Tag: Staying Small

Run Wild

The Smallest New Boutique Hotels of 2025

Fifteen of the tiniest places added to our selection this past year show there’s no end to the possibilities of what a hotel can be.

High and Low #2

Small Hotels in Northern and Central Japan

From up in Hokkaido to down in Okinawa we’re calling out some of Japan’s delightful and highly detailed small hotels. This is part two, heading to the north.

High and Low

Small Hotels in Southern and Central Japan

From up in Hokkaido to down in Okinawa we’re calling out some of Japan’s delightful and highly detailed small hotels. This is part one, starting in the south.

Fun Size

The Smallest New Boutique Hotels of 2023

Small and New. Two of our absolute favorite things collide in this list with twelve of the tiniest hotels added to our selection in 2023.

Talk About the Passion

Labors of Love in the French Countryside

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.

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.