Hot List Hotels 2005
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Situated on a small peninsula 20-odd miles from the mythological birthplace of Aphrodite, this 58-room hotel salutes ancient civilization in highbrow...
Perched on a hill with killer city views, and right across the street from the Liverpool Philharmonic, the Hope Street is a near-perfect renovation....
Despite its self-declared status as the city's latest hot spot, this is a solidly pleasant new hotel for anyone who wants to do a lot of shopping...
Though it bills itself as a bed-and-breakfast, Guesthouse West is light-years from the quilted floral polyester bedspreads and balky plumbing that...
This brilliant conversion of a parking garage into a stunning 91-room hotel continues the Firmdale hotel group's unbroken winning streak (it has five...
This Victorian warehouse turned 59-room hotel on heavily trafficked Clerkenwell Road is missing nary a detail of what constitutes a cutting-edge...
Until someone opens, say, the Maria Callas Ayurvedic Center, this will likely remain the world's only hotel named after a long-dead opera singer. This...
On the fashionable northern edge of the Marais, this eclectic 17-room hotel—each chambre with a different decor by Christian Lacroix—has...
This 26-room hotel in Paris's stylish eighth arrondissement instantly seduces with chintz fabrics, floral wallpaper, potted orchids, and intriguing...
Though it literally stands in the shadow of the Four Seasons George V, in the heart of the city's Golden Triangle, the Hôtel de Sers is such a...
Since the new Paris Hilton is a real ocean liner of a hotel—with 525 rooms, it's the largest to be built in the City of Light since World War...
Alain Ducasse's new auberge in Bidarray, with just 22 rooms divided between four new villas and the original farmhouse, is set on 90 acres deep in the...
Chamonix has been made safe for the Wallpaper set with the opening of this seven-room hotel, carved out of a 1927 Art Deco mansion with gorgeous views...
Chopin shacked up here with George Sand in 1839, making it the preferred address of arty types for decades to come. More than a century and a half on,...
In another sign of Nice's accelerating South Beach–style comeback, the venerable 119-room Beau Rivage (Chekhov and Fitzgerald scribbled here) has...
Casadelmar has breathed new life into the boutique-hotel idiom with a modern wood-paneled exterior and an array of original and amusing details. All...
The Radisson's calling card—a spectacular 220,000-gallon cylindrical aquarium containing 2,500 tropical fish—is actually the least...
East is the first swank and sophisticated hotel to open around the corner from the city's funky Reeperbahn, or red-light district. Ranging in size...
The King George II is Greek through and through: Greek owned, rooms done up in local antiques and neoclassical moldings, and with stunning vistas of...
It doesn't matter how old you are, arriving at this Karim Rashid–designed hotel in the chic Athens suburb of Kifissia is guaranteed to provoke...
The Hapsburg empire has never looked better. Here is all the grace and style of Art Nouveau distilled into one newly resplendent building, giving...
Alain Ducasse's divine new country inn takes its name from the sweeping allée of umbrella pines and cypresses that lead to the entrance to this...
With an undulating, bright-red facade that is equal parts Frank Gehry and Dr. Seuss, this high-design hotel near the northern tip of Sardinia is a...
On the edge of Romano Canavese, an ancient town 20 miles north of Turin, the late-Baroque Relais Villa Matilde is radiant with color after a two-year...
Master restorer Martino Solíto reconstructed this nineteenth-century farmhouse on the outskirts of the medieval/Baroque town of Martina Franca...
The first hotel from the luxury brand Bulgari is pulling the pretty people into its orbit, and it's easy to see why: a sleek but welcoming feel, acres...
The Zen-inspired Straf—slang for St. Rafael, the property's couldn't-be-better location—is about as minimalist as you can get and still have...
At the summit (hence the name) of the ancient whitewashed hill town of Ostuni, La Sommitá is a fascinating fusion of contemporary comforts and...
The Adler is built on a travertine quarry overlooking the Val d'Orcia, a southern Tuscan valley so stunning that UNESCO named it a World Heritage Site...
The Benetton family acquired this 99-room hotel eight years ago and have since incorporated three adjacent buildings. The first houses an additional...
Talk about making a silk purse out of a sow's ear: This total makeover of a second-string hotel by decorator Jacques Garcia (Paris's Hotel Costes) and...
Conceived by Roc, Holland's most prestigious hotel school, this erstwhile schoolhouse is a breath of fresh air. The entire ground floor is public...
The Lloyd offers rooms for all budgets, from two- to five-star. Two-star rooms are as tiny as ship cabins and share dormitory-style bathrooms down the...
Located on the outskirts of Amsterdam, in the village of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel—known as a foodie mecca for its clutch of haute...
Belfast is ready for its close-up, thanks to a trove of superb Victorian architecture, a groovy club scene, and now a first-rate hotel. The...
With an ideal location at the edge of the Old Town, Le Regina has instantly become the best place to stay in the Polish capital. Occupying an arcaded...
Located just outside Glasgow, this handsome Gothic manor is the perfect place to play out English Patient fantasies, since it was once the Princess...
Camper, the hip Mallorca-based shoe company that's built a reputation on a homely look and progressive environmental image, has a hit on its hands...
The name may be a bit off-putting, but rest assured the Cram isn't crammed with anything except a very cool crowd. Interiors are supersleek, with...
Tucked away in the ancient alleyways of the hauntingly beautiful Jewish Quarter, the Neri is hard to find but well worth the search. Located within a...
From the glowing white-granite reception desk to the stairwells mosaicked in 24-karat gold-foil tiles, God is in the details at the Urban. Owner Jordi...
Who knew that Scandinavian design could look so terrific under the full-strength Mediterranean sun? The clean, modern decor of this 41-room...
This 24-room all-white hotel in Palma's Old Town cops a Goa-inspired hippie-chic attitude, with Indian wood carvings and piles of vivid...
Located in a bourgeois residential district on the edge of the old town, this 66-room hotel was created from an elegant nineteenth-century town house...
This family-run 22-suite gem in a stunningly renovated Belle Epoque building on a quiet street in central Zurich breathes intelligent luxury. Upon...
Created from a former parking garage, the 142-room Park Hyatt gives its plush international brand of luxury an edge with pedigreed contemporary art....
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