Karpathos
Clean, ultraspacious apartments with the most lovely view of the water. You can choose between contemporary decor or traditional Karpathian-style fit-outs…
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Modena
Cervetta is about as hip as Modena gets without pandering to the convention crowd. Adjacent to the intimate Piazza Grande, it has quasi-boutique…
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…
County Donegal
As well as spotless double and family rooms (only some with private bathrooms) in the lovingly restored former mill-house, Corcreggan has sites for…
Andalucía
This superb five-room hotel lies inside one of Úbeda's oldest buildings, predating the Renaissance. Expertly run by the amiable Jorge, it has beautifully…
Geneva
For something different, this low-cost option operated by Geneva's hotel-management school offers excellent value. Service levels are exceptional (and if…
St Petersburg
Occupying a beautifully restored building on one of St Petersburg’s prettiest squares, the Rossi's 65 rooms are all designed differently, but their…
Western Siberia
Hip and funky, Ays is a self-contained party zone – a hostel, a pumping basement nightclub ('Bunker'), a cafe and the Clever Irish pub rolled into one…
Fuerteventura
This excellent rural hotel is hard to miss. Set in an early-19th-century stone-and-wood building, it’s surrounded by a stunning cactus garden and a small…
Berat
A true highlight of Berat is this gorgeous place inside two sprawling Ottoman houses where all the rooms are beautifully furnished in traditional Berati…
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…
Ravenna
Two minutes from San Vitale's gorgeous mosaics, industrious young owner Michael Scapini Mantovani has converted this old family home into a luxurious B&B…
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…
Baku
This well-kept nine-room gem is entered via a lounge decked with cushions and traditional copperwork. Climb the stairs past etchings and a few antiques to…
Maspalomas
This huge, luxurious complex was designed to showcase typical Canarian architecture; the 'traditional town' approach could feel tacky, but it has been…
Montpellier
This urban oasis conveniently located near the train station and the historical centre is a great find. The three rooms are meticulously maintained, the…
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…
Vejer de la Frontera
A jerezano couple with an eye for interiors runs this adults-only boutique bolthole on the fringes of Vejer's old town. In the 11 all-different rooms,…
Kensington & Hyde Park
Family run for over three decades, this beautiful 28-room Georgian townhouse hotel is all comfort, British design and understated elegance. Rooms are…
Exmoor National Park
Step through the door and find everything you could want from an Exmoor coaching inn: a friendly bar with a real fire, a local produce-packed restaurant …
Tenerife
A handsome stone building at the north end of town houses this comfortable hotel with spacious rooms coloured in bright yellows and blues, with terracotta…
The Western Fjords
The waterfront location sells this place before you even step inside. It's right by the marina and most rooms have lovely views of bobbing boats. The…
El Hierro
Resting right on the edge of a pebbly cliff-flanked beach, a world away from everything, the island’s top hotel delights with its elegant green- or blue…
Oltrarno
One-stop shop for a trio of impeccably styled, luxurious serviced apartments in Florence, each at home in a historic palazzo and marrying original…
County Donegal
Occupying vast woodland and garden grounds at the lake's south end, this imposing and restored 19th-century castle was razed by fire in 1939 and is now…
Petit Hotel Hostatgería Sant Salvador
Mallorca
The monks of Sant Salvador, a fortress-like hermitage high above the plains around Felanitx that dates to 1348, packed up for good in 1992, leaving their…
The Western Fjords
This old family house near St Olav's Church is pretty as a picture, with its whitewashed frontage and double-gabled roof overlooking a neatly trimmed lawn…
The Ardennes
Though relatively simple, this 15-room family hotel is joyously located right in the heart of idyllically peaceful Frahan. Comfortable and cordial, it's…
North Nicosia (Lefkoşa)
With its jaunty blue-shuttered windows and teensy courtyard brimming with geraniums, owner Birgül and her all-female staff have created North Nicosia's…
Ibiza Town
Some of the world's most prolific street artists (N4T4, INKIE, JEROM) have pooled their creativity in this design hotel with an alternative edge. The…
Parma
Location, comfort and hospitality all come together at this B&B run by a gregarious owner with a passion for local food and wine. Four lower-floor doubles…
Northern European Russia
Charming, family-run Priyut comprises two homely converted houses. The cheaper Yellow House (shared bathrooms) is adorably kitted out with dried flowers…
Inishowen Peninsula
This landmark hotel and bar has 17 bright, modern rooms. Catch live music in the Backroom, which books international singer-songwriters and traditional…
Arcos de la Frontera
This gorgeous, rambling, cliff-side mansion dating to 1729 once belonged to the great flamenco dancer Antonio Ruiz Soler, and still feels more arty home…
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 …
Southeast Iceland
At the foot of Skálafellsjökull, this friendly working farm has a handful of agreeable rooms in the family farmhouse, and also in motel-style units and…
Cumbria & the Lakes
If staying in the city centre isn't important, then this palatial B&B is the top choice in the city. The four rooms are huge, contemporary and plush, with…
Alonnisos
Among Alonnisos' most inspiring accommodation, these tranquil boutique studios amid lavender-scented gardens in the lower village are styled in calming…
Lapland
This family-run, riverside place has a series of wooden cottages in a well-kept area with a lake beach. The standard cottages are great for families;…
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