Hotels Directory

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Meadowood

900 Meadowood Lane St. Helena, CA

Napa Valley is not a place given to understatement. So when you hear of a luxury resort owned by one of America’s 100 richest men, you could be forgiven for fearing bling over bliss. Meadowood is entirely the latter, however, its luxury worn lightly. This is a country club without...read more

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Grand Hotel Tremezzo

Grand Hotel Tremezzo Via Regina, 8 - 22016 Tremezzina, Lago di Como Italia

How do you refresh and modernise a hotel that is over a century old, while retaining its original character? Boldly coloured upholstery seems to be the answer, if the Grand Hotel Tremezzo is anything to go by. An underlying happy marriage of modernity and tradition can be felt throughout, not...read more

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Hotel du Vin & Bistro Exeter

Magdalen Street Exeter

Set in a former eye hospital, The Hotel du Vin has turned every aspect of an imposing Victorian brick building near Exeter Cathedral to its advantage. Opened last year after a transformation of an existing hotel by design firm Fielden Clegg Bradley, it features a good dose of period charm...read more

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Hotel La Tour

Albert Street Birmingham

A stroll from New Street Station, this is a fine base for a weekend in the second city. Rooms are contemporary and compact, but clever design means they pack in all you need (plus more pillows than you can fight with). Aalto restaurant is a joyous revisit of 70s Scandinavia...read more

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The Ampersand

10 Harrington Road, London,

This spanking new South Kensington boutique hotel is more plush than palatial. The beds look like they were designed for a latter-day Greta Garbo to pose on. Upholstery in the rooms leans towards a padded look; carpeting and curtains are lavish. In contrast, the modern lighting is bright but easily...read more

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Riad Farnatchi

Derb el Farnatchi Rue Souk el Fassis Qua’at Ben Ahid Marrakech Medina MOROCCO

The thought of staying in a medina-based riad for the authentic taste of Marrakech is thoroughly enticing; the possibilty of hours of frustrated navigation through dusty souk streets in the fruitless effort to find your way back to that riad, somewhat less so. Riad Farnatchi has all the appeal of...read more

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Hotel Shangri-La

1301 Ocean Avenue Santa Monica, CA

This art deco dame sits overlooking the beach in Santa Monica, a 15 minute walk from the pier. Its glam style is a tad worn (call it LA ‘character’) but this hasn’t stopped it from being a high profile spot. Being in the city of the stars, it’s no surprise...read more

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The Dolder Grand

Kurhausstrasse 65 8032 Zürich Schweiz

Even as you’re making the ascent up Adlisberg Hill, on which The Dolder Grand sits majestically, you know you’re in a special part of town – the neighbourhood is less Heidi-esque huts, more multi-million pound mansions. The Dolder itself is no less impressive. Overlooking Lake Zurich and the city centre...read more

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Villa Magna

Paseo de la castellana 22, 28046 Madrid, Spain

Do it as the diplomats do: when in Madrid, book in to the glossy Villa Magna. Built in 1972 in a somewhat brutalist style, the hotel was given a serious makeover just a couple of years ago. Admittedly, the exterior is still not what you’d call beautiful, but the glam...read more

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