Hotels Directory

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W

Leicester Square, 10 Wardour Street, London,

Having a towering presence in Soho, just north of Leciester Square, the W makes a great base for exploration. Since opening in 2011, it has been the epicentre of London cool – just as it has in outposts around the world. Spice Market restaurant is an excellent representation of Southeast...read more

Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Bedroom 2

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Sofitel Metropole

15 Ngo Quyen, Street Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

In the heart of the Old Quarter, within walking distance of Hoan Kiem Lake and the famed red Huc Bridge, this history-rich address is a local institution, having hosted politicians, writers and celebrities since 1901. Graham Greene and Somerset Maugham both wrote novels during their elongated stays, and lend their...read more

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Byblos

20 AVENUE PAUL SIGNAC SAINT-TROPEZ

Legends circle the Hotel Byblos like the superyachts laying siege to the town’s powder-soft beaches. Built in 1967 by a Lebanese billionaire to seduce Brigitte Bardot, it was where Mick and Bianca Jagger spent their honeymoon, and where scores of A-listers seek refuge from prying paparazzi in high summer. Sunloungers...read more

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Trujillo Villas

Trujillo, Spain

The shadow of the conquistadors looms large in Trujillo, despite its inland location in Extremadura. The mansions that they triumphantly built with South American gold flank the town square, though the curlicues on the facades are now blurred and storks nurse their chicks in the chimney pots. Villa Martires and...read more

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The Ram Inn

The Ram Inn, The Street, Firle, Nr. Lewes, East Sussex

This one-time coaching inn at Firle has long had a following in literary circles, once a regular haunt of Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Set. Stay in the namesake Bloomsbury Room, with oak panels and a roll-top bath in the window looking over the South Downs. An evening begins with...read more

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The Rookery

12 Peter’s Lane, Cowcross Street, London

To go from the cobbled Farringdon streets into this peaceful 18th-century, 33-room boutique hotel is to step back in time. Rich antique furnishings provide a decadent but homely feel: think heavy silk, deep red-hued Persian rugs, Georgian four-poster beds alongside roll-top baths, beautiful bathrooms with REN toiletries. All furniture is...read more

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Principal

Marqués de Valdeiglesias, 1 (corner of Gran Via 2), Madrid

Genuine style abounds in Madrid with Design Hotels’ latest addition. Just off the central Gran Via, the Principal is perfectly located for a city break to the Spanish capital. Head up to the sixth-floor reception (a nice individual touch), where the light-filled space extends through into the stylish breakfast room...read more

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Sunborn

Ocean Village, Gibraltar

This may look like a cruise ship. It may float like a cruise ship and have all the luxury amenities of a cruise ship, but it’s a fraud; it’s a permanently moored hotel and doesn’t even have an engine. Bespoke built and then shipped across from Malaysia to be docked...read more

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Romanos, Costa Navarino

Navarino Dunes, Costa Navarino, Messinia

The west coast of the Peloponnese is chokka neither with sunburned tourists or rip-off package resorts. Instead, Messinia seduces with its kalamata olive groves and swathes of beautiful emerald ruggedness. It has genuine history, too – the perfectly preserved stadiums and ruins of ancient Messene are here, as well as...read more

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