"traditional charm" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when expressing the nostalgic appeal or classic style of something. For example, "The restaurant had an old-fashioned, traditional charm that made it a favorite among diners."
Combine it with bedsheets that accent the key colours for a look that's contemporary with a hint of traditional charm.
By comparison, Nancy's Rosemary and Sage Restaurant in Old Saybrook offers a more traditional charm that appeals to a crowd of local regulars.
To play the part Netrebko has to give up a lot of Susanna's traditional charm, and yet she makes the character appealing, and even sympathetic, through the richness of her singing.
In an enviable site across from Jeronimos, the Hotel da Torre, 8 Rua dos Jeronimos, (351) 21-361-6940, fax (351) 21-361-6946, has been completely renovated to blend traditional charm with modern comfort.
His relentlessly level voice, his transatlantic mannerisms, his liking for jargon – "It's on my dashboard," he will say, deflatingly, of a potentially juicy controversy – all this can make him seem like a member of the Whitehall establishment, minus the traditional charm; a reined-in and unshowy mandarin for unforgiving times.
Where to Stay Off the Avenida da Liberdade, the Lisboa Plaza, 5 Travessa Salitre, (351) 21-346-3922, fax (351) 21-347-1630, combines modern comforts -- double-glazed windows, air-conditioning, modem jacks -- with traditional charm, like large marble bathrooms and decorative tiles.
If all the traditional charms of Barcelona were not enough, an active city government is trying to keep this city smart, too.
For it is tempting to see in the popularity of the suburbs an attempt to marry the convenience of urban life with the traditional charms of the country.
JW With even the Gallic chauvinists at the Michelin Guide accepting Tokyo outshines Paris, the focus tends to be on the frenetic Japanese capital and the more traditional charms of Kyoto.
The region's culture is decomposing: ritual cannibalism is endemic among many militias, as traditional charms against bullets no longer suffice.Ituri's war, lacking the state mechanisms that allowed Rwanda's Hutu regime to murder 800,000 people, most of them Tutsis, in 1994, is not likely to develop into huge-scale genocide.
Hidden in each is a porcelain bean, a throwback to traditional charms used in the past.
