14 Unusual Hotel Designs: Treehouses, Bubbles, Aircraft and Underwater Rooms
Some hotels make the room part of the destination. You might sleep inside a sphere among trees, look out from a converted aircraft or wake t...
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Hotels: Distinctive Stays & What to Consider
An interesting place to stay can become part of the journey, from a setting close to nature to architecture that changes how you see a destination. Browse distinctive hotels and unusual accommodation stories, then look beyond the photographs to decide whether the stay suits your trip.
Consider the location, access, room arrangements and what is included. Historic features in our archive describe an earlier moment, so check current availability and facilities directly before booking. A memorable setting works best when the practical details fit too.
Start with Gili Lankanfushi, Maldives: What to Know Before Booking and Treehotel, Sweden: Choosing a Room Among the Pines.
A Hotel Guest and Housekeeper Exchange Bedding Sculptures and Notes
A hotel bed can become many things in an imaginative photograph: a face, a creature or a small piece of theatre made from pillows and folded...
29 Pool and Waterside Views: Infinity Edges, Resorts and Natural Settings
An infinity pool seems to let the water continue straight into the landscape. The edge becomes difficult to pick out, the horizon takes over...
Dubai’s Rosemont Rainforest-Hotel Concept in Architectural Renderings
Two towers, a sky pool and a lush landscape raised above the city: the Rosemont hotel concept gave architecture fans plenty to talk about wh...
10 Bali Resort Settings: Rice Fields, River Valleys and Coastal Cliffs
Bali hotel photographs can make every pool look like the start of a perfect holiday. The more useful comparison begins outside the frame: wh...
10 American Hotel Settings: Coast, City, Desert and Mountains
A beautiful hotel can be the centre of a holiday or a comfortable place to return after exploring. Decide which role you want it to play bef...
Eleven Resort Destinations: Island Properties and Coastal Settings
A resort holiday can mean a room open to a volcanic view, a city beach or a secluded base for guided wildlife outings. Those experiences dif...
Villa on Dunbar Rock: A Dive Stay off Guanaja, Honduras
From the water, Dunbar Rock looks almost too compact to hold a holiday: a white building rises above a small rocky base, with terraces facin...
Subsix at Niyama: Underwater Dining in the Maldives
At Subsix, the windows do much of the decorating. Beyond the tables, the water changes colour and marine life moves through the view. It is ...
Cavo Tagoo Mykonos: Design, Pool Views and Room Choices
Cavo Tagoo’s photographs make a strong first impression: white surfaces, deep blue water and a poolside scene built around the view. The use...
Skylodge Adventure Suites, Peru: A Night Above the Sacred Valley
A transparent capsule fixed to a cliff makes the Sacred Valley feel almost like the wall of your bedroom. At Skylodge Adventure Suites, the ...
Sophia Suites, Santorini: Cave-Inspired Rooms and Caldera Views
A curved white doorway, a shaded cave interior and the caldera beyond the terrace: Sophia Luxury Suites brings together several of the detai...
The Manta Resort Underwater Room: A Night off Pemba Island
Imagine ending the day above the water and spending the night with the sea outside your bedroom window. The Manta Resort’s underwater room m...
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10 Remarkable Hotel Pools: Design, Setting and the Details That Matter
A wonderful pool can change the rhythm of a holiday. It gives you a reason to leave an afternoon free, watch the light move across a view or...
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Bill&Coo Mykonos: The Setting behind the Suite Photographs
A quiet table beside a pool, the town’s lights across the water and a room where the colours let the sea do the talking: Bill&Coo’s olde...
The Pole House, Fairhaven: Architecture Above the Great Ocean Road
From the walkway, the Pole House can seem to hang above the coast with very little connecting it to the ground. Move to another angle and th...
Five Unusual Travel Experiences: Underwater Art, Ice Rooms and Island Stays
An unusual trip becomes much easier to choose when you name the experience you actually want. Looking at art underwater, sleeping among ice ...
Shangri-La Boracay: Choosing a Beach, Room and Island Base
A sheltered beach, a terrace above the water and a table waiting for sunset: Shangri-La Boracay’s archive photographs suggest a holiday with...
Gili Lankanfushi: Understanding an Overwater Stay in the Maldives
A wooden deck above a turquoise lagoon is a persuasive holiday image. At Gili Lankanfushi in the Maldives, that overwater setting is central...