luxury, UK, West Sussex, WestSussex
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