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Iran visas, hotels in Cuba, and the islands of Mozambique: Travel agenda
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Boutique hotel booking site Mr & Mrs Smith is expanding into holiday rentals. Privately owned luxury villas in Mallorca and Ibiza are now available to rent, with plans to expand into other locations. The portfolio includes the four-bedroom Can Miró in Mallorca (from €2,400 per week) and a private island off Ibiza sleeping 10 (from €101,150 per week).
mrandmrssmith.com/luxury-villas
Room at inn
The Huntsman at Brockenhurst is a newly-opened New Forest inn with a difference. In addition to the 13 crisply decorated bedrooms, there's also a skittle alley. Doubles from £100, B&B.
Picture this
More than 50 drawings by some of Britain's most celebrated 20th-century artists, including Henry Moore and David Hockney, are to go on display at Mottisfont, a National Trust house and gardens in Hampshire, from 23 April to 3 July. The Schlee Collection exhibition will be enhanced by a drawing trail during May half-term.
nationaltrust.org.uk/mottisfont
Cuban class
Following President Barack Obama's watershed visit to Cuba earlier this week, Starwood has announced that it will manage two historic hotels in Havana. It will renovate the Hotel Inglaterra and the Hotel Santa Isabel into Luxury Collection properties.
Man up
The Isle of Man has received Unesco Biosphere status, one of six sites in the UK recognised as being “special places for people and nature”. Steam Packet Holidays is offering five nights at Peel campsite on the island, plus foot passenger ferry from Liverpool from £76pp.
steampacketholidays.com; visitisleofman.com
Iran easier
The Foreign Office says the Iranian embassy in London has commenced its visa service. Until now many travellers have had to go to Dublin, Paris or Berlin to get their visa. The first step is to email lon.visa@mfa.gov.ir. Prospective travellers are advised to apply well in advance of their date of travel: “The application process for an Iranian visa can be long and unpredictable,” says the Foreign Office. bit.ly/FCOiran
Grand plan
Alastair Humphreys considers trips on a grand scale in his new book, Grand Adventures. It includes advice on how to plan, finance and put into action the trip of a lifetime, from walking itineraries to polar adventures.
Big breaks
The Central Europe specialist tour operator Fred.\Holidays is offering “Discover” trips: once-in-a-lifetime experiences that include sailing around the islands of Mozambique and hiking the Appalachian Trail.
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