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By: Olivia Palamountain

All 6 Articles
  • I tried Wild West ‘horse therapy’ and learned so much about myself

    HORSE THERAPY

    What I learned from horse therapy

    What horse therapy taught me
  • I hate beach resorts. So I spent a week at one in Sharm El-Sheikh.

    BEACH RESORTS

    I hate beach resorts - can spending a week in one change my mind?

    Olivia Palamountain hates resorts. So she spent a week holed up in one. Here's how it went.
  • A perfect weekend in Bath must include a stay at Homewood hotel

    A guide to the perfect weekend in Bath, including a visit to the thermal spas

    Olivia Palamountain stayed at the Homewood hotel in Bath
  • Now’s the time to elevate your Marrakech holiday

    July 31, 2023

    THE WEEKEND: Darling Marrakech is Morocco’s bohemian jewel, a soulful city surrounded by sand, anchored by an ancient Medina and crowned by the sultry peaks of the Atlas Mountains. Just three hours from the UK, there is no comparable weekend-worthy escape as bewitching, or as bonkers. There are hotels and then there is Le Royal [...]

  • Anne-Sophie Pic: I’m holding back on getting more Michelin stars

    July 31, 2023

    France’s Savoyard region is wonderful for foraging and Michelin-starred food. Olivia Palamountain touched down to meet lauded French chef Anne-Sophie Pic It’s high summer in Megève, an alpinetown in the Savoyard region of France. It is one of those pretty as a picture, pinch-me places that remind you why the French do life best; all [...]

  • Sun, sea and a whole new me: A fitness retreat in St Lucia

    October 6, 2021

    London life is made up of extremes. Pricey gym classes, sobriety attempts and intermittent fasting experiments alternate with booze binges, tasting menus and frenzied socialising in a cycle of two steps forward three steps back. Even my holidays leave me feeling like I need time off to recover. To tone up and tune in without [...]

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