York House, Lisbon, Portugal

Gorgeous, boutique, yet affordable, York House is up a flight of tatty stone steps, but at the top is a romantic converted Carmelite convent; some rooms still even have the grilles over the door’s Read more [...]

Hotel Le Silve, Assisi, Umbria, Italy

Hotel Le Silve sits atop an Umbrian hill and boasts an eye-watering, knee-trembling 360-degree views of a Renaissance landscape of mist-cloaked valleys, honey-coloured hill towns and watercolour groves Read more [...]

Dionysos Estate, Kumlubuk Bay, Turkey

The super-stylish Dionysos Estate has everything at its fingertips – a private beach club with an array of water sports, a Decléor spa with open-air hot tubs and an organic farm supplying the hotel’s Read more [...]

Lesic Dimitri Palace, Korcula, Croatia

Those who love the feel of the city of Dubrovnik but can’t bear the crowds head to lesser-known Korcula town on the sleepy island of Korcula, which juts dramatically into the sea a little north of Read more [...]

Domus Balthasar, Prague, Czech Republic

This stylish boutique hotel is literally steps from the Charles Bridge, in the heart of town, so the location couldn’t be better. Its baroque beams and sloping ceilings contrast nicely with an unintimidatingly Read more [...]

The Three Sisters, Tallinn, Estonia

The Three Sisters are three handsome, haughty 14th-century merchant houses on a quiet cobbled street within the medieval city walls, but you leave the Middle Ages at the door. The historic interiors Read more [...]

Side Hotel, Hamburg, Germany

If über-design floats your boat, and cutting-edge is the way you roll, you’ll adore the architect Jan Störmer’s 12-floor art hotel in Hamburg’s city centre. The furniture looks like pharmaceuticals, Read more [...]

Pand Hotel, Bruges, Belgium

The Pand does eclectic in a big way. Its 26 rooms, in an 18th-century coaching inn, are packed with antiques, chintzes, books and objets. This small boutique hotel oozes charm and character, increasingly Read more [...]

Marques des Riscal, Rioja, Spain

The Marques des Riscal is one of the most  unique design hotels in the world. Designed by Frank “Bilbao Guggenheim” Gehry and wrapped in his trademark titanium swirls, this is like staying in Read more [...]

Hotel Posada del Valle, Asturias, Spain

Set in 18 acres of organic farmland this delightful country hotel is in a lovely location The battered Atlantic coast lies one way, the Picos de Europa rise the other. In between, the Posada del Valle, Read more [...]