
Travellers, it’s your time to shine with the Smith team's pick of the season's best luxury and boutique hotels

Gogh and Cézanne, Gehry and Hirst: aesthete Ella Alexander gives us brushes with greatness from Arles to Nice

More than half a century on from Leonard Cohen and Marianne, the Saronic isle is still a gathering place for artists, musicians and free spirits

Native San Franciscan Laura Zhang navigates the California coastal city to show you how to maximise your weekend break there

Self-confessed food-obsessive Joel Hart makes a culinary pilgrimage to eat his way around Mexico’s ultimate gastronomic haven

The Cyclades’ windy wonder isle is a gourmet haven, with dovecotes, mountain villages, wild beaches and otherworldly landscapes, says Caroline Lewis

Emilie Hall sets out to prove she can still do daring… just preferably in bath-temperature water

Venerable city pads, crafty countryside stays, wood-and-thatch island resorts and slow-living retreats: this spring we’re showering you with new hotels

Known for its hush-hush happenings, here’s the lowdown on the hip hotel group’s big-ticket events in 2026

Meet the hotel teams that make International Women’s Day last indefinitely through their empowering initiatives and partnerships


