
Where to stay: the spring/summer edit 2025
A very warm — and getting warmer — welcome to our pick of mid-year stays
Your adventure agenda: be inspired by discerning travel guides, destination diaries and hotels with stories to tell.

A very warm — and getting warmer — welcome to our pick of mid-year stays

Where to stay in the Italian capital, whether you want a grand palazzo or your own private apartment

Smith editor Kate Weir shows you how to spend a weekend in London’s humblest and most historic neighbourhood

There’s no need to leave your furry friend at home — just learn these travel pet-iquette rules, says writer Lottie Gross

Smith’s Martin Dickie follows in the footsteps of William Wordsworth, Alfred Wainwright and Peter Rabbit on a weekend break in Cumbria

Our charity partner The World Land Trust is a champion of local empowerment. These off-grid hotels are emulating its tried-and-tested methods

Ahead of Mother's Day, Italy-based writer Scarlett Conlon celebrates hers in — sharply tailored — Italian style at one of Milan's fashion-plate stays

With spring in full bloom, here’s the best bunch of new-to-Smith hotels for a stylish seasonal getaways

Hounds and humans alike are spoilt in these all-frills, Fido-approved abodes

Two months on from California’s devastating wildfires, we check in with our hotels around Los Angeles to talk ongoing relief efforts, local heroes and what lies ahead

Our guide to the Balearic isle’s most-wanted beach resorts, spa stays, family retreats and more

We discover Monti, Rome’s coolest corner

Smith writer Caroline Lewis finds there’s more to the Italian capital than pizza and pasta, but they’re a good place to start