Top 10 Holiday Homes For Foodies

Top & Bottom: High-end Victorian townhouse with open-plan kitchen, London.

Planning a foodie holiday?� Then look at the Top 10 Holiday Homes for Foodies from UK holiday rentals website HomeAway.co.uk.

From villas to rural homes, self-catering holiday homes can give you the flexibility to eat out or cook at ?home? with local produce.

The website also features catered holiday homes including luxury ski chalets offering full-board and Thai villas with their own gourmet chef.

Need more inspiration for your foodie holiday?� Then be inspired by the HomeAway.co.uk Travel Cookbook with dishes from 20+ countries submitted by holiday home owners, food bloggers and celebrity chef Thomasina Miers, founder of Mexican restaurant Wahaca.

Here are the�Top 10 Holiday Homes for Foodies:

1. THAILAND: Villa with in-house gourmet chef & staff, Chaweng Beach. (5 Bedrooms, Sleeps 10). ?There are both indoor and outdoor kitchen and dining areas, so if you do decide you want to try your hand at Thai food, you?ll have all the facilities you need to prepare and serve it in style.?

2. UNITED KINGDOM: Victorian townhouse with open-plan kitchen, London. (7 Bedrooms, Sleeps 13). ?The open-plan kitchen with sitting area features a five-metre island unit, perfect for catering, plus modern folding French doors. For the summer months there is an outdoor eating area, gas barbecue and patio heater.?

3. ITALY: Tuscan hilltop villa with outdoor kitchen & pizza oven, Cortona. (6 Bedrooms, Sleeps 12). ?The hilltop property is set in 70 acres of beautiful grounds with olive groves and features an outdoor, covered dining area with kitchen, pizza oven, BBQ and cantina.?

4. USA: Contemporary LA home in the Hollywood Hills. (3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 6). ?This modern home features a gourmet kitchen equipped with Viking appliances and stocked with food, beverages and spirits on request.?

5. FRANCE: Catered ski chalet with professional chef, Meribel. (5 Bedrooms, Sleeps 10). ?The service at the chalet includes cooked and continental breakfast, afternoon tea with cakes, pre-dinner drinks with canap�s followed by a three course evening meal with wine.?

6. PORTUGAL: Villa estate, Sintra. (10 Bedrooms, Sleeps 20). ?This quinta-style estate has an outdoor dining/BBQ area, a fully-equipped kitchen with direct access to the BBQ area and a 600-bottle wine cellar.?

7. MEXICO: Villa with gourmet kitchen, Playa del Carmen. (4 Bedrooms, Sleeps 10). ?From the sun-baked Saltillo floors, jeweled with a traditional Mexican tile, to the colorful colonial kitchen, this villa has been designed by the owner and architect.?

8. MOROCCO: Catered villa with ?all-inclusive? service, Marrakech. (3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 6). ?Staff can prepare all your meals while you busy yourself with the task of relaxing by the pool or enjoying a treatment at the luxury on-site spa.?

9. SPAIN: Villa with BBQ & chill out area, Costa del Sol. (5 Bedrooms, Sleeps 14). ?There is a large outdoor ?chill-out? area featuring a brick-built BBQ, cushioned seating area and dining table, plus a fully-equipped indoor kitchen and dining room with a glass table with marble stands.?

10. GREECE: Villa with BBQ & covered outdoor dining area, Kefallonia. (3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 8).� ?Downstairs there is a large living and dining room, a fully-equipped kitchen with an island unit with breakfast stool seating. Outside, there is an attractive, brick-built charcoal BBQ, plus plenty of space for al-fresco dining.?

Here more scenes from the holiday homes:

Luxury villa, Chaweng Beach, Thailand.

Kitchen and dining area, Chaweng Beach.

Breakfast at the ski chalet in Meribel, France.

BBQ & chill out area at villa in Costa del Sol, Spain.

Images courtesy of HomeAway.co.uk.

Source: http://www.travelinggreener.com/sponsored-post/top-10-holiday-homes-for-foodies/

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Finding Comfort

Looking for comfortable travel clothing and accessories? Then try a pair of Ecolux slipper boots by UK designer Samantha Holmes.

Many travelers find comfort on-the-road with comfortable clothing and accessories. We?re huge fans of wearing wool shawls and scarves on flights, train rides and road trips.

From chilly mountain holidays to cottage getaways, you?ll likely be comfortable in Ecolux slipper boots (above) and other designs from the Ecolux Collection by Samantha Holmes.

Based on the west coast of Scotland, the designer?s collection of gifts and fashion accessories is made with baby alpaca, bamboo fibres and Peruvian EcoWool.

Holmes works with artisans in Peru who hand craft the luxury products, helping sustain Peruvian small producer groups, family businesses and home workers.

Her range of chunky hand knit homeware and lifestyle gifts include slippers boots, slipper socks, sloppy snoods, cushions, throws and hotties.

The Peruvian EcoWool is 100% natural (without bleach or dyes) yarn spun from Andean Highland wool into earthy brown, grey and white colors.

Holmes blends baby alpaca yarn (70%) with bamboo fibre (30%) for it resulting silky softness, lustre and drape in cardigans, shawls and scarves.

The bamboo is desirable because its strong, flexible, renewable and biodegradable, naturally antimicrobial and grown free of pesticides.

For more info, visit the designer?s site.

Image courtesy of Samantha Holmes.

Source: http://www.travelinggreener.com/clothing/finding-comfort/

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