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The owners of this terrific hotel overlooking Gülhane Park know what keeps guests happy – rooms are impeccably clean, well sized and loaded with amenities. It has a restaurant, a roof terrace, an indoor pool and a hamam...
The owners of this terrific hotel overlooking Gülhane Park know what keeps guests happy – rooms are impeccably clean, well sized and loaded with amenities. It has a restaurant, a roof terrace, an indoor pool and a hamam...
This luxury belle époque hotel on the lakefront is sure of its place in many a heart. Inside it’s all gleaming marble, chandeliers, airy rooms and turn-of-the-20th-century grandeur. Parking is Sfr35 per day; wi-fi an extortionate Sfr45 for 30 hours...
'Moscow's first boutique hotel'. A classical edifice fronts the street, but the interior is sleek and sophisticated...
York's top spot is this breathtaking 17th-century country house set in 20 acres of parkland that was once the home of diarist Lady Mary Wortley Montagu...
Oozing class and boasting every creature comfort, this 16th-century palace (rebuilt following Napoleon’s destructive campaign) rises royally above the Ponte de São Gonçalo...
If the blonde wood, brown leather and brushed steel of modern boutique hotels leave you cold, then this is the place for you...
As the name suggests, this top choice epitomises European luxury, with elegant furnishings and a calm, light-filled interior lurking behind its refurbished neoclassical façade...
The grand old lady of Madrid, the Hotel Ritz is the height of exclusivity. One of the most lavish buildings in the city, it has classic style and impeccable service that is second to none...
When the owners of this hotel saw their location – halfway between the city and the airport – they knew they had to do something special, to build a self-contained world so innovative and luxurious that you’ll never want to leave...
This absolute charmer is a warren of 33 rooms that has been built within a row of 18th-century Georgian houses and fitted out with antique furniture (including a museum-piece collection of Victorian baths, showers and toilets), original wood panelli...
Built in the 1800s as the home of a rich Champagne merchant, this neo-Gothic extravaganza retains its original ceilings, stained glass and furnishings...
This superb option is housed inside the former Crutched Friar monastery complex, dating from 1483. Where there are modern touches, such as moulded furniture and padded walls, they accent the historical surrounds...
The only boutique hotel in town, the 72 rooms at this supercentral option are graded from 'comfortable' to 'fabulous' and, for the most part, live up to their names...
The ritzy, five-star Hotel Ta'Ċenċ hides in 160 hectares on a remote cliff-top plateau just east of Sannat, and is one of the islands' loveliest hotels...
The Italian fashion house has established a style icon in the heart of the medieval Old Town with this bold statement of a hotel – modernistic architecture, black-and-white decor with well-judged splashes of colour, impeccably mannered staff and, mo...
This completely renovated hotel has seriously upped accommodation standards in Vela Luka. The 58 rooms are finished to a very high standard and have hip, contemporary decor, and modish bathroom...
Not your grandmother’s Grand Canal getaway, the Palazzo Barbarigo is Venice’s splashiest new design hotel. The traditional water-gate entryway has been turned into a watering hole, with a deco-inspired bar and disco-inspired accent lighting...
Four 14th- to 17th-century houses wrapped around a traboule (secret passage) with preserved features like Italianate loggias make this an exquisite place to stay...
This brilliant hotel occupies a carefully restored 1920s mansion. Rooms are spread over three floors and set around a patio, or beside the roof terrace, which has views of Jerez’s roof line...
Avignon’s top hotel occupies a converted 16th-century palace with dramatic interiors decked in oriental rugs, gold-threaded tapestries, marble staircases and over-the-top Gallic style...
Slick, hip and unexpected, this is Drogheda's top dog when it comes to accommodation. Minimalist rooms are bathed in light and decked out with designer furniture and cool gadgets...
The lobby at this local institution is always a scene: old friends sprawl on the sofas, deals are cut at the tables and ladies from the neighbouring church's altar society exchange gossip over tea...
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