Paris
In an 18th-century building based on plans designed by Jules-Hardouin Mansart, Louis XIV's main architect on Château de Versailles, this hotel evokes the…
Must-see hotels in Western Europe
The Cotswolds
Guests at this venerable coaching inn follow in the footsteps of illustrious predecessors including Charles II and Horatio Nelson. Plusher rooms feature…
Corte
Roughly six hours’ walk from Corte, this mountain refuge makes a useful overnight stop if you’re hiking the loop through the Tavignano and Restonica…
Cumbria & the Lakes
For a town-centre hotel at reasonable prices, you can't do any better than this chic little number. Pine furniture, laminate floors and tasteful tints of…
Dumfries & Galloway
This well-run central pub is a very pleasant place to lay your head, with comfortable modernised en-suite rooms – the large room 1 is especially appealing…
Parc National des Pyrénées
In Arudy, this hotel looks like it’s appeared from a vintage postcard. It’s on a quiet street leading to the church; outside there are pale green shutters…
Oxford & the Cotswolds
This elaborate half-timbered inn was originally built to house the artisans working on nearby Waddesdon Manor. The 16 rooms have been stylishly renovated,…
Exeter
Nine rooms – all smart, uncluttered and contemporary – are on offer at this classic red-brick, ivy-covered townhouse. Many still have original features…
The West End
With a modern interior with lashings of mauve and royal blue and green-tiled bathrooms, this stylish 43-room Bloomsbury hotel is arguably the best on a…
Loch Lomond
Though you're paying quite a bit for the location, there's something very likeable about the modernised but still traditional rooms here, with their…
Arras
Ensconced in a 16th-century former Jesuit monastery, this fashionable inn is arrayed in a horseshoe shape around a quiet neoclassical courtyard. Heavy…
South Cornwall
The best place to stay in the city centre. The part-Georgian building has been tastefully modernised, with bright colours and functional furniture, even…
St-Malo
these modern, comfortable apartments are just 500m east of Porte St-Vincent. Some have balconies and some sea views, while the cheaper rooms look onto the…
South Cornwall
This hillside hotel up above Mevagissey's port is the pick of the places to stay in town. It's in a stone manorhouse, and surrounded by neatly trimmed…
The Midlands
Right in the town centre, the hub of this hotel is a lovely early-19th-century stone house. Accommodation is in an annex with 26 contemporary rooms in…
The Cairngorms
Handy to the train station, the welcoming five-room Ardlogie has great views over the River Spey towards the Cairngorms, and the chance of spotting red…
Lille, Flanders & the Somme
Originally a relais de poste (coaching inn), the Saint-Claude is in the centre of Péronne just 200m from the medieval château housing the Historial de la…
County Donegal
The three rooms are bright and inviting, and the Donegal charm is in full swing at this fine choice run by Kathleen. Your breakfast may well go cold on…
Cannes
This cinema-themed hotel is styled after the 'seventh art' (as French people call film), with the rooms divided into three filmic categories (Short Film,…
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Calvi
This good-value hostel spreads through two buildings on the hillside 4km south of the centre, near the start (or end) of the GR20 footpath. As well as two…
Galway City
The nearest thing to staying with your own Irish relatives is checking into this welcoming B&B. Run by warm-hearted Mary, the impeccably kept older-style…
The West End
Offering an unbeatable location in the middle of Soho, this brightly painted, friendly establishment offers spacious, clean dorm rooms with four to 18…
Jersey
A short walk from Rozel Bay, this popular campsite throngs with campers, motorhomes, children splashing in the pool and picnickers cooking up lunch on…
Normandy
This well-located, ivy-wreathed 19-room old-school hotel has a medley of rooms, the best of which look out over the boats bobbing about in the green…
Avignon
A refined choice: a spacious and well-run hotel in a lovely building near the town hall (and its clock, hence the name), handily placed just off Avignon's…
Inverness
This may be Inverness’ smallest hostel (34 beds), but it’s hugely popular. It’s a friendly, quiet place – the main building has a convivial lounge centred…
Brussels
This very welcoming family hotel established in 1958 uses model yachts to give the lobby and piano room a certain nautical feel. Sepia photos of Belgian…
Northeast England
A converted 1866-built Methodist chapel by a trickling stream houses this independent hostel. There's a laundry and roomy kitchen, but if you don't feel…
Northeast England
Built using recycled bits of the wall on whose foundations it stands, this superb farmhouse half a mile north of Greenhead offers comfy rooms, a basic…
The Lake District
You'll be lulled to sleep by the sound of the river at this tiny B&B, tucked off the main street. The three rooms are small but sweet: Rattleghyll is…
Ajaccio
Hôtel Marengo is a charmingly eccentric little hotel, a block up from Trottel beach 1km west of the old town. Its plain but comfortable rooms lack sea…
Dorset
The airy, easygoing, stylish bedrooms in this fabulous-value guesthouse are full of bay windows, wicker and white wood. Breakfast is delivered to your…
Cardiff
A good 30 minutes' walk from either the bay or central Cardiff (follow the river south, turn right on to Penarth Rd and then left after 650m), this gay…
Frisian Islands
A couple of blocks up from the ferry port, the Oepkes offers straightforward comfort in a modern red-brick building in the heart of West-Terschelling…
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
Tucked away near a privately owned castle halfway between Llanberis and Caernarfon, this large holiday park rents out static caravans (some with central…
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
Just over the bridge on the way to Tŷ Mawr, this ivy-draped 1860s stone house has three vibrant colour-coded guest rooms and a separate coach-house…
Orkney
With a wide variety of rooms divided between the pub itself and former guesthouses opposite, the Ferry is a useful accommodation option in Stromness,…
The Cairngorms
This Victorian shooting lodge on the southern outskirts of Braemar has bags of character, not least in the wood-panelled Malt Room bar, which is as well…
Luxembourg
With a perfect location right on the central square, Hostellerie de la Basilique makes a great base for exploring the Müllerthal, with spacious rooms with…
Southeast Wales
This mid-7th-century pub by the castle has had an artful makeover, with rugs and antique furniture complementing the more rugged features of the ancient…
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