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Relaxing in Verse in Napa Valley, California
This secluded and intimate Napa Valley retreat — the literary-gorgeous Poetry Inn in the charming Stags Leap District — feels more like a luxurious private holiday home than a stuffy hotel. Sip a glass…
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Embracing Love at the Seaside in Lima, Peru
The entwined lovers of El Beso (The Kiss by Victor Delfín) dominate the colorful Parque del Amor, a poetry and sculpture garden perched atop the Pacific cliffs of Lima’s Miraflores district. With your sweetheart,…
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Drinking in Art History in a 19th-Century Cafe in Madrid, Spain
Its strategic location between the Puerta del Sol and the Retiro has always made the cafe at the Círculo de Bellas Artes—La Pecera (the Fishbowl)—a popular respite, prime people-watching perch, and the premier place…
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Communing With Keats Over the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy
For four Euros, the ghost of John Keats will let you poke around his room. He was 25 when he died of tuberculosis in this tiny corner of an apartment off the Piazza di…
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Bearing Witness to Colossal Illusions of Grandeur in Luxor, Egypt
Old stones are dime a dozen in Egypt, and the West Bank of Luxor is littered with the remnants of ages past. Yet few monuments resonate with as much bathos as the Ramesseum: mortuary…
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Unwinding with Worsdworth in Lake District, UK
A cluster of ivy‑clad stone buildings set in three acres of greenery, Hipping Hall is a lovingly restored 17th-century house in a 15th‑century hamlet. Nestled in the romantic‑sounding Lune Valley, this hotel and restaurant…
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Taking the Waters in the Caucasus Mountains in Southern Russia
There’s certainly something in the water in the Mineralnye Vody region of the Caucasus Mountains in southern Russia. For centuries, wounded soldiers, belle epoque high society, and authors have flocked to the spa towns…
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Musing on Byron's Swim Across the Bay of Poets in Portovenere, Italy
A UNESCO World Heritage site, the colorful port of Portovenere looks out across the Bay of Poets. Past its pretty houses and twisting alleyways, poised on a rocky promontory, is the gothic Church of…
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Sipping Espresso Like the Literati in Budapest, Hungary
A melt-in-your-mouth sugared pastry, upon a delicate plate, atop a marble table? Pure heaven. Sink into a velvety "salon" chair of this quietly grand cafe, once frequented by pre-Communist era poets and writers, and…
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Sleeping With History (and Lord Byron) in County Durham, England
While Seaham Hall and Serenity Spa is utterly drenched in history — Lord Byron married Annabella Milbanke here in 1815, and the ancient stones of Hadrian's Wall are just a short drive away —…
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Eating a Highwayman's Feast at an Historic Pub in Hampstead, London
Once you’ve traversed the sprawling wilderness of north London’s Hampstead Heath, climbed to the summit of Parliament Hill (for views of St Pauls, Canary Wharf, and the London Eye), and navigated past the picknicking…
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