Win two nights plus dinner at the Royal Horseguards Hotel, worth over £500
Regal red carpet rolls down the sweeping marble steps of Europe’s largest flowing staircase in five-star The Royal Horseguards Hotel. While the façade of this Grade I-listed building imitates a French château, inside, you’ll be swept up in classic British elegance. Cocktails are served with views of Whitehall Gardens and comfort-first bedrooms overlook London’s most adored landmarks. Brilliantly British cuisine and quintessential afternoon tea are the culinary highlights of the hotel’s dining rooms.
The hotel’s history is as sophisticated as the interior’s dark wooden furnishings and gold leaf detailing. It previously served as part of the National Liberal Club, an embassy and then a hub for MI5 and MI6. Keep it hushed, but some say that the Secret Service was founded on the eighth floor of this Thames-side hideaway. Maybe directors knew something when choosing the hotel as a filming location for several Bond films. Level up your next London stay and enter to win two nights at Royal Horseguards Hotel in a premium room or suite, with breakfast on both mornings and one evening meal at One Twenty One Two.
Promoter: Clermont Hotel Management Limited
Win a Clear Head Club Package for two at Careys Manor, worth £890
Somewhere amid the silence, ancient oak trees and roaming ponies of the New Forest lies Careys Manor Hotel & SenSpa. The original manor was built as a hunting lodge in William the Conqueror’s 'Nova Foresta', proclaimed a royal hunting ground in 1079, with the present house built in 1888. Today, this 19th-century countryside manor welcomes guests to cosy up by the oversized fireplaces during a nature break. Modern British dishes are served in the on-site restaurant, while another offers French Brasserie-style dining and the third hints at the hotel’s unique Asian twist – at the Thai Zen Garden. Overlooking the bamboo, pagoda and rock pond surrounding it is the ‘East meets West’-inspired SenSpa.
Thai massage techniques contrast with and complement state-of-the-art sensory spaces such as the futuristic sound, colour, light, vibration and scent changing Alphasphere Deluxe. There are also four thermal rooms, an ice room, experience showers and a private Rhassoul steam room where you can apply mud masks before relaxing. Enter now to reset with an £890 two-night Clear Head Club package for you and a plus one – including a four-hour spa pass, 30-minute spa treatment, Love Struck smoothie, in-room Forest Therapy guide, health club access, breakfasts and dinner each evening (with a £35pp allocation).
Promoter: Careys Manor
Win a Weekend Quinto Gift Set from TWG Tea worth £129
A warm gesture of welcome, a symbol of respect and a reflection of spiritual values – the love of tea and its cultural importance is something that a vast number of countries have in common. TWG Tea is committed to offering the largest tea collection in the world, with more than 1,000 different single estate, fine harvests, and exclusive tea blends from 47 tea-producing countries worldwide.
Expanding beyond the teacups, inside TWG Tea Boutiques, you can discover a wide selection of fine teas, signature tea accessories, tea-infused patisseries, and elevated Takeaway Tea experience. Celebrating international culture and global heritage of tea appreciation, the Weekend Gift Set is a collection of pretty travel tea tins filled with signature blends inspired by some of the world’s most captivating cities. TWG Tea is giving away a five-piece (50g each) Weekend Quinto Gift Set containing Weekend in Casablanca Tea, Weekend in Hong Kong Tea, Weekend in Singapore Tea, Weekend in Moscow Tea, and Weekend in Shanghai Tea, worth £129.
Promoter: TWG Tea
Win a tasting menu for two with a glass of Champagne at CORD, worth £300
Ever wondered where the top chefs such as Mary Berry and Julia Child learned their craft? Thank Le Cordon Bleu – one of the most prestigious culinary arts schools founded 130 years ago in the food capital of the world, Paris. Building on this incredible legacy, CORD is proud to be the first fine-dining restaurant in London by Le Cordon Bleu.
Mirroring the institute’s historic beginnings, the restaurant is set within the walls of a Grade II-listed Lutyens building. Inside, you can taste more than a century of palate-pleasing mastery in the creative menu of internationally inspired dishes cooked using a refined blend of traditional and modern techniques. While fresh, seasonal produce sourced from around the British Isles is a given, expect to be kept on your toes by a creative flair in each bite. Want to experience it for yourself? Enter to win a tasting menu for two with a glass of Champagne at CORD, worth £300.
Promoter: CORD by Le Cordon Bleu
Win a copy of Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America by Shafik Meghji
What if South America is closer than we realised? From a ghost town in the dry Atacama Desert to a far-flung ranch in the subpolar tundra, Small Earthquakes follows the journeys and cultural deep dives of author and award-winning travel writer Shafik Meghji. Unearthing forgotten history in some of the most extreme landscapes on the planet, Meghji brings to light the unexpected links between Britain and South America – spanning the last five centuries.
Hot off the press after Meghji’s conversations, adventures and research from 15 years of living and working in South America, Small Earthquakes is a clever literary fusion of a guidebook, travelogue and historical textbook. Gain an insight into Easter Island's mysterious statues, meet the marine life of Latin America’s salt-sprayed islands and hear tales of pirates, footballers and Welsh-speaking communities in Patagonia. If you’re waiting for your next armchair-travel obsession, get your hands on one of three copies of Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America by Shafik Meghji, worth £25.
Promoter: Stanfords
