The things that actually decide a trip — where to stay, where to eat and when to go — from the editors who walk every destination.
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Snow in the Alps, the Dolomites and the Pyrenees, the northern lights in Lapland, Lofoten and Iceland; sun where it still works between December and February, from the Canaries to the Mexican Caribbean; and the cities that are better when everyone else has gone home.
Estates in the middle of the harvest, October sun, cities cool enough to walk, Tuscany by the fire and a long weekend in the country.
Choose the trip before the hotel: island variety, slow days, wine country or a city-and-resort split.
Every hotel in Spain with a Key that we rate, and the regional guides that compare them.
Adult-only stays, romantic escapes and the right base for an unhurried island trip.
Choose a base for wineries, villages and a slower long weekend.
Boutique hotels and agroturismos, with the island area that fits your trip.
Luxury hotels, the right area and a more considered couples' escape.
Coves, country hotels, food-led weekends and the base that makes sense.
Where the course is part of the stay: the Ryder Cup venue near Girona and the championship resorts of the Costa del Sol.
Pick the end of the coast first, then the estate — beaches, villages and how much driving the trip can absorb.
Cliffs and resorts west of Faro, a lagoon and island beaches to the east — and the six hotels with a MICHELIN Key.
Resort spa, working quinta or remote retreat — and whether to drive, take the train or let the hotel organise it.
Seville, Cordoba and Granada on one train line — which one gets your nights, and which house inside it.
Three inland hotels and a season that runs backwards — historic town, volcanic slope or northern valley, and when to come.
Settle the island first, then the base — design, price, beaches and how much the hotel should carry.
Italy has 224 hotels with a MICHELIN Key in 2026, more than any other country in Europe. Where they are, all seventeen with three Keys, the forty-nine with two, and the 43 we rate.
13 October 2026 · 9 min read
December is the month Spain stops pretending to be a beach country. Four kinds of trip — snow in the Pyrenees, sun in the Canaries, a city lit for Christmas and a dinner worth the journey — nine hotels, and the dates that move everything.
13 October 2026 · 10 min read
Portugal has 69 hotels with a MICHELIN Key in 2026. Where they are, the two with three Keys and the fourteen with two, and the eighteen we rate, from Lisbon to Madeira.
3 October 2026 · 8 min read
Mexico has 98 hotels with a MICHELIN Key in 2026, nine more than a year ago. Where they are, which three hold three Keys, what changed, and the eight we rate.
3 October 2026 · 8 min read
Lisbon is a city of hills, and the one you sleep on decides how much of it you walk. Seven hotels — six in the city and a palace in Sintra — by neighbourhood and by the kind of stay each one does best.
30 September 2026 · 11 min read
Three regions, three different trips: Caribbean beaches and Maya cities, a food capital with a surf coast, and one of the great cities of the Americas. Who each one suits, how to join two in ten to fourteen days, and how long the flights between them take.
30 September 2026 · 8 min read
In a city this large, with traffic this heavy, the neighbourhood decides the trip more than the hotel does. Five small houses in three colonias — Polanco, Roma Norte and the Centro Histórico — and what each one is like to wake up in.
30 September 2026 · 8 min read
Mexico's great food city, the mezcal villages of its valley and a surf town on the Pacific where architects have built some of their most talked-about hotels. Six small stays, and how to move between the mountains and the sea.
30 September 2026 · 9 min read
The peninsula is three trips in one: a colonial capital with its haciendas, a reef coast, and a freshwater lagoon near Belize. Six hotels, what each part is for, and how to put them together without spending the week on the road.
30 September 2026 · 9 min read
Five grand hotels, three of them with three MICHELIN Keys: how they differ, how each one gets you onto the Corviglia, and which suits which kind of stay.
23 September 2026 · 8 min read
Alta Badia, Val Gardena, the Alpe di Siusi, Kronplatz, Cortina and the Plose: what each valley is like on skis, the 2026/27 season, and the MICHELIN Key hotel to stay in.
23 September 2026 · 9 min read
St. Moritz, Zermatt, Gstaad, the Dolomites and Andorra: what each resort is good for, how close each hotel is to the lifts, and the season dates for 2026/27.
23 September 2026 · 9 min read
Spain went from 109 hotels with a Key to 122. Six of the changes are ours: two hotels moved up to two Keys, one arrived with two, three won their first and one lost the one it had.
22 September 2026 · 6 min read
The months when the cities belong to the people who live in them: shorter queues, lower rates, museums at their best and a sun that still comes out at lunchtime.
