Yi Hotel Mykonos
On an island already known for chic boutique hotels, Yi – ‘earth’ in Greek – is a stylish addition, its stone-clad exteriors artfully blending in with Mykonos’ dun-coloured, windswept landscape...
First In: Sensei Porcupine Creek, Rancho Mirage, California
This pick-and-mix-style retreat in the desert blends wellness and tech with creature comforts to promote a longer, healthier lifespan, finds Laura Millar
Virgin Hotels - New York City
Laura Millar checks in to the latest in the Branson super-portfiolio
Room for Romance
There's plenty of poetic appeal in the dreamy Retreat at Elcot Park, finds Laura Millar
What became of the likely lads?
Rock and roll enfants terribles, The Libertines, have opened a seaside hotel in Margate with a suitably rakish feel, discovers Laura Millar...
Bolt Hole: Trendy No.131 is a slam Dunkerton
CHELTENHAM starts being delightful the minute my friend Katy and I exit the station, and it doesn’t let up until we return two days later.
Play queen of the castle in Provence
AS I gaze out of my window on to the sprawling grounds, carpeted in the colourful blossoms and bushes that lead up to the elegant entrance to my digs for the weekend, I feel a bit like Marie Antoinette in the Petit Trianon (the less flashy palace she had built in the grounds of Versailles).
Granted, the building doesn’t look much like your typical image of a fairy-tale castle but more like the French definition — a multi-storeyed, honey-stoned château. To the right are the former stables, which
Maxwell, Singapore: inside one of the first Six Senses city hotels
One of resort brand Six Senses’ first ever city hotels, the Maxwell seduces with its mix of contemporary chic and nods to tradition...
Leave the crowds behind for a suite spot just outside Florence
It’s the romantic destination you pick when you want to avoid the cliché of Rome, but Florence has just as much history, culture, and amazing food, frankly. However, it can get a bit crowded...
The RuMa, Kuala Lumpur – hotel review
Unassuming from the outside, this slick, luxurious hotel surprises and delights with several design show-stoppers...
Michelin-starred meals and modern glamour on the Cote d’Azur
So your superyacht’s currently in dry dock, but you still want a taste of the action in St Tropez?
A slick new hotel in Austria’s capital blends ‘lean luxury’ with rock’n’roll
‘GRAB me and use me’ is the ever-so-provocative sign displayed on one of the two electric guitars hanging up in Ruby Marie’s stylish reception-cum-bar area. Even the name sounds like some kind of 1970s rock chick but this Vienna hotel is actually an entirely 21st-century proposition.
A Long Weekend in the Eden of the Balearic Islands
Laura Millar finds paradise in a hotel set in the Garden of Eden
of the Balearic Islands...
Escape: A gothic glory in Ghent
WE’VE just checked in to 1898 The Post hotel and already my boyfriend and I are being sent to the tower — thanks to the intriguing suggestion of the friendly, elegantly dressed receptionist.
Euro Star: Le Barn, set in a forest outside Paris, is perfect for an idyllic countryside getaway
SAUNTERING slowly through a picture-perfect, wildflower-carpeted meadow, on the back of a big grey horse called Olivera, I feel my shoulders start to drop as the stress of city life leaves my body.
Spend a weekend in Ghent and you can sleep in a post office
Despite being Belgium’s fourth-largest city, not many people seem to know about Ghent, which is a total shame, says Laura Millar
