Noughtie nights: the best UK hotels of the decade
Sally Shalam has stayed in hundreds of hotels, B&Bs and cottages, witnessing a revolution in hospitality, but which are the best? She picks her top 10 of the decade
Cliffemount Hotel At Runswick Bay – Asparagus Festival
Cliffemount Hotel head chef David Spencer will be offering bundles of asparagus ideas and tasty recipes in a demonstration at York Asparagus Festival this Saturday (May 26) – sharing his top tips (literally!) on preparing, cooking and eating this quintessential Yorkshire vegetable. David, who has already developed a fantastic asparagus themed a la carte menu […]
Youth hostelling – but not as we know it
The YHA has been quietly reinventing itself – the renovation of Abbey House in Whitby, for instance, cost pounds 3.5m. But was it worth it?
Hotel review: Raithwaite Hall, near Whitby, North Yorkshire
A £30m makeover has turned a shipping magnate’s former home into a luxurious hotel. It ticks all the boxes, but it won’t set your pulse racing
Going goth in Whitby
On Dracula territory; where to stay with pets; and three theme parks you’ve never heard of
Five great British beach weekends
Like to be beside the seaside? Choose from these great beach resorts, with tips on hotels, pubs, food and fun in Cornwall, Yorkshire, Sussex, Carmarthenshire and the Isle of Bute
Fangs for coming: eight eccentric places to stay in Britain
Enjoy a gothic glory in Whitby, a slice of faded 30s seaside glamour, or a family hotel with leg-pulling owners
Checking in
La Rosa Hotel, Whitby. Every time I come to Whitby it’s shrouded in mist. It’s as if it wants to keep some of its seaside secrets safe from the rest of the world, just in case we might arrive with notions of wanting to change it. Luckily, the owners of the recently opened La Rosa Hotel have no intention of trying to change their rightly beloved Whitby.