Grand Hôtel Stockholm and the Craft of Staying Grand

A recent room redesign at Grand Hôtel Stockholm shows how a 152-year-old waterfront institution can evolve through craft, colour and disciplined continuity.

Ardbeg House and Islay’s Art of Productive Excess

Ardbeg House in Port Ellen turns a former harbour hotel into a richly layered stay shaped by Islay craft, folklore, peat and convivial ritual.

Borgo Santandrea and Amalfi’s Modernist Return

Fresh from its 2026 Three MICHELIN Key distinction, Borgo Santandrea shows how a restored 1960s cliffside hotel can make Amalfi feel composed, private and materially rooted.

Grand Hotel Kronenhof and the Grandeur of the Pause

Grand Hotel Kronenhof in Pontresina makes a case for the enduring Alpine grand hotel: Neo-Baroque architecture, mountain-facing rooms and restorative rituals.

Passalacqua and Lake Como’s Art of Villeggiatura

Fresh from another leading position in The World’s 50 Best Hotels, Passalacqua shows how an eighteenth-century Lake Como villa can make the long stay feel current.

Casa CABaN Hayama and the Architecture of Weaving

At Casa CABaN Hayama, Patricia Urquiola uses woven screens, Japanese craft and a precise relationship to sea and sky to shape an unusually complete coastal retreat.

Villa San Michele and Fiesole’s Art of Distance

Above Florence, Villa San Michele’s considered renewal restores the measured pleasures of a Renaissance convent, terraced garden and contemplative stay.

Capella Sydney and the Civilised Work of Reuse

Capella Sydney turns a former government building into a hotel of sandstone, art and calibrated urban retreat.

Conrad Athens The Ilisian and the Second Life of a Modernist Landmark

Athens’s former Hilton returns as Conrad Athens The Ilisian, where sculpted marble, considered interiors and a revived social ritual reframe a modernist landmark.

Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and the Discipline of the Horizon

A far-reaching renewal returns Mauna Kea Beach Hotel to its original proposition: architecture held lightly against the white curve of Kaunaʻoa Bay.