I'd never really thought about taking a trip to Ibiza before. I always saw Ibiza as a party island and to be very frank, somewhere that people went to get trollied. However, I recently learned that there are different parts of the island for a different style of holidays. Sure there's the party side, but there's also the calm, relaxing and dare I say slightly more sophisticated side.  For my first time visiting Ibiza, I stayed at the brand new Bless hotel in Cala Nova, an exclusive area of the island. Part of the Leading Hotels of the World group, it is a newly opened luxury hotel. At ..read more

I felt like I hadn't been for afternoon tea. When I first moved to London 6 years ago (Lord has that time flown) I swear I was going for afternoon tea every weekend. However it did make it feel even more special when I finally got to step foot into the famous The Savoy. The Savoy; London's most famous hotel Unless you've been hiding under a rock you'll probably have heard of The Savoy before. But just in case, The Savoy is one of London's finest hotels and opened in 1889. In fact it was the first luxury hotel in Britain and was the first hotel to have electric lights and lifts. Also so i ..read more

You’re in a bar, you don’t drink beer, wine feels a little out of place here, what do you drink? Most likely it’s something and coke, right?  I’ve spend many nights drinking rum and coke, or whiskey and coke. I mean my university drink of choice was basically Jack Daniels and coke. Luckily I’ve grown up since those days, but interestingly so has Cola-Cola. Although already the mixer of choice, they have decided to actively pursue that market and have just launch a specific mixer for dark spirits called Signature Mixers. But why am I telling you this? Well because last week I flew to Ibiza wit ..read more

Like most people, I spend way too much time on Pinterest. I get lost in a sea of really cool and creative portrait photography. From using light in interesting ways, to practically climbing in to rose bushes to get some beautiful romantic flower shots, there’s just millions of ideas out there. One photo I found was of a woman who was wearing a gorgeous ball gown but what was different was she was sat in a swimming pool. I loved it and instantly wanted to create my own version. Only problem was… no swimming pool. Here in the UK people don’t have pools at home and I couldn’t see my local swimmi ..read more

Does anyone else have a London bucket list (or insert your city instead) ? When I moved to London nearly 6 years ago I wrote a list in the back of my Filofax (RIP) of all the London things I wanted to do. I found it about a year ago and it was amazing how many things I had managed to tick off. One of those things was to go to Annabel’s. If you don’t know, Annabel’s is a London institution. It’s a private members club that is notoriously hard to get into and is famed for being the hangout of the rich and famous. It was one of those places that I just wanted to see once. So let me tell you I w ..read more

It's been quite a while since I've been to a supper club. When I first moved to London back in 2013, it was all the rage to go to supper clubs. One of favourites is still the amazing White Room Supper and so when I received a lovely email to ask if I'd like to come down to an East African supper club by The Culinary Discovery Club and Colline’s Kitchen in partnership with Yellow Zebra, I couldn't resist. Plus it meant I had a legitimate excuse to leave my desk at a reasonable hour for once.  I've travelled quite extensively but actually I'd never been to Africa until March and then it was to ..read more

I love to travel, to explore and to discover knew places. I try to away a fair few times in a year, but it can be difficult not only to get the time off work, but also to find people to go with. See, even though I'm in a long term relationship, my other half just doesn't have the travel bug I do. I love him dearly but I wish he wasn't such a workaholic sometimes.  I'd read about group tours before but to be honest was always a bit worried about joining a trip with a bunch of complete strangers. What if I didn't get on with anyone, what if everyone came with a partner and I was a spare wheel ..read more

I'd had my birthday with my boyfriend over at the St James Hotel and Club, where I'd been pampered, and drank and ate till I collapsed in a heap. Well for my birthday with friends I was pretty much doing the same thing all over again. But this time with a little more classical Englishness- Afternoon Tea. If you are a seasoned reader of Heroine In Heels, you'll know I adore the Four Seasons as a brand. I've been countless times to the one at Park Lane, as well as Hampshire and as of last night, the new for 2017 one at Trinity Square here in London. It's a brand I think that has perfected ref ..read more

After the royal wedding this weekend, I think most people will agree in that we are all feeling a little bit more British. And what is a bloody brilliant British tradition? Afternoon tea. I love afternoon tea. I'd always choose afternoon tea over lunch but also i'm quite picky with my teas. If something isn't up to scratch I'll say so. Funnily enough, sticking with the royal wedding theme, I headed to The Athenaeum hotel which is a hotel literally across the street from Green Park where Buckingham Palace sits. It's less than a 10 minute walk door to door. A name in the London restaurant s ..read more

Does Coworth Park host the most luxurious picnic in Britain?Here in Britain, we aren't exactly blessed with good weather often. So it was quite strange finding ourselves with weeks upon weeks of scorching sun. I think we forgot what rain actually was. So true to classic British nature, we went out in droves with our picnic baskets and rugs under arms. However picnics really do range in quality. From soggy tin foil wrapped sandwiches, all the way up to bone china plates in whicker baskets.  However I don't think anything quite compares to the Michelin starred restaurant food and champagne picn ..read more