Signature stays
The ones we'd book first- Four & five star
- Pantai Inn
- The Lodge at Torrey Pines
- Fairmont Grand Del Mar
United States guides
Aspen and Vail, Colorado, USA
8 Colorado Hotels That Are Genuinely Ski-In, Not Shuttle-In
Walking three hundred metres in ski boots carrying skis is a specific misery, and a lot of hotels describe it as ski-in access.
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
10 Boston Hotels On or Beside the Red Line in the Pavement
A colonial street plan that was never gridded, a centre three kilometres across, and a trail designed to be followed on foot.
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
9 Charleston Hotels South of Broad, Among the Houses
Pastel single houses turned sideways to the lot, two-storey piazzas facing the breeze, walled gardens and no commerce at all.
Chicago, Illinois, USA
12 Chicago Hotels Between the River and the Lake
Twenty-nine miles of public shoreline with nothing built between the city and the water. That was decided in the nineteenth century and it holds.
Honolulu and Waikiki, Hawaii, USA
8 Waikiki Hotels Actually on the Sand, Not Across Kalakaua Avenue
One set has a lawn, a pool deck and then sand. The other has a crossing signal. Both call themselves Waikiki beachfront.
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
11 Las Vegas Hotels Where the Walk to the Next Casino Is Actually Short
Pedestrian bridges, set-back frontages and casino floors designed to keep you inside. The map lies about Las Vegas distances.
Los Angeles, California, USA
11 Los Angeles Hotels in the Few Pockets Where You Don't Need the Car
The standard LA trip is 90 minutes a day behind a windscreen. There is another version and it depends entirely on where you sleep.
Miami Beach, Florida, USA
14 Miami Beach Hotels on the Ocean Side of Collins Avenue
Across the road you cross four lanes with towels and go once a day. On the sand side you go four times, and the lounger is already set up.
Napa and Sonoma, California, USA
10 Napa and Sonoma Hotels on the Valley Floor Rather Than the Ridge
The floor has the tasting rooms and the traffic. The hillsides have the views, the cooler air and a drive down for every meal.
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
9 Nashville Hotels Far Enough Off Broadway to Sleep
The bands start at ten in the morning, run in shifts until two, and it carries several blocks. Broadway is worth a night, not a week of them.
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
7 French Quarter Hotels Built Around a Courtyard, Where Bourbon Street Can't Reach You
The Spanish rebuilt New Orleans facing inward after the fires of 1788. Two centuries later that architecture solves the noise problem.
New York, New York, USA
11 Manhattan Hotels Within One Block of a Central Park Entrance
The gate at 59th and Fifth means carriages and queues. The gate at 90th means the reservoir and no one. Both are Central Park.
Portland, Oregon, USA
10 Portland Hotels Within a Walk of the Cart Pods and the Pearl
Two-hundred-foot blocks mean twice as many corners and twice as many shopfronts. It is why a city this size feels dense.
San Diego, California, USA
9 San Diego Hotels Split Between the Bay, Balboa and the Coast
Book downtown for the price and you will drive to La Jolla daily. Book La Jolla and dinner downtown is a forty-minute round trip.
San Francisco, California, USA
11 San Francisco Hotels on the Right Side of a Block That Changes Fast
An unusually low rate for a central San Francisco address is information, not luck. Check the cross-streets before you book.
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
10 Scottsdale Resorts Built for the Shade Rather Than the View
Deep overhangs, courtyards that trap cool air and pools that are chilled rather than heated. In July that last detail decides the trip.
Seattle, Washington, USA
9 Seattle Hotels Above Pike Place, Where the Water Is the View
The market is the best thing downtown and the delivery bays run at four a.m. Stay above it and you get one without the other.
Washington, DC, USA
9 Washington Hotels Close Enough to Walk the Mall Twice
Two hours in a museum, back to the hotel, out again at five when the memorials are lit. That rhythm needs a ten-minute walk, not a Metro ride.
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