Hotel Spotlight

Rivers and Tides

Artists Have Always Come to Ferme Saint-Siméon

If you’re looking for the Chateau Marmont of France, or the Chelsea Hotel for 19th-century Impressionist painters, you’ll find them in Normandy at the 400-year-old Ferme Saint-Siméon.

Horizon Line

Industry Meets Nature at Ace Hotel Toronto

The lobby of the Ace Hotel Toronto is so impressive, its design so noteworthy, its creation so reflective of the surrounding city, we decided it deserved a full scholarly examination.

Out of Time

Savoring Savannah and the Hotel Bardo

Savannah wears its history on its sleeve. The architecture, the food, even the future — all of it feeds through the filter of the past. You see it throughout town, and you see it at Hotel Bardo.

The Rarest Bird

Sonoma’s SingleThread Inn Joins an Exclusive List

Experts agree that the Stresemann’s Bristlefront is likely the rarest bird in the world. A similarly exceptional designation has been achieved in California by the SingleThread Restaurant and Inn.

Great Escape

The Wilmina Breaks Out of a Prison in Berlin

Political prisoners, mostly women, were housed in what would become the Wilmina, a new hotel that’s traded internment for tranquility in a surprising section of Berlin.

The Rock

Cashel Palace Is a Reliable Repose in Tipperary

“It’s a long way to Tipperary”, the old song goes, but travelers have always made the journey to this delightful county in Ireland, mostly to see the historic Rock of Cashel. These days, they’re also coming for the new Palace of Cashel.