In with the new: 5 boutique hotels we can’t wait to check into

Travel planning for the new year is already well underway, and our newest hotel members are providing plenty of holiday inspiration — whether it’s whizzing down powdery slopes in the Austrian Alps or soaking up some winter sun on Sri Lanka’s palm-lined shores.

1. Park Lane Copenhagen, Denmark

Opens January 2025

Originally a 1920s cinema in northern Copenhagen’s Hellerup district, Park Lane Copenhagen has recently been reimagined as a boutique hotel. The creamy colour palette of earthy browns and hints of green is designed to reflect the hotel’s Øregård Park outlook, combining wood, marble, leather, mohair and bronze for a polished, minimalist aesthetic. The hotel’s chic restaurant and wine bar opens onto a terrace for al fresco dining, while the fireplace inside sets a cosy scene for autumn and winter. You’re mere moments from the sea, and around 20 minutes’ cycle from the city centre.

3. Taru Villas The Long House, Sri Lanka

Tucked away on Sri Lanka’s western coast, Taru Villas The Long House is made for barefoot Bentota beach holidays. Warm waters of the Indian Ocean gently lap the golden shoreline, while swaying palms and poolside parasols offer sun-dappled shade. Rooms and suites are a cocooning combination of sea-framing views, four-poster canopy beds, silk printed furnishings and tropical tones. There’s a long, slender outdoor pool to lounge beside, while the beach can be reached by crossing a railway track at the end of the garden. Ask the butler team to rustle up a fresh cocktail and deliver it beachside, or tuck into inventive Asian fusion dishes back at the dining pavilion.

5. The Moon Mansion, China

Volcanic rock meets modern design in sweeping lines and eye-catching curves at The Moon Mansion in Tengchong, the land of lakes, dormant volcanoes and misty ginkgo forests. Many of the bedrooms come with naturally carbonated spa pools, and suites have private terraces for tea sipping and drinking in the mountain and hot spring views. Yue dining is a light-flooded space, serving a tempting menu of local and fusion dishes alongside afternoon tea. The hotel’s crowning jewel, though, is a shimmering, crescent-shaped cliffside infinity pool that’s the largest in Asia.

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