Hotels

Reviews of the properties that define the category, from the icons that have earned their reputation to the openings worth rearranging a season for.

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Hotels7 min readSubscriber

The Royal Suite at The Oberoi, Marrakech

Behind olive groves older than the hotel itself, a walled suite with its own pool looks out to the Atlas Mountains and asks almost nothing of you.

Hotels7 min readSubscriber

Grikos Bay, and the Island That Keeps Its Distance

On an island with no airport and no hurry, a new Luxury Collection resort sits almost at the waterline and lets the Aegean do the talking.

Hotels7 min readSubscriber

The Treetops Above Atami, One Hour From Tokyo

On the Izu hills above Sagami Bay, a new SLH member trades the loudest city on earth for cedar canopy, hot spring water and a listening room.

Hotels6 min read

Rome, Handed Over at the Suite Door

Rocco Forte's new Suites & Beyond programme turns a booking into a private key to the city. At Hotel de Russie, that key opens onto a garden.

Hotels9 min readSubscriber

The Chalet That Rewrote Courchevel

The Alps no longer ask you to choose between a house and a hotel. One property has quietly ended the argument.

Hotels12 min readSubscriber

The Last Great Terrace on the Amalfi Coast

Fifty metres above the water, one hotel has spent four decades perfecting the art of doing very little. The definitive account of the coast's most coveted address.

Hotels8 min read

A Suite Built Around a Single Window

In Portofino, a nine-room house has made the most persuasive argument for restraint on the Italian Riviera.

Hotels10 min read

Lake Como's Quietest Villa Is Now Open

Fifteen rooms, one wisteria-covered terrace, and a policy of not telling anyone you are there.