More stylish chalets...

This time from A&K: Chalet One Oak in Megeve. Sleeps 12. Very comfortably.

Cos we've got alpine style...

More snowy stylishness comes in the form of this bohemian, cosy and yet modern chalet in Megève transformed from farmhouse to fabulous by Belgian architect Lionel Jadot.

OTT interiors...

You want opulence in a Parisian hotel, and the Saint James Hotel , designed by Bambi Sloan, certainly delivers...

Travelling in style...

Christopher Jenner's designs for a future Eurostar carriage are quite something, here's hoping for a commission...

Topiary trumps...

If foliage frolicking is high on your holiday wish list, then, if you haven't already, acquaint yourself with the Hanging Gardens of Marqueyssac. Laid out on a cliff overlooking the Dordogne valley between Beynac and La Roque-Gageac, the Marqueyssac gardens cover an area of ​​22 hectares. There are over 150,000 hand carved century-old box-trees and adorned with belvederes, rocks, water, grass glades, dry-stone huts, roundabout, a Gothic chapel, and playgrounds for children.

The area is full of treasures like this, and if you like your hedges a little more boxy, as I tend to, then there are gardens at the Manoir d'Eyrignac.