Culture
With their traditional roofs and courtyards, as well as their thoughtful placement in relation to their surroundings, Hanok houses reflect a Korean architectural design that dates back to the 1500s and the Joseon Dynasty.
From markets to museums to local food, here's how to spend a weekend in East London.
Whether you opt to stay in an inn, a boutique resort or a beachside spa retreat, enjoy the experience of sleeping under a roof of straw at one of these five hotels.
Pod hotels emerged in 1970s Japan as a cheap, efficient and practical way for business travellers to get a good night’s sleep and little else. However, over the years, capsule hotels – as they’re also known as –have gained in popularity, and can now be found all over the world.
The distinctive wooden architecture of the Chiloé Archipelago is a major draw for travellers to the region, who come to see the churches clad in wood shingle that have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Once the preserve of the most well-to-do Italian families, many former palaces and villas have been converted into stylish, luxury hotels where you no longer need to know the local Count if you fancy a bed for a night.
Born in early-20th-century Germany, the Bauhaus school was an art and architecture movement that emphasised clean lines and the harmony between function and design that would turn it into a byword for modernist elegance.
A little while ago Italy had a problem with abandoned buildings in remote locations. Whole villages, usually in the hills and mountains, were ending up as ghost towns, as inhabitants found it increasingly difficult to make ends meet in these remote spots or just moved away.
If you haven't heard of the Dutch city of Leeuwarden before, it's been named the European Capital of Culture for 2018. Join in the celebrations with a stay at one of these hotels.