Culture
Combining modern amenities with a quaint feel and original features, here's our pick of five historic half-timbered hotels in the UK and beyond.
Harking back to a golden era of rail travel and sleeper trains, the hotels on this list include old station-master’s cottages, converted carriages and memorabilia-packed public spaces.
In this list we range from Guatemala to Brazil, picking hotels that have transformed old colonial houses and monuments into fabulous accommodation.
Welcome to Shoreditch. It's a long-standing favourite with London's creatives, and a great base for exploring the East End. Try one of these hotel selected by our panel of bloggers.
If you thought Germany's capital was cool... well, you were right. But the ultra-hip Friedrichshain and culturally diverse Kreuzberg take it to the next level.
It's the Amsterdam postcard image – riding a sit-up-and-beg bicycle along a canal path flanked by tall houses. Here are 5 canal houses that are now hotels.
Vietnam's cities are famous for a lot of things – their buzz and intensity, their street food, their vivid markets – so it's easy to forget that they're also treasure troves for history buffs.
It wasn’t long ago that the world seemed to hate brutalist architecture. These days though, brutalism is distinctly cool, and these five hotels prove that concrete is having its day.
Since the days of highwaymen, England’s inns have given refuge to many a weary traveller. Local ales, hearty food and a roaring fire are still key, but you’ll now find boutique bedrooms in the stable block rather than horses. Check out these five traditional pub stays.