Hotels and Resorts

Prepare to get a bigger bucket for your list. We asked, and our staff and…

One thing I love about hotels is the freedom. Freedom from housework, cooking and home maintenance. And where else can you hang a Do Not Disturb sign and have it honored? As George Bernard Shaw said, “The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.”

I’ve spent hours selecting a hotel, going down the rabbit hole of online reviews, checking out locations on maps and figuring out neighborhoods. It’s so much easier to get a recommendation. Who better to ask than travel writers, whose job involves sleeping in hundreds of them?

It has one of the best rooftop bars we’d seen and we were charmed by the record player in our room at The Broadview Hotel in Toronto. Some rooms have balconies for views of Queen Street East or the Don Valley River.

For centuries, people have gone to Bath for the Roman baths. I found a B&B…

In front, House of Agnes is bordered by a busy street. The 13th-century building was…

The mini-spa bathroom had sea-green lighting. An underwater scene covered the wall behind a soaking…

Forget everything you thought you knew about all-inclusive resorts. At least I did, after visiting…

The Potting Shed at Thatched Cottage was home while researching Hever Castle in Kent. It’s…