22 September 2026 · 7 min read
Where the sun still works between December and February, what each place is actually good for, and the hotels we rate in each — from a volcanic island at 21 °C to a riad in the medina.
22 September 2026 · 8 min read
Twelve Spanish hotels where the vines, and usually the cellar, belong to the house — from Frank Gehry's landmark in Rioja to a 12th-century abbey on the Duero. Three of Spain's five three-Key hotels are among them.
16 September 2026 · 12 min read
October is not one month in Spain, it is two. Until the 25th it is the end of summer, with a Mediterranean still at 19–23°C. That night the clocks go back and the sun sets before half past six. Book each half differently.
16 September 2026 · 9 min read
November is the month Spain splits in two. One half keeps a sea you can swim in; the other trades the beach for cities you can finally walk. Four kinds of November trip, eight hotels, and an honest account of what closes.
16 September 2026 · 9 min read
Three nights is the right length for the countryside between Girona and the Empordà, with its medieval villages, its vineyards and the coast half an hour away. Four country hotels for a long weekend — including 10–12 October 2026.
14 September 2026 · 7 min read
When summer leaves, Tuscany changes pace: grapes and olives come in, fires are lit in the evenings, and the woods above the hills turn copper. Four places for the season.
14 September 2026 · 7 min read
By October the heat has eased in Andalusia's cities, and they are made for walking again: courtyards, rooftops and old quarters at an easier pace. Four city hotels to do it from.
14 September 2026 · 7 min read
Summer does not end everywhere at the same time. In Lanzarote, the Algarve and the Cádiz coast, October still means warm days, long lunches outside and dinner with the windows open. Five places to stretch it.
14 September 2026 · 7 min read
From late summer into October the grapes come in, the presses start and the cellars smell of fermenting must. Five hotels among the vines — in the Priorat, the Douro, Montalcino and the Empordà — to be there while it happens.
14 September 2026 · 8 min read
Eight boutique hotels in Palma's old town, every one with a MICHELIN Key: garden palaces, a convent with a starred restaurant, rooftop pools and bay views, compared by quarter, size, pool and price.
13 September 2026 · 12 min read
The 71 hotels in Spain with a MICHELIN Key that we rate, by region — from the Ritz in Madrid and three wine estates with three Keys to townhouses from €160 — and how to use the Key when choosing.
13 September 2026 · 11 min read
Six of the Algarve's eleven hotels with a MICHELIN Key, from the three-Key Vila Vita Parc to a tree house near Cacela Velha, and how to choose between the cliffs of the west and the lagoon of the east.
13 September 2026 · 10 min read
Seven golf hotels in Spain where the course is part of the stay, from the 2031 Ryder Cup venue near Girona to the Solheim Cup course above Casares, compared by course, spa, beach, families and airports.
12 September 2026 · 12 min read
Every hotel in Granada sells the Alhambra and almost none can give you it. The useful question is which part of the city you want to walk back to after dinner.
6 September 2026 · 9 min read
Choose a Spain honeymoon by the days you want to repeat: island variety, slow Menorca, wine and coast, or an Andalusian city-and-resort route.
6 September 2026 · 12 min read
Around 21–23 °C in the daytime, almost no rain and light that makes the volcanic landscape legible. What winter on Lanzarote actually gives you, and what it takes away.
5 September 2026 · 7 min read
The island's resort coast holds most of the beds and almost none of the stays worth booking. A guide to the three inland hotels that are — Teguise, La Asomada and Haría — and how to choose between them.
5 September 2026 · 9 min read
Forty-five minutes of AVE separate them, which makes the honest question not either/or but how to split three or four nights between a city and a monument.
5 September 2026 · 7 min read
Córdoba is small enough to walk from anywhere, so the hotel is a bigger part of the trip than usual. Two houses, two completely different arguments.
5 September 2026 · 7 min read
In Seville the architecture is a given — nearly every good hotel is a courtyard house with a roof terrace. What actually decides the stay is the quarter and the size of the house.
5 September 2026 · 10 min read
Two islands, two very different hotel markets. Compare design, price, beaches, nightlife and how much the island itself will shape your days.
4 September 2026 · 8 min read
Compare Paros hotels by area — Naoussa, Kolympithres and the quieter east coast — with honest notes on beaches, car needs and how much town you actually want.
4 September 2026 · 10 min read
The two ends of Portugal's Alentejo coast solve different trips. Compare beaches, restaurants, hotel character and driving before you book.
