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.

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.
The hostel reached surprising levels of sophistication in Japan, before returning back to Europe and the U.S. with a stylish new identity that’s infiltrated our hotel selection.
We’ve seen hotels in all sorts of wild places — forts, caves, ghost towns, wine tanks. But there’s nothing else quite like a hotel in a train on a bridge.
Some of the best hotels were created not by a team of architects and designers, but by one or two ambitious visionaries with little more than a desire to get the details just right. Particularly in France.