Eagles Palace

Greece

Expect long, easy days at this resort. Lapped by the Aegean Sea, it perches on the Athos peninsula close to Halkidiki. The drive from Thessoloniki airport will take in vineyards and pine forests. Fresh interiors will catch your glance on arrival: crisp whites against ikat fabric and artworks. Later, explore...read more

The Leela Goa

India

Many still associate Goa with dreadlocked backpackers, suspicious-smelling cigarettes and all-night parties. But look beyond the hedonist hippy cliché and you’ll find The Leela Goa resort. It still offers the susegado (laid-back) spirit synonymous with the South Indian state, albeit on a significantly more luxurious scale. Set in 30ha of...read more

Club Med Yucatán

Mexico

For families where sport and activity is at the core of a holiday, there are few better locations than Club Med’s Yucatán resort, set on the Yucatán Peninsula furthermost away from the less salubrious parts of Cancún. As one of the first hotels built around Cancún in 1976, it occupies...read more

Sign of the Angel

Wiltshire

There’s something about Lacock that makes you feel like you’ve been here before. Then you suddenly realise the charming village on the edge of the Cotswolds, is something of a regular in period TV dramas and hit movies such as Harry Potter. One of its leading lights is the 15th-century...read more

The George Townhouse

Warwickshire

It doesn’t get much more English than cheering on Shipston-on-Stour’s cricket team before retiring to The George Townhouse’s sunny terrace for a locally distilled gin and tonic. While it may look every inch the traditional 18th-century staging inn, its 15 bedrooms are stylish oases of calm. Think textured fabrics and...read more

Valle Dell'erica

Sardinia

Sitting on Sardinia’s most northerly point, Valle Dell’Erica is designed to make the most of the island’s spectacular coastline. Rooms come with floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doors that lead on to terraces overlooking the water, the showers have windows so you never have to take your eyes off the blue scene...read more

Curtain Bluff

Antigua

On the southern tip of Antigua, Curtain Bluff braces itself against the currents and waves of the Atlantic on one side and the sultry calm of the Caribbean Sea on the other. Beachfront suites open directly on to the sand at this barefoot luxury resort. Put your feet up on...read more

Grace Santorini

Greece

There are some hotels that are destined to stay with you long after you’ve gone home. Grace Santorini is one such place. The chic resort is embedded in the vertiginous slopes of Imerovigli, a small enclave close to Fira on the western coast of the island. Its layout gracefully trickles...read more

Tótem

If interiors are your bag, be set to swoon over Madrid’s latest boutique hotel. Set in Salamanca, the city’s smartest neighbourhood, it occupies a discreet corner building with 64 rooms and suites set over five floors a few minutes’ walk from quality shops and restaurants. The colour palette is teal...read more