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Coastal and beach hotels

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside… and we know you do, too. So we've scoured coastlines, scaled cliffs and combed beaches in our search for the coolest coastal hotels, where the water's edge is never far away.

Clifftop castles, seaside stays and beach B&Bs – you'll find them all here, alongside paradise island resorts and Caribbean retreats. You just have to decide whether your idea of beach-hotel heaven is skimming stones in Brighton, surfing in Santa Monica or scuba diving in the Seychelles…

We've found 204 Smith-approved coastal and beach hotels

The Bull Hotel

Dorset, United Kingdom

Style
Fresh prints, belle air

Setting
Busy little Bridport

Stripped wooden floors and quirky antiques partner vibrant bold-print papers and fabrics in a vintage-chic decorative scheme that's bound to win you over. Easy…

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The Address Downtown Burj Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Style
Modern minimal via Miami

Setting
Towering alongside Burj Dubai

Showing admirable restraint among its blinged-up neighbours, and boasting an award-winning sky bar on the 63rd floor, Dubai's Downtown Address hotel is fast…

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The George in Rye

East Sussex, United Kingdom

Style
Quirky-smart Regency inn

Setting
Cobbled streets of Rye

At this East Sussex boutique hotel – a striking coaching-inn conversion – the ballroom’s high walls are hung with a diverting bird-patterned wallpaper and…

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Castell d'Empordà

Empordà, Spain

Style
Catalan castle cool

Setting
Costa Brava countryside

Sandwiched splendidly between the Pyrenees peaks and the Costa Brava’s cliffs and coves, Castell d’Empordà is a Catalan ruin turned romantic retreat.

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Hotel del Teatre

Empordà, Spain

Style
Converted Catalan farmhouses

Setting
Rural Regencos’ oaks and fields

Take two 18th-century Catalan farmhouses in a mediaeval village, merge and renovate the result, add in soft lighting, fresh flowers, countryside views and a…

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Heure Bleue

Essaouira, Morocco

Style
Ocean-liner elegance

Setting
No-worry, no-hurry ancient port

Built into the medina walls, Heure Bleue hotel is an oasis of luxe in laid-back, countercultural Essaouira, the sandy seaside sister of Marrakech.

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Madada Mogador

Essaouira, Morocco

Style
Parisian apartment

Setting
Ocean-view ramparts

If you're staying at Madada Mogador on a summer escapade with a lover, there’s no doubt the rooms upstairs with the massive Balearic-style terrace are the…

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The Grand Café & Rooms

Garden Route & Winelands, South Africa

Style
Sexy boho beach chic

Setting
Overlooking Plett lagoon

This most boho of beachy boltholes is the natural downtime home of the Ibiza regular or Soho House devotee – The Grand Café & Rooms in Plett is all about…

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