Hotel Art Nouveau is a rare find – a city hotel in an excellent location, yet with a warm, genuine atmosphere that invites you to experience Berlin as a local, instead of a tourist. Proprietor Ingo Bethke welcomes guests personally in reception, which is located on the third floor of a 19thC Art Nouveau building… Read more »

Our printed guide editor Nicky Swallow writes that Hotel Palazzo Guadagni as a Room with a View atmosphere. This 16thC palazzo, originally built for a silk merchant, offers guests not just a room, but a whole Loggia Roof Bar with panoramic views of Florence. A family-run hotel, Palazzo Guadagni has the authentic feel of a private… Read more »

Owner Marie-Pier’s parents transformed this late 17thC estate in Honfleur, Normandy, into a hotel in 1993 – she subsequently took over in 2011 and runs La Chaumière alongside her three children. The hotel consists of the main half-timbered house, the pretty stone Manoir de la Plage, and five hectares of beautiful grounds. There are nine… Read more »

Our series editor Fiona Duncan visited soon after it opened in summer 2026, without hesitation ranking it among her favourite mid-price country house hotels – up there with The Abbey, Penzance (sadly long closed) and Penally Abbey, near Tenby. Fiona especially liked its natural fit with the setting: the serenely unspoiled village of Teffont Evias… Read more »

The newest addition to the Beckford Group offers the best of both worlds: a sophisticated restaurant and wine shop, with eleven cosy bedrooms upstairs. The townhouse has retained its historic charm without compromising on modern comfort. The bedrooms are tastefully decorated, with views out onto Corsham’s cobbled High Street, and the brasserie’s burgundy banquettes and… Read more »

This thoughtfully renovated 19thC coaching inn is a recent addition to the Beckford Group, and is yet another example of their winning formula: charming old building, elegant design, and genuinely excellent service. Located in the historic village of Maiden Bradley, the inn is perfectly placed for exploring Cranbourne Chase (AONB), as well as the market towns… Read more »

Magical mountain hideaway in the Austrian Alps

This historic hotel sits right at the edge of Loch Sunart on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula, at the gateway to the ‘Wild West’ of the Scottish Highlands. The Georgian building was originally a mine manager’s house, and the rooms – except for the Sunart Suite– are named after local mines. The Bellsgrove and Corrantee rooms look… Read more »

A firm favourite with our audience, this Georgian stone house near Llandrillo is decorated with elegant flair, period antiques and fine paintings, creating a serene ambience. Tyddyn Llan is very much a home, despite the number of guests it can accommodate. There is a major extension to the building, cleverly complementary to the original, using… Read more »

This handsome hotel on the pink granite coast of Brittany stands high above the sea with a path running down to the beach, offering unbeatable views over the bay of Lannion. The beautiful turn of the century home was opened as a hotel in 1978, and the same family still runs it today. Ti al… Read more »

There’s been a settlement on the site of Follonico for 800 years, a boast even for these parts. Once a farmhouse serving the surrounding vineyards, this building has now been restored to provide six lovely suites and a hay-coloured stone exterior beautifully in sympathy with its landscape of rolling hills and vineyards. The public rooms… Read more »

Everything we like. It’s a charming oasis opened 2023 by Hadrien and Alexia in a handsome 19thC grand bourgeois mansion. The essentials are all in place: super-comfortable beds; gleaming contemporary bathrooms; stylish-yet-unpretentious furniture and decoration; easy chairs and a table for the laptop. He is French, she is Austrian but English university educated. They came… Read more »

Not a hotel, but a home

You’re one of the family here

Contemporary amenities in a rural setting

Discreet escape just outside of Florence

A reason to stick around

Warm welcome in a historical venue

Agriturismo done right

A spirit of family

A century of excellent service

Practically a home from home

Welcoming and stylish

Traditional and contemporary

Panoramic views over Lake Como

Family-run, timeless

Unspoiled location

Stylish and luxurious apartments in the heart of Venice

Panoramic views with a rich history

Timeless luxury

Authentic and family-run

Laidback and friendly

Refreshing retreat from central London

Lively atmosphere

Rustic character in a picturesque location

Supper club with a spin plus refined rooms

Exceptional location

Definitely one of our top two-star hotels, with perhaps the most charming façade of all. It stands at the end of Passage Jouffroy, one of the 19thC glass-and-steel roofed arcades which thread this no-frills shopping and theatre neighbourhood, and as you approach you may worry that it will be a tourist trap. Not at all…. Read more »

Copper-bottomed, all-round quality, plus an individual vibe.

Friendly and affordable

Beautifully restored castle

Grand and homely

Charming and stylish

Unique and imaginative country house

The name is fair enough: this is a magnificent Tyrolean Art Nouveau mansion that started in 1913 as a butcher’s shop with flats above. Decades later, in 1964, it was converted into a bed and breakfast, before becoming a hotel in 1972. It’s a key feature of the pedestrian zone in the graceful town of… Read more »

In a little-visited corner of the North West, on a peaceful bend of the river Wyre, this place’s real heart, soul and energy is that of owners Patrick and Julie Beame. This husband-wife duo’s passion for their community seeps into every nook of this old 17thC Inn and its assortment of outbuildings. The hotel and… Read more »

New to our small but growing Portugal selection, an agriturismo with style and individuality. A collection of farm buildings has recently been converted to provide rustic-chic rooms and delightfully relaxed public spaces. Reliable sunshine in summer, it’s surrounded by vineyards of the Minho region of northern Portugal, bordering Spain. It’s relatively sleepy – slow right… Read more »

This ticks most of our boxes. The hotel stretches across 80 hectares of the Vaucluse, among Gigondas vineyards at the foot of the Dentelles de Monmirail. Expect delightful views of a narrow valley, looking out over hills and vineyards. It has been in the hands of the Bernard family for four generations, and dates back… Read more »