Saline Solution

Hotels That Are Cool With a Saltwater Pool

Saltwater pools are friendlier to the environment, healthier to splash about in, and require less maintenance compared to traditional pools. They’re also popping up at many of the world’s coolest hotels.

Long Bright World

It's Always Adventure Time in New Zealand

Adventurers have no shortage of destinations for finding their thrills, but there might be nowhere that collects so much variety in one place as the two islands of New Zealand.

All the Way Around

Hotels and Hot Tips for a Sicily Road Trip

Sicily isn’t exactly off the beaten path, but it hasn’t always been part of the standard Italian itinerary. That’s changing as visitors discover the island via Italy’s most cherished mode of travel.

Shipping Up

New England’s Nautically Inclined Hotels and Inns

We sailed our way up the Northeast coast, on the lookout for the clapboard guest houses and veranda-wrapped inns that smell most like maritime spirit.

Formula One

Twenty-Five Years of Grupo Habita Hotels

Grupo Habita launched 25 years ago in Mexico, among the first to perfect the formula for what would become the modern boutique hotel — wildly popular now, but a novel concept at the time.

North Sea Stroll

Frisian Farmhouse Hotels on the Isle of Sylt

We have a few things to apologize for in this story about Sylt, a laid-back, dune-swept island off the coast of Germany where pastoral traditions attract enormous wealth and celebrity.