Antonia Windsor

Walk through the narrow, medieval streets of the old town of Mallorca’s capital, Palma, and you’ll begin to notice discreet gold plaques on the ochre-coloured walls of grand Renaissance houses. These mark their transformation into high-end hotels, many aimed at adults and all of them a long way from the sprawling resort hotels that hug the coast.
This handsome port city, with its tree-lined boulevards and seafront gothic cathedral, has long been a day-trip destination for cruisers or a quick ...

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Verona is the city of love, or La Cittá dell'Amore in Italian, mainly because it was the fictional home of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
But huddle with your loved one at a terrace table in the central Piazza Bra, as the sun washes the ancient stone of the Roman amphitheatre in tones of rose and gold, and you would feel romantic even if the famous star-crossed lovers had never set foot in the city.
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Madrid isn't the first spot on Brit's Spanish holiday hit list, but with a string of new luxury hotels and a renewed buzz, all that could be changing says Antonia Windsor

Belgravia resident and novelist Len Deighton's 1960s spy classic The Ipcress File has been turned into a six-part series for ITV

Look at most maps of the world and you’d be forgiven for missing the Channel Islands. But zoom in on the English Channel between the south coast of England and the north coast of France. Here, you’ll see the specs of land that make up this unique Anglo-French archipelago of golden sand and shingle beaches, granite sea cliffs, and lush rural interiors.
The Channel Islands are Crown Dependencies, which means the Queen of England is their monarch, but they are not part of the United Kingdom. And...

Madrid is an old favourite of travel writer Antonia Windsor who spent a weekend visiting friends when she was young, free and single. But is the city still fun with three young children in tow?

Jersey is the sunniest spot in the British Isles, with more sunshine hours per day than anywhere else (200 hours more in 2020, in fact). Combine this with a beach for every mood and time of day and you might struggle to get off the sand. That would be a mistake: there are dynamic exhibitions exploring Jersey’s Second World War history, medieval castles and neolithic tombs. You can spend the night in a coastal defence tower surrounded by the swirling sea, take a RIB ride to the neighbouring ar...

The Wilton Arms has opened with new owners and a new look, while fine food and wine is the order of the day at Ganymede
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Travel with gratitude, ditch internal flights and borrow the hotel’s umbrella. We speak to six eco experts on their tips to travel better Words: Antonia Windsor

There's been a recent upsurge of smart hotels in every corner of Portugal. Our editors travelled there to unearth the super-chic gems that surpass all the rest

The Algarve is defined by its eroded limestone cliffs, which form a grotto-like backdrop to its southern beaches. You could easily spend an entire fortnight’s holiday pottering in caves and clambering along cliff paths in between bouts of snoozing on a beach towel and splashing in cool Atlantic waves, but the Algarve has so much more to offer than just its coastline. Inland, you’ll find villages with colourful houses (fishermen painted their cottages the same colour as their wooden boats so t...

Food fans rejoice! Portugal's stunning southern coastline dishes up delicious cuisine with a hefty slice of paradise. Tuck in...
The Algarve may not be the first destination you think of when planning a gastronomic holiday, but with its famous piri piri chicken, a burgeoning wine-making scene and eight Michelin stars, there’s plenty to explore.
What’s more, this list of the best places to try various dishes and taste some of the region's wines will take you from picturesque villages to the he...

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The unofficial capital of Europe, Brussels has a café culture to rival Paris and a nightlife to rival Berlin with art and architecture that is very much its own.
Enjoy leisurely lunches of moules frites washed down with glugs of ice-cold local lambic beer on bustling pavement terraces. Or, visit chocolatiers in their workshops to watch how they blend cocoa with out-there additions such as black pepper or wasabi and mould it into edible works of art, and drink with the ghost...