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Review: Priory Bay Hotel, Isle of Wight

Review: Priory Bay Hotel, Isle of Wight

by Rebecca Fortey and Sebastian Roach

"It is with great anticipation that I board the ferry at Lymington and travel back to the 1950s – to a place where the houses seem built for smaller folk, the Union flag is more conspicuous, and they still have high streets with butchers and bakers and pork-pie makers"
Review: Canal House, Amsterdam

Review: Canal House, Amsterdam

by Jack Hanley

"There’s a slight fetish feel in the use of black elasticated bandaging around the dining chairs – reminiscent of Margiela perhaps, but dark"
Review: Armani Hotel Dubai

Review: Armani Hotel Dubai

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"The presence of the Armani Hotel in Dubai reinforces the idea that everything is available for a price: in a city that has no taste of its own, soft and sculptural amber lighting and laser cut leather are available wholesale"
Sleep disorder therapy | A thoroughly modern spa treatment

Sleep disorder therapy | A thoroughly modern spa treatment

by Sudi Pigott

"Doctor Corradin suggests I need to build on what the Chinese call 'zhi' – will and determination. As he puts it, I need to 'become my own best friend.' I emerge tearful"
Shangri-La Hotel, Paris

Shangri-La Hotel, Paris

by Civilian Paris

A hotel inside an actual palace, with France's only Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant. Mixing 19th century Parisian grandeur with Asian luxury motifs, the Shangri-La might be the best luxury hotel in Paris
Home exchanges with pools

Home exchanges with pools

by Civilian London

They're rare in European capitals, but we are entranced by the exotic allure of infinity pools: otherworldly features on the edge of disarming vistas. With that in mind, we're particularly drawn to the idea of a home exchange with a pool
Review: Gramercy Park Hotel, New York

Review: Gramercy Park Hotel, New York

by Derek Guthrie

"What are we buying – fame? Art? Junk? I looked up. On the walls in front of me hung eight Warhols"
Review: Conservatorium Hotel, Amsterdam

Review: Conservatorium Hotel, Amsterdam

by Jack Hanley

Ridiculously heavy doors and a fabulously heavyweight restaurant anchor the most lavish and visually pleasing new hotel to open in Amsterdam in living memory - right opposite the revamped Stedelijk Museum
Review: Al Maha Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai

Review: Al Maha Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai

by Giselle Whiteaker

“In my country, if I saw a camel I would run away,” laughs Shahzab. Tahir looks like he still might
Review: Bailiffscourt Hotel & Spa, West Sussex

Review: Bailiffscourt Hotel & Spa, West Sussex

by Leon Beckenham

"I was genuinely shocked to learn that it only came into existence in the late 1920s, and is in fact a totally (albeit lovingly and meticulously) reconstructed medieval-style homestead with about as much history as your local boozer"