Linen tablecloths hid the wood-burning braziers set under each table to ward off the chill.

WSJ: Staying at Adr??re Amellal in Siwa, Egypt

As a dedicated disdainer of fashion, I was won over by an enchanting use of the 15th century palace and its loch, the guests warmed by numerous wood-sputtering braziers as the snow fell through epic smoke and lighting effects.

BBC: Tents erected outside Linlithgow Palace