4 September 2026 · 7 min read
Compare Douro wine hotels from Régua to the Douro Superior — resort spa, working quinta or remote retreat — with honest notes on driving, trains and harvest season.
4 September 2026 · 11 min read
Compare Comporta's best hotels by setting, beach access, villa space and car needs — from a 68-hectare pine estate to four Aires Mateus houses above Melides.
4 September 2026 · 10 min read
A precise comparison of privacy, sunsets, restaurants, steps and hotel style in Santorini's two most desirable caldera villages.
31 August 2026 · 11 min read
A practical guide to sleeping away from Ibiza's nightlife, with three quieter areas, the right hotel for each and the trade-offs to know before booking.
31 August 2026 · 7 min read
Choose west or east by evening atmosphere, airport time, coves and hotel style—not by a misleadingly small island map.
30 August 2026 · 10 min read
Ibiza wins for a short, hotel-led escape; Mallorca for variety and a full week. This comparison breaks the decision down by beaches, food, driving, hotels and budget.
30 August 2026 · 7 min read
A hotel-first comparison for couples choosing between iconic views, Brunello country and easier access to Florence and Siena.
29 August 2026 · 10 min read
Puglia's most characteristic stays create very different trips. Compare countryside masserie, town palazzi, trulli and full resorts before choosing a base.
29 August 2026 · 7 min read
A practical comparison for travellers choosing between a walkable Dalt Vila weekend and a stay-put northern or rural retreat.
28 August 2026 · 10 min read
Four nights near Ostuni or Fasano, three in Salento and one clean move south. A slower Puglia road trip with hotel time built in.
28 August 2026 · 8 min read
Choose by dinner, driving, pool time and scale—with four very different hotels from six rooms to a full family resort.
27 August 2026 · 10 min read
A narrow guide for couples choosing between waking above a cove and sleeping among medieval villages near Begur.
26 August 2026 · 10 min read
Choose between Dalt Vila, the rural interior, Es Vedrà and the north—with five independently vetted hotels and honest trade-offs.
23 August 2026 · 9 min read
Choose between the Valle d'Itria, the Adriatic coast and Salento, with four vetted hotels and a practical two-base itinerary.
20 August 2026 · 9 min read
Mandarin Oriental opened its first Mallorca hotel in June 2026, on the Punta Negra headland near Portals. Here's what to know — the setting, the rooms, the restaurants (Matsuhisa included) and how it compares.
25 July 2026 · 9 min read
An editors' guide to where to stay in Tuscany — how the Val d'Orcia, Chianti, the Maremma and Florence differ, and the restored castles, farms and villas our editors rate in each.
25 July 2026 · 11 min read
An editors' guide to where to stay in the Cyclades — how Santorini, Mykonos and Folegandros differ, and the small, design-led hotels our editors rate on each.
25 July 2026 · 11 min read
Compare the best hotels in Priorat by village, winery access, pool, spa, price level and driving needs, with practical advice for a two- or three-night trip.
24 July 2026 · 12 min read
Compare Menorca's best boutique and agroturismo hotels by area, room count, beach access, car needs and fit for couples or families.
3 July 2026 · 19 min read
Compare eight of the best luxury hotels on the Costa del Sol by area, beach access, room count, golf, spa, family fit and need for a car.
29 June 2026 · 20 min read
Compare Spain's best romantic places by trip style, season, length and car needs, with honest hotel recommendations for a memorable escape for two.
28 June 2026 · 18 min read
Eleven adults-only hotels in Mallorca, ten of them with a MICHELIN Key, compared by guest-age policy, setting, beach access, spa, driving needs and fit for couples.
24 June 2026 · 20 min read
Olive terraces, hidden coves and honey-stone villages along Mallorca's UNESCO mountain range — the villages, drives and walks, and the country hotels that make the most of it.
24 June 2026 · 8 min read
A complete editors' guide to where to stay in Mallorca — the best areas and hotels for mountains, the city, the beaches and total quiet, plus when to go and how long to need.
24 June 2026 · 9 min read
Compare Begur, its coves, the medieval interior and the Palafrugell coast, with honest boutique-hotel picks, driving advice and itineraries.
23 June 2026 · 15 min read
Compare Sa Riera, Sa Tuna, Aiguablava, Fornells and quieter swimming spots, with parking, beach-bus, walking and hotel advice.
22 June 2026 · 14 min read
Plan a food-led Empordà trip around coastal fish, Pals rice, markets, DO Empordà wineries and hotels that make dinner part of the stay.
21 June 2026 · 12 min read