Ennismore has signed with Select Group to open The Hoxton, Dubai Media City: the open-house brand’s Middle East debut, with 230 rooms by AIME Studios, four Paris Society restaurants and a first-of-its-kind wellness club.

The largest of the Balearics has quietly become the Mediterranean’s most interesting hotel island – and with Etihad now flying direct from Abu Dhabi until 18 October, it has never been easier to reach from the Gulf. These are the stays we would book.

It says Shangri-La above the door, but this is the most Parisian palace stay in Paris – the former home of Prince Roland Bonaparte, grand-nephew of Napoleon, where imperial bees still decorate the ironwork and the Tower fills the window

Sixty-three years after it opened as the Athens Hilton and gave post-war Greece its glamorous coming-out, the city’s great modernist landmark returns as the anchor of a new hotel era for the Greek capital

From bright and beachy hangouts serving oat milk flat whites and design-led warehouses to late-night haunts with indulgent menus

Scandinavian calm, a serious sustainability model and possibly London’s best breakfast – we check into the 1 Hotels brand’s European flagship on Berkeley Street

Freddy Heineken loved De L’Europe so much that, as the hotel tells it, he wrote into his will that it could never be sold. We spent a late summer weekend at Amsterdam’s grande dame, where Dutch Golden Age elegance meets the city’s creative streak – and the best seats are always by the water.

The best Greek islands to visit in 2026, from car-free escapes with the art crowd to whitewashed Cycladic hangouts still under the radar, and where to stay on them

Yes, it’s small. Yes, it’s famous. No, it isn’t overrated. Where to stay, when to swim and how to have Italy’s most photographed harbour almost to yourself

An hour and a half from the Côte d’Azur bustle, hidden at the top of a 200-hectare art-strewn wine estate, sits the passion project of the man who built modern Maybourne – and quite possibly the most quietly perfect hotel in France

The elegant capital of the Côte d’Azur, Nice blends Belle Époque grandeur with buzzing neighbourhood cafés, old-school bistros and a growing natural wine scene. Our Nice France travel guide shares the city’s best places to stay, eat, drink, shop and explore

Clinging to the cliffs 333 metres above Monaco, Maybourne’s mesmerising French outpost returns for the 2026 season