Design

One of a Kind

Hotels in Trains On Bridges

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.

Hell Is Other People

Small Hotels You Can Have to Yourself

A collection of intimate hotels perfect for those who are looking for some separation — and looking to gleefully misinterpret Sartre’s famous phrase.

Full Monty

Spa Hotels With the Total Zen Package

To achieve full zen status, a hotel needs stunning design and an inspired setting to go along with its saunas, steam rooms, and sound baths. Oh, and maybe one other thing.

Award Tour

The Best New Hotel Designs of 2022

We’ve sifted through every hotel added to the Tablet selection in 2022. These are our picks for the year’s most exciting designs.

Serenity Now

The Reinvention of the Ryokan

Thirteen hundred years after the first ryokan opened, the formula for these Japanese country inns remains as appealing as ever, and plenty ripe for reinventing. Not that it needs any.

Hold the Fort

All Along the Watchtower Hotels

The thing about forts and watchtowers is that they typically stand guard on some pretty choice locations. That doesn’t change when they’re converted into hotels.