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Britain's top 10 hotels for 2009

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The best hotels for Christmas

Relax. At Christmas. It is possible. Just let someone else organise the festive fun/horror for you at a top British hotel

The world's 10 best one-room hotels

Don't like your fellow guests? Get a place of your own, at these hotels with just one bedroom

Hotels in Britain

Swan House, Hastings

Three English hotels for walkers

A hearty breakfast, wholesome supper and a comfy bed - these three winning English hotels are perfect ramblers' retreats

Britain’s top 10 hotels

The Good Hotel Guide reveals its favourite for 2008: we stay a night in all 10 under cover

Britain’s best restaurants with rooms

Sunday Times writers lift the lid on their favourite foodie bolt holes across the country, from £70

Britain's best dog-friendly hotels

Some hotels shun dogs - but now Fido is fighting back. Chris Haslam finds Britain’s best places to put up your pooch

B&Bs/families

Calcot Manor. Gloucs

Britain's 18 best family-friendly hotels

Where can you find a hotel where other children are positively welcomed? We've a guide to 18 of the best

The top 10 B&Bs in England

The Sunday Times sent its ruthless hotel inspector, Walter F Stowy, to see if B&Bs are up to scratch

Britain's best beach-side B&Bs

Yes, you can take the kids to the seaside - and it needn't cost. Here are the best-value family B&Bs

holiday cottages

The Beach House in Cornwall.

Britain's 10 best country houses to rent

Want to throw a grown-up country-house party, but don’t have a grown-up country house? No problem, says Stanley Stewart

Britain's busiest holiday cottage?

Why is the Pavilion on the Isle of Wight booked for two years? + 10 new historic places to rent in 2008

A palace for the weekend

Norman forts, Jacobean palaces, Georgian follies: historic buildings can be yours for the weekend

The best holiday cottages in Britain

Four decades ago the Landmark Trust started a revolution in holiday rentals: now we pick the 15 most memorable hideaways

Ideas

Gansevoort South's Hotel Rooftop Pool, Miami

10 Miami hotels for all budgets

From £105-£650, beach-side to Art Deco, Sarah Turner picks ten top hotels for all tastes and pockets

Tsala Treetop Resort South Africa

12 top jungle treehouses

From Sweden to South Africa, we round up a dozen of the best hotel treehouses on earth

The world's 20 best hotels on a budget

Gorgeous places to stay, stylish service, stunning views, epic bedrooms - without breaking the bank

The hippest hotels in the world

If you like doilies and net curtains, look away now. Herbert Ypma, the man behind the chintz-free Hip Hotels series, picks his overall top 20

France and Italy  

Florence

The best places to stay in Florence

From an artistic retreat to a sculptor’s workshop-turned-palazzo: beds for all palates and pockets

The complete guide to Paris style hotels

In the past four years, we've reviewed more than 50 style hotels in the French capital. So which are the best of the best?

Italian palaces, villas and farmhouses

Trulli, palazzi and that classic Tuscan farmhouse: Sean Newsom picks the perfect Italian pads

Spain and Portugal  

De las Letras Hotel: like starring in an early Almodovar movie

Madrid's best hotels

A modernised Gran Via masterpiece, a stately home from home, a sexy budget design hotel and more

Vila Vicosa Pousada

The pride of Portugal's pousadas

There are 40 of the historic hotels - on a flying visit to Lisbon, Chris McCooey visited three of the best

A splendid Spanish house party

Cottage for two or party of 12? Sean Newsom has the perfect villa for every occasion

more europe  

Matt Rudd enjoys cooking outdoors in the Italian Dolomites

Where to rough it in a luxury hotel

Matt Rudd leaves his plush hotel in the Italian Dolomites for a not-so-tough night in the wilderness

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Europe's 20 best hotels under €100

Everything's more expensive this year, but you can still find a cracking hotel for less than £83 a double

The 40 hottest villas in Europe

We've hunted down Europe's most popular villas, but don't worry, we've also found 20 stunning alternatives

20 top European hotels

Under thumbscrews, writers at The Sunday Times reveal the hotels they didn’t want you to know about

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Latest review: Durrants Hotel, Marylebone

Don’t stay here if you like minimalism – but for a taste of good old fashioned hotel service, it can’t be beaten

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Bolt Holes

Reviews of 45 great British hideaways. The latest: The Village Pub, Barnsley, Gloucs

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Asian Cuisine:

Explore your passion for food with the delights of Thai, Indian & Chinese cooking

A life more streamlined

A Life More Streamlined:

In our new series, Tony Hawks takes a dry, wry look at modern life - junk mail, interminable meetings and snooty sales assistants

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Read our exclusive 100 Years of Fleming and Bond interactive timeline, packed with original Times articles and reviews

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