Stone that blushes at dusk
ROSAPETRA SPA RESORT - DOLOMITES, ITALY
Raised on foundations laid in 1804, Rosapetra is built from Castellavazzo stone and reclaimed fir, facing the Tofane as they turn pink each evening.
The rhythm of the Caribbean
IBEROSTAR JOIA PARAÍSO - RIVIERA MAYA, MEXICO
JOIA Paraíso borrows the courtyards and thick white walls of Mexico’s colonial haciendas and sets them on the Riviera Maya, with the jungle behind and the sea in front.
Life in Atlantic light
RADISSON RESORT & RESIDENCES - TENERIFE, SPAIN
On Tenerife’s northern coast, Radisson Resort & Residences looks inland to Teide, which often rises clear above a band of cloud while the sea below stays in shadow.
A timeless heritage
IBEROSTAR GRAND MENCEY - TENERIFE, SPAIN
Open since 1950, the Grand Mencey keeps the carved wooden balconies and gardens of neo-Canarian architecture in the heart of Santa Cruz.
Treasures of the Adriatic shore
IBEROSTAR SLAVIJA - BUDVA, MONTENEGRO
Facing a citadel that has guarded the Adriatic for six centuries, Iberostar Slavija emerges as a contemporary address where Venetian stone meets the open sea.
In the stillness of nature
JIVA HOA LU RETREAT - NINH BINH, VIETNAM
Jiva Hoa Lu is laid out like a Vietnamese village among the limestone peaks of Ninh Binh, a few kilometres from the country’s first imperial capital.
Manrique's legacy
MELIÁ PARADISUS SALINAS - LANZAROTE, SPAIN
Designed by Fernando Higueras in 1977, with gardens and pool by César Manrique, the former Las Salinas hotel still steps down towards the Atlantic in white terraces.
A quiet collection of places worth remembering.
Lost in the Ceylon hills
MALABAR HILL - WELIGAMA, SRI LANKA
Ten years in the making, Malabar Hill brings Moorish arches and Rajasthani detail to a jungle hillside above Weligama Bay.