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From a dark sky reserve to a tropical catamaran cruise: top boutique stays for March

These hotels play with scale in different ways. Some reduce it — a monastery with 13 rooms, a handful of villas on a vast lake, fewer than 20 guests at

1 March 2026

Lofts, lodges, and lagoon villas: top boutique hotels for November

This month’s line-up is a celebration of contrast — where snow-dusted peaks meet sleek city hideaways and sunlit shores. From the Alps’ edge, where ski season is just stirring, to

1 November 2025

12 beautiful hotel bathtubs worth escaping to the countryside for this autumn

There’s something about the turn of the seasons that calls for a long, indulgent soak. Maybe it’s the crisp air, or the way your shoulders slump (in the best way)

7 September 2025