Hotel Spotlight

Dropping In

Nothing to Fear at Evo Hotel Salt Lake City

We hope the hotels of the future look a little more like the Evo in Salt Lake City, where there’s a skatepark and a climbing facility and guests never have to be afraid to fall.

Salt Burn

Azumi Setoda Masters the Elements of Omotenashi

On a small Japanese island is a new ryokan from the founder of Aman. That might be all you need to hear — but you should also know the story of salt, from the fortune that built this splendid house to the ocean breeze that lashes its windows and wood.

Blind Tiger

New England’s Next Big Thing, in Photos

If there is a holy grail of hotel design, Blind Tiger has come close to attaining it. Even more impressive, they’ve figured out how to replicate it — in New England and beyond. Let’s take a look.

Borderlands

German Gasthaus Culture at Italy’s 1477 Reichhalter

A dozen or so klicks from the Austrian border, in the shadow of the mighty Dolomites, stands 1477 Reichhalter, a restaurant and hotel that delivers Italian passion, German culture, and Alpine craftsmanship.

Quiet Please

Terra Dominicata Makes a Few Demands

In the farmhouses of a 12th-century monastery, in the mountains of Spain’s Montsant Natural Park, one of the world’s greatest winery hotels strives for peace, silence, and the perfect Priorat.

Blank Canvas

Works in Progress at Toile Blanche in Provence

Behind the walls of what appears to be — and certainly is — a classic farmhouse hotel in southern France, is something more: a place for artists to live, work, and exhibit, all courtesy of the Leroy Brothers.