This is a simple guide to help answer a complicated question: “I think I want to travel. Where do I start?”
How to Travel
Where to Begin When You Travel Again
Midnight Love
Spoor62 Welcomes You to a Restored Railway
In the shadow of a former train station that peaked in the Roaring Twenties, in a region made famous by Marvin Gaye, hotel Spoor 62 gives guests a loving look into a historic railway line that connected Paris to the Belgian coast.
Living History
A Ryokan Renews the Lost Charm of the Past
The oldest hotel in the world is a ryokan. These traditional Japanese inns date back to medieval times and weary samurai travelers. Some ryokans have turned an eye toward the future. Others, like Nishimuraya Honkan, have not.
The Odyssey
An Epic Journey to the Greek Islands
Just as the sirens of Greek mythology lured sailors toward their rocky shores, the hotels of the Greek islands attract travelers to their luxurious cliffside accommodations. The latter scenario is far more hospitable, but no less epic.
Sextantio
The Tale of a Town That Became a Hotel
Santo Stefano di Sessanio was destined to become a ghost town. Instead, it became a hotel. And not just any hotel, but Sextantio, a “distributed hotel” that’s spread throughout the ancient Italian village.
Man Alive
New Life for Michelin’s History With Hotels
Michelin was the world’s first hotel curator. Now, more than 100 years later, Tablet is taking over and writing a new chapter in the tire company’s long history of hospitality expertise. Plus, a list of Tablet hotels that were featured in some of the earliest Michelin Guides.
Go Big
A Timely Guide to Booking an Entire Hotel
In an era where tight circles have become exclusive pods and exclusive pods have become entire social lives, buying out an entire hotel is no longer the sole purview of the wedding party or the corporate retreat.
My Austin
Two Decades of Transformation in Texas
From real-estate prices to homelessness and overcrowding, Austin is a city in transformation. Historian, journalist, and long-time resident S.C. Gwynne describes the change as he’s seen it during the past 20+ years.
Tourists Welcome
Big Things Are Happening in the Berkshires
North Adams, Massachusetts was an industrial town. Then it became a museum town. With the recent opening of Tourists, it can now call itself a cutting-edge boutique hotel town.
Executive Decision
Our CEO Selects Her Top Hotels for 2021
On January 1, Lucy Lieberman took over as the CEO of Tablet. She wanted to take a moment to introduce herself via the thing we care about most: hotels. Here are a dozen new Tablet hotels that she’s most excited about for the coming year.
Cousteau
A Luxury Resort and Legacy of Conservation
Fiji is known for palm trees, warm crystal blue seas, coral reefs, and soft sandy beaches. It’s also known for the Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort, a luxury island experience and meticulous model of sustainability created by the son of legendary undersea explorer Jacques.
Arrival Date: 2021
New Destinations You Should Visit This Year
When a location gets its first Tablet hotel, it’s a good bet that something important is happening there — that a destination has been born. So when it came time to give our picks for where you should travel in 2021, it was only natural that new Tablet hotels drove our selection.
Bright Future
Our 20 Favorite New Hotels of 2020
Tablet doesn’t play favorites with the hotels on our site. But the writers of the Agenda have a little something called “editorial independence.” Here, as a signal to brighter days ahead for travel, are our favorite new hotels added to the Tablet selection in the past year.
Holy War
Sacred Meets Profane at Kruisherenhotel
A 15th-century Dutch monastery has been infiltrated by modernity: bursting with quirk, bordering on sacrilegious. But the old building has the ultimate defense. Should the government decide, every contemporary flourish in the hotel must be broken down and disappeared in just 90 days.
Room for a Day
Hotels Are Happy to Host Your Workday
You could be king for a day. You could be queen for a day. But what if there was something better? What if you could work from a hotel room for a day? And not just any hotel room, but a luxurious, high-design hotel room?
Modern Spin
Mexico’s Hotels Take a Fresh Look at Tradition
In so many of its most exciting hotels, Mexico has mastered the art of marrying traditional forms with modern designs, creating the perfect blend of old-world charm and present-day progress.
Presents of Mind
Gifts That Take You Where Your Body Can’t Go
While corona kept our bodies from going on any big getaways this year, there’s still time to send our minds on a trip to the destinations we most desire — via our stomachs. We canvassed our staff and correspondents around the world for the foods that remind them most of home.
Surf and Safari
An Inviting Variety of Hotels in Sri Lanka
The most remarkable thing about Sri Lanka might just be the incredible variety that’s packed into such a compact island. The hotels are no exception.