Destination Hotels

Rural Legends

Portugal’s Cutting-Edge Countryside Hotels

Portugal is one of the world’s hottest destinations. There are lots of reasons why. Our favorite is the number of thrilling new hotels opening throughout the country’s less populated areas.

Ski School

A Beginner’s Guide to the Austrian Alps

Five Alpine villages and twelve Tyrolean hotels anchor our entry-level primer on where to ski and stay in Austria.

Metamorphosis

14 of the Best Hotels in a Changing Berlin

Fourteen of our favorite hotels in Berlin — but before that, some reflections on a city that couldn’t stay “poor but sexy” forever. After that, a chance to give your thoughts on a changing Berlin.

What Dreams May Come

Nature Meets Design in Patagonia

You may never make it to Patagonia. And that would be a shame. Because if you ever do get there, you’ll find a place of unmatched splendor and magnificence. Unmatched, that is, by everything but its own hotels.

In Particular

The Private Mansion Hotels of Paris

The hôtel particulier is a wonderfully French concept. For nobles, these old mansions once represented country living in the heart of the city. For you, they provide access to a particularly rich way of experiencing Paris.

Sin Nombre

Great Hotels Along the Gulf of Mexico

There’s been a bit of controversy in the U.S. over what to call the large body of water between Mexico and the southeastern states. There’s no controversy over these twelve terrific hotels, all within golf cart distance of the Gulf of Mexico.