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Rye is Britain’s Answer to the Hamptons – and London’s Stylish Set Can’t Get Enough

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For decades, there has been only one answer to the question of where New York's stylish set disappears each summer: the Hamptons. Now, London has its own equivalent.

No, not Margate or Whitstable, but Rye. The East Sussex town, reached in just over an hour from St Pancras via Ashford, is quietly becoming the capital's most fashionable weekend escape. Technically, it isn't even on the coast. Instead, the medieval hilltop town sits around two miles inland, with the vast sweep of Camber Sands a 10-minute drive away. That separation has proved part of its charm: visitors...

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Sediba Sa Rona: A New Lesson on Luxury Botswana Safaris

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Toulouse by Colours

Sara Darling peels back the layers of France’s famed "Pink City".

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Villa Eden Review: A Longevity Retreat in Northern Italy

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Paris is the City Break Everyone Has Been Getting Wrong – Here's Why

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