Freelance travel writer and former travel editor for Best magazine Pat Richardson has recently launched www.hotelsthatwerenot.com.

The website features articles on places to stay that were not orginally hotels including palaces or prisons, castles or convents, monasteries, mansions, factories, farmhouses, schools, hospitals that have been restored, converted, transformed and reborn as hotels.

The website also features editorial strands, Richardson’s personal reviews and getaway guides.

Richardson will also continue to freelance as a travel writer.

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