The highway of history is littered with the carcasses of irrational confidence. Experimental was confident they could go from craft cocktail bars to iconic boutique hotels. They were right.
Long was the way and hard that out of the Dark Ages led to this suspenseful collection of hotels in carefully preserved medieval-era buildings. They’re not haunted, but they might as well be.
As Halloween nears, we turn toward Hollywood for an intimate look at The Charlie. Built by a silver screen legend, filled with the whispers of his famous friends, it’s now open to you as one of America’s most distinctive hotels.
Central California’s undiscovered, undeveloped, unpretentious surf villages are a dying breed. And for the unfamiliar, they probably seem too good to be true.
Six Senses brings its renowned brand of luxury wellness to Rome, with a big, bright, shining star of a hotel and a modern take on the Eternal City’s ancient baths.
The only thing boutique hotels have in common these days is a desire to be different. You know it when you see it, and you’ll see it at these Paris hotels.
"I went to Colorado with one goal in mind: to sleep in the shadow of a 300-million-year-old butte. Its photos had captivated me. A scaly burnt fin jutting out of the top of a mountain, towering over the Gateway Canyons Resort."
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Caldera House in Jackson Hole, Wyoming — Turning the rustic textures of wood, stone, and leather into something refined, contemporary, and faultlessly stylish.
Morocco’s labyrinthine medinas were built to slow and confuse invaders. Now, those twisting streets are a desirable feature for modern travelers. So are the riad hotels hidden throughout.
There’s no doubt which countries are the “Big Three” of European wine production. When it comes to winery hotels, however, a new challenger is looking to join the party.
Don’t head to Collective Vail unless you have at least nominal interest in camping. You’re not roughing it in the traditional sense, but you are more or less outside, which is presumably the reason you’ve gone with tents over some glass tower in Denver.
Soho House saw the suits taking over their members clubs, and knew a spring cleaning was in order. Their purge is our gain, in the form of creative, comfortable, obsessively designed boutique hotels.
The setting for Dexamenes Seaside Hotel is an abandoned wine factory on a beach in Greece. Not that you’ll need reminding. Everything here has changed, but absolutely nothing’s changed.
Johnny Rotten’s scrawled caricatures of his bandmates (Nancy too, of course) still line the walls of their old apartment. Today, his twisted interpretations of Sid and the gang adorn the living space in Chateau Denmark’s I Am Anarchy suite.
Castello di Vicarello in Tuscany — Perched on a hilltop surrounded by gently rolling hills, an authentic 12th-century castle, converted into a charming country house boutique by a couple of fashion types who moved down from Milan in search of the quiet life.
It would be difficult for any man-made structure to compete with these cliffside views of the Pacific, or the majesty of the redwood forests; but this strange and decadent little hotel holds its own. See more on Tablet Hotels.