Black Sea Coast
Wooden floors, antique rugs and huge bathrooms all contribute to the relaxed heritage ambience in this delightful boutique hotel, with 12 rooms of…
Must-see hotels in Mediterranean Europe
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
With its period airs, this superb hotel – the sole five-star hotel in town – is a swish first-rate choice if you choose to reside at the top end in Santa…
Dodecanese
This lovely, freshly renovated hotel offers light and airy rooms, each decorated in chic style. There are also studios and apartments (with kitchenettes)…
Marsala
Perfectly positioned in Marsala's historic city centre, this lovely B&B offers three attractive rooms – including a palatial front unit with cathedral…
Pamukkale
The closest thing to a boutique hotel in Pamukkale, Melrose House has 17 spacious, modern rooms (some with balconies) including a family room and two…
Valencia
This friendly, family-run, 18-room spot occupies a renovated 18th-century posada (where wealthier merchants bringing produce to market would spend the…
Granada
Hidden in a venerable 16th-century building, the Casa de los Migueletes, this elegant 25-room boutique property charms with its delightful old-world…
Picos de Europa
The ever-popular, flower-fringed Oso comprises majestic twin stone houses facing each other across the Río Deva and the road. Spacious, rustic-style rooms…
Costa Smeralda
Follow the donkey signs to Laura Lagattolla's welcoming rural retreat, 1km north of San Pantaleo. A relaxed, ramshackle farm, it offers simple guest rooms…
Kalkan
Cobbled out of a couple of 19th-century village houses, this sympathetically-restored property is an old-town delight. With six rooms retaining their…
Naples
Everyone from artists to Parisian fashionistas adores this elegant guesthouse, lavished with antiques, books and original artworks. Its four guestrooms…
Northeastern Sardinia
High above the Golfo Aranci, Francesca and Angelo's welcoming Gallurese stazzo (farmhouse) stands in blissful isolation on a hilltop with 360-degree views…
Hora (Naxos)
There are few more atmospheric lodgings in Naxos than this beautifully restored Venetian house, right in the heart of the kastro. The heavy wooden beams,…
Ios
Former backpackers are now sending their own 18-year-olds to Francesco’s, which is still going strong. Rooms are spotless, hillside views are great and it…
Menorca
Crank up the romance at this rambling, whitewashed, adults-only retreat, 1.5km northeast of Sant Lluís. Draped in bougainvillea, the 18th-century…
Macedonia
'Red House' is an absolute gem – a restored 1840 mansion with six uniquely decorated bedrooms in its main room and three more in the adjacent building…
Taormina
Every detail is perfect at this painstakingly restored former music school turned luxurious B&B, on a back alley near Piazza IX Aprile. Vintage furniture…
Bodrum Peninsula
Staying at this exquisite 'house of art and leisure' with a dozen different suites, owned by a cultured Turkish family, is like visiting the home of an…
Cortina d’Ampezzo
A 10km, forest-shaded drive from Cortina, this stylish place is astounding value, with spectacular mountain views from its large rooms. The well-regarded…
Northern Mallorca
A spiral staircase twists up to simple rooms jazzed up with one-of-a-kind marine life illustrations and lamps in this rambling house that has welcomed…
Noto
In Noto's historic workers' quarter, this sophisticated B&B is owned by the gracious Giorgio and Carla, who gave up the stress of northern Italian life to…
Trastevere & Gianicolo
It's seldom you can stay in a 16th-century convent designed by baroque genius Borromini. This four-star hotel is exquisitely appointed – muted colours…
Santillana del Mar
The 14 rooms at this elegant 18th-century house, once home to the Colegiata’s organist, are particularly attractive, with plush rugs, antique furniture,…
Formentera
Formentera slips into the glam shoes of Ibiza at this gorgeous beachside beauty of a hotel, recently sleekly remodelled. It occupies what was originally…
Stromboli
This cheerful Aeolian-style guesthouse is only 100m from a sweet black-sand beach in Piscità, the tranquil neighbourhood at the west end of town. Dorms,…
Trieste
The Habsburg-era, seafront Grand Hotel is Trieste's other luxury hotel, offering sumptuous contemporary glamour in place of the Duchi's tradition and…
San Gimignano
American Baker Bloodworth left a career in Hollywood to open this boutique retreat with his Italian partner Cristian Rovetta, the culinary force behind…
Gaziantep
You'll feel like you're staying with friends at this lovingly restored courtyard-house. Old-fashioned charm abounds in the five rooms with their dark-wood…
Hania
Luxury is taken very seriously at this elegant 17th-century mansion in the Venetian quarter. Choose from standard rooms, one-bedroom apartments and suites…
Toledo
Across from the cathedral, this seductive hotel is built on the site of an 11th-century Islamic palace, which can be best appreciated by visiting their…
Turquoise Coast
A lovely German-owned rustic timber-and-stone lodge almost hidden on a wooded slope. Both the suites (with kitchenettes) and standard rooms are spacious…
Granada
Live like a Nasrid emir at Granada's original boutique hotel, an exquisite late 15th-century mansion in the lower Albayzín lovingly restored by architect…
Catalonia
Rooms occupy an adjoining modern building, but that doesn't dim the magic of sleeping like a lord at this parador within Cardona's medieval castle…
Thessaloniki
Stylish, colourful and bright, the Blue Bottle is a delightful, reasonably priced boutique hotel just north of Ladadika. Solo travellers, couples and…
Southwestern Sardinia
Guests are met with a warm Sardinian welcome at this charming farmstay, nestled amid olive groves and fruit trees near Pauli Arbarei. Its sunny, simply…
Zakynthos
Fancy your own luxury stone cottage surrounded by oaks and olives that's tucked away from the rat race at the end of a long, dusty track? This place…
Pamplona
Inside the converted 18th-century former home of the viceroy of New Granada, this sumptuous hotel is Pamplona's most atmospheric place to stay. On arrival…
Troödos Mountains
These spacious, pretty rooms have balconies with valley views. The hotel is obviously well cared for by the owner, who is charming and eager to please…
Amalfi
DieciSedici (1016) dresses up an old medieval palace in the kind of style that only the Italians can muster. The half-dozen rooms dazzle with chandeliers,…
Valletta
Named after the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, this new hotel has just five suites furnished with antiques and filling a traditional Valletta…
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