Budapest
Conceived by local designers, the 40 rooms at this whimsical design hotel fall into four categories, each named after a different rum and ranging from…
Must-see hotels in Central Europe
Castle District
There's a lot to love about this fantastic, 10-room boutique hotel that has opened on the site of Hungary's oldest hotel. Each room is individually…
Fairy-Tale Road
You can't stay closer to Schloss Wilhelmshöhe and the other delights of Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe than this luxurious spa-hotel, set in an idyllic garden…
The Salzkammergut
Situated right on the lakeshore, a 10-minute drive from the town centre, this sweet, family-run hotel offers bright, spacious (if rather predictably…
Staré Město
Located on a quiet side street, the 'Green Garland' is a surprisingly rustic retreat right in the heart of the city. The bedrooms vary in size – some…
Portorož
A small, chilled-out and eco-friendly retreat tucked into the woods outside Lucija, on the outskirts of Portorož. Tents with air mattresses can be hired –…
Prague
Some hotel designs could be described as theatrical, but there can't be too many that were actually designed as a theatre. Dating from 1910, the art…
Warmia & Masuria
Perched on the lake edge, this bold hotel is a real treat. Liberally tailored rooms are a delight of funky retro veneer; spots of audacious colour…
Basel
One for lovers of art and design, ‘The Devil’s Court’ self-bills as a 'guest and culture' house. It comprises two slick, themed hotels – the nine-room…
Eastern Slovenia
This hostel with on-the-ball staff, a great cafe-bar with craft beer and good coffee, and regular social events is a real find. Both dorms and the small…
Geneva
For something different, this low-cost option operated by Geneva's hotel-management school offers excellent value. Service levels are exceptional (and if…
Graubünden
Today this 19th-century post office delivers discreet service and rustic flavour. The eight country-cottage-style rooms and suites are filled with wooden…
Geneva
With a selection of bright, playful guest rooms, suites and long-stay apartments, this funky design hotel on the fringe of the Old Town is popular with…
Sopot
Occupying an architecturally striking corner of the Haffner Centre, this award-winning design hotel is all retro stripes and faux '70s browns, but with…
Lake Geneva & Vaud
Igor Stravinsky's elegant old digs have been reborn as Morges' most charming boutique hotel, with eight individually and stylishly themed rooms (some with…
Eastern Slovenia
Camping doesn't get more swish than this intimate resort, 23km southeast of Logarska Dolina. Scattered around a wood-decked swimming pool, the 10 tents …
The Salzkammergut
Most doubles in this four-star hotel have bathtubs, and the best rooms (superior doubles and suites) have a touch of glamour, with large windows that…
Füssen
Although traditional looking from outside, this Altstadt favourite offers an unexpected design-hotel experience within. Themed rooms feature everything…
Fribourg, Drei-Seen-Land and The Jura
‘Stylish’ scarcely does justice to this eight-room country inn, 2km north of town, where offbeat design rules. Its four-bedded dortoir is Switzerland’s…
Mamaison Hotel Andrassy Budapest
Budapest
This sleek boutique hotel features contemporary, well-appointed rooms decked out in warm shades. Plasma-screen TVs and showers are de rigueur in standard…
Leipzig
Somewhere between a hotel and a designer Airbnb loft, this selection of minimalist but style-conscious rooms is inside a massive converted factory that…
Harz Mountains
Pretty Plumbohms is a smart, family-owned affair offering a selection of classy, eco-chic guest rooms and recently renovated apartments decorated to a…
Maribor
Part of Maribor's Pekarna alternative cultural centre, this bright and welcoming hostel south of the river is housed in a converted army bakery (pekarna…
Munich
Fans of retro design will strike gold in this central lifestyle hotel. Things kick off in reception, with its faux-'70s veneer and dangling '60s ball…
Budapest
Simply furnished and cleverly arranged apartments on the 1st floor of quiet old block right in the heart of Belváros. Additional twin beds pull out from…
Katowice
Business-friendly Diament is a member of a Silesian hotel chain with two other hotels in town, including one at Katowice's iconic Spodek (Flying Saucer)…
Szentendre
Overlooking the canal, just a couple of minutes' walk from Szentendre's main square, this small but perfectly formed hotel blends a rustic stone exterior…
Carpathian Mountains
'Galician Town', a faithful reproduction of a township in the former Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia, gives overnighters the option to stay in a…
The Great Masurian Lakes
Sitting pretty above a superb Polish restaurant and the town’s best beer garden, the four generously cut rooms (sleeping up to four) all have identical…
Mazovia & Podlasie
A resort hotel with plenty of trimmings such as a restaurant, a bar, a sauna, bikes and boats. Rooms are suitably comfortable and colourfully decorated…
Cologne
A waxen monk welcomes you to this former monastery that now sports 50 stylish, minimalist rooms with eucalyptus floors, cherry-wood furniture and marble…
Hanover
This top-choice chain hotel in one of Hanover's most beautiful neighbourhoods is one street back from the Eilenriede forest and a hop, skip and a jump…
Neuchâtel
This spirit-soothing, green sleep is squirrelled away on a biodynamic farm in Montezillion, a hamlet 8km southwest of Neuchâtel. Contemporary, light…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
One of northern Poland's best deals, the plush but cheap RAD is on the Toruń road 2.5km south of the centre. Immaculate business-standard rooms have TV…
Esztergom
A stone's throw from the basilica, this central guesthouse is run by a kind host and is popular with cycling groups (there's secure storage in a garage)…
Southwestern Slovenia
Don't be fooled by the institutional exterior – inside, this place is a riot of colour. It's surrounded by parkland and is a fun, chilled-out space, with…
Fribourg, Drei-Seen-Land and The Jura
This 37-room traditionally styled hotel (wood and rustic design elements) has wonderful views of the surrounding mountains, especially from balcony rooms…
Graubünden
The cowbells are your wake-up call at Berghotel Tgantieni, high on a hill above Lenzerheide, with a dreamy mountain panorama and the slopes and trails…
Hanover
With a lovely terrace bar-restaurant overlooking Ernst-August-Platz, this small but well-maintained independently owned hotel (family-owned for three…
Pécs
Inside a 200-year-old heritage building with a granite portal, this delightful new boutique hotel has just 19 rooms and is well worth the splurge. The…
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