British bubbles: Where to stay and taste the best

British bubbles: Where to stay and taste the best

In recent years, English sparkling wine is really starting to make its mark. In recent years, its production and reputation has soared, and it’s become an increasingly firm favourite on the global wine stage. Thanks to climate change, the southern regions of England —...
Review: Patio Dining, Vasiliki, Lefkada, Greece

Review: Patio Dining, Vasiliki, Lefkada, Greece

Some restaurants lure you with location. Others, with spectacle. And then there are those places that don’t need to shout, like Patio Dining. It sits, quietly self-assured, just one street back from the tourist tide in Vasiliki, and yet somehow at the very heart of...
Review: Elisso Hotel, Vasiliki, Kefalonia, Greece

Review: Elisso Hotel, Vasiliki, Kefalonia, Greece

Some hotel names fade into the background, polite placeholders in a sea of beige branding. Elisso, however, lingers. The word means “whirl” in Greek — a fact that could feel contrived if it weren’t so perfectly apt. The hotel leans into the metaphor with panache: the...
Review: Angel Pools Villa, Kastro, Kefalonia, Greece

Review: Angel Pools Villa, Kastro, Kefalonia, Greece

The sixth largest island in Greece, and the biggest in the Ionian, Kefalonia has the drama of Corfu’s cliffs, the charm of Ithaca’s myths, and just enough modernity to stay connected — if you choose to be. And, just outside Argostoli in the south, close to the top of...