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Where to Stay in Puerto Escondido
Mexico's Pacific surf town has become an unlikely capital of concrete architecture. A guide to the houses worth the flight.
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San Miguel de Allende, House by House
Colonial mansions turned into six-room hotels, in a UNESCO town built from pink stone. Where to stay in Mexico's most beautiful small city.
The Dolomites, From the Inside
South Tyrol builds mountain hotels better than anywhere in the Alps — spruce, quartzite, and windows framing the pale rock. Seven to know.
Palm Springs and the Art of Doing Nothing
Mid-century houses, saltwater pools, and 40°C afternoons. The desert town that turned lounging into an architectural movement.
Sleeping in the Balinese Jungle
North of Ubud the island turns vertical — river valleys, terraced rice, and hotels built with no walls at all.
Athens, Rebuilt Room by Room
A decade after the crisis, Athens has the most interesting small hotels in the Mediterranean. Neoclassical residences, Bauhaus blocks, and one bakery.
Japan by Design: Osaka and Tokyo
Tadao Ando concrete, MUJI minimalism, and a public bath house on the seventh floor. Where architecture and hospitality meet in urban Japan.
The Old Houses of the Balearics
Away from the beach clubs, Menorca, Ibiza and Lanzarote keep 18th-century manors and farmhouses that now take a handful of guests.
The English Countryside Weekend
Cotswold stone, walled gardens, and a fire lit by four in the afternoon. The manor houses that made the two-night escape into a national habit.
Where Surfers Sleep
Hotels built around a tide chart — from a Mexican point break to a Puerto Rican villa and a tented camp on the Caribbean.