Collection
The hotels that make a city trip work: location, a good front desk and a bed you want to come back to.
In a city the hotel is a base, so we judge these on the things that matter at nine in the evening: how quickly the travel agent answers, whether the bar is somewhere you would go anyway, and how far the walk is to the places you came for.
Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, Paris
Forty rooms in an eighteenth century hôtel particulier between the Seine and the Luxembourg gardens, with a courtyard garden and a bar the neighbourhood uses.
Price on request
Belgravia, London, London
Sixty rooms in a row of white stucco townhouses on a Belgravia square, with a garden, a members' style bar and a travel agent who can get you in anywhere.
Price on request
Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, Dubai
A beachfront palace hotel on the Palm with five hundred metres of private sand, ten restaurants and a spa that takes most of a floor.
Price on request
Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto
A twelve room ryokan in the temple district with private cypress baths, kaiseki dinner in your room and the Philosopher's Path at the end of the lane.
Price on request
Medina, Marrakech, Marrakech
A nine room riad behind an unmarked door in the medina, with a courtyard pool, a rooftop facing the Atlas and a cook who shops the souk each morning.
Price on request