Lyon & the Rhône Valley
This charming inn features 13 rooms in various buildings scattered around the village. They’re all equipped to the highest standard, but the vast suites…
Lyon & the Rhône Valley
This charming inn features 13 rooms in various buildings scattered around the village. They’re all equipped to the highest standard, but the vast suites…
South Cornwall
This popular seafront hotel brims with checks, stripes, sea-blues and slatted wood for that essential maritime feel. Nautical touches like buoys, ropes…
Leeds
This pioneer of the boutique-hotel scene (it opened in 1991), set in a 19th-century grain mill, has been somewhat overshadowed by Leeds' clutch of new…
Peniche
This place comprises three accommodation options within the same block: simpler São João, the original Maciel and a modernised Maciel II opposite. We like…
Nantes
Lifestyle is what four-star, design-driven Okko is all about. Eighty smart, functional rooms stack up on six floors, but it is the ground-floor 'club'…
Languedoc-Roussillon
Here you'll be smitten by mellow tranquillity. Nestled in a combe (narrow valley) that feels like the world's end, this offbeat B&B occupying a…
Cannes
Recently converted into a four-star boutique hotel, this former mas (farmstead) on a residential hillside north of town offers a refuge from Cannes’ urban…
Villefranche-sur-Mer
Boasting an unbeatable location on Villefranche's waterfront promenade, this burnt-orange beauty has 35 nautically themed rooms, all with balcony and sea…
Manchester
Gladstone, Dickens and Fitzgerald…just some of the names associated with the historic Free Trade Hall, now an elegant business hotel with high-end…
County Antrim
On the cliffs above the Giant's Causeway, this 28-room National Trust–owned hotel is an ideal base for exploring the coast early or late in the day…
Brighton & Hove
The retro styling at this eccentric Kemptown pad features everything from vintage posters and bright ’60s and ’70s wallpaper to Bollywood film ads, floral…
The Luberon
On a side road off the D149, surrounded by orchards and vineyards, this rural hideaway has three country-charming rooms with a mishmash of rustic antiques…
Outer Hebrides
Run since 1903 by four generations of the Cameron family, Harris Hotel is a 19th-century sporting hotel, built in 1865 for visiting anglers and deer…
St-Malo
This lovely hotel has 15 clean and simple-style rooms and affords not only good value, but also excellent service and an ideal location on a quiet, old…
Burgundy
Surrounded by rolling fields near the main highway 3km south of town, this immaculate B&B offers four spacious, comfortable rooms and one suite. Friendly…
The Midlands
Surrounded by sweeping lawns, family-run Dún Cromáin has three large rooms simply decorated in pastel colours with light wood and white linens. The…
Normandy
Packed with character and a measure of grandeur, this hideaway is a gem: rustically stylish without being twee. The 12 rooms are spacious, elegant,…
The Pyrenees
This offbeat hotel has themed all its rooms after notable figures from Mirepoix’ past. The best ones are the Louis XVI–style Monseigneur room, with…
York
This grand, early-19th-century heritage-listed building has been converted into an upmarket hotel, complete with a solarium, beauty spa and outdoor heated…
North York Moors National Park
Just behind Helmsley's church, the Feversham Arms has a snug and sophisticated atmosphere where country charm meets boutique chic. Service is excellent…
Cannes
This boutique stunner, just a couple of blocks back from La Croisette, is the epitome of Cannes glamour: designer grey rooms with splashes of candy pink,…
Villa Saint-Exupéry Beach Hostel
Nice
Five blocks in from the beach, this long-standing, centrally located city hostel has plenty of pluses: bar, kitchen, gym, sauna, ping-pong, games room and…
The Algarve
On a wooded hill 6.7km northeast of Salir, this converted farmhouse is encircled by eucalyptus, olive and cork trees. Accommodation is rustic; the studio…
Oxford & the Cotswolds
In a lovely location, with its own lake, this 500-year-old manor offers 30 opulent rooms hidden down hushed carpeted corridors. Those in the manor itself…
Exeter
Overlooking the banks of the River Exe (and busy Bonhay Rd), this house has more than two centuries of history, not that you'd guess from the 11…
Northumberland Coast
In a charming town-centre location, Berwick's most romantic B&B has three fresh, elegant and contemporary guest rooms, locally sourced and/or organic…
Côte d'Azur
It's hard to imagine that Le Bar-sur-Loup’s majestic 13th-century castle, perched right at the top of the village, once lay in ruins. It's now an…
Auberge de Jeunesse Remerschen
Luxembourg
Set in a renovated convent and a striking contemporary building overlooking a nature reserve, this excellent hostel is 3km north of Schengen on the main …
Chester
Contemporary hotel with 84 rooms all equipped with handcrafted Vispring beds and handsome bathrooms complete with monsoon showers. Good toiletries, flat…
Birmingham
A stylish operation on the 23rd and 24th floors of the Mailbox's annexe, The Cube, Birmingham's branch of the high-end Hotel Indigo chain marries a handy…
Coimbra
With attractive rooms and a prime location near the action, the friendly family-run Vitóriais a great choice. Its light-filled rooms are clean and unfussy…
County Clare
At Cahergal you can wake up to the gentle clucking of chickens on a working farm. With bucolic views, floral drapes and framed Irish landscape prints,…
Amboise
What better way to experience the Loire vibe than to stay in a 16th-century château? The 19 rooms here, each named after a famous visitor, are brimming…
Jersey
In a super-central location, one of Jersey's most venerable hotels was formerly patronised by the likes of Victor Hugo and Dame Vera Lynn. It's had a…
Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês
Casa dos Braganças in the village of Tourém is a delightful rural inn run by a friendly live-in family. The 18th-century house features 11 rooms and one…
Montmartre & Northern Paris
In the heart of Montmartre on rue Abbesses, an original gold-stone doorway marks the entrance to this contemporary hotel inspired by American graphic…
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
This extended country house, set alongside the River Clewedog, started life as a 16th-century fulling mill. It's now a peaceful retreat straight out of…
Amsterdam
Originally a 19th-century school, the impressive-looking College Hotel has stylish rooms you'd never think were former classrooms. It's a celebrity…
Oban
Set in a grand Victorian villa on the Esplanade, 0.75 miles north of Oban's train station, this hostel is modernised to a high standard, with comfy wooden…
Maastricht
This centrally moored boat has 34 basic, inexpensive cabins which are very compact with beds that won't suit the tall. Doubles ensure that couples get…
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