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June, 2008
California Hotels: Casual Elegance

May, 2008
The Capella & Rocco Forte European Empires
Two hotel brands with grand ambitions—Capella and Rocco Forte—are building European empires. In the first column of his new series, Christopher Petkanas sizes them up.

May, 2008
Chic Hotels in Europe
Five European hotels where you can sleep in style.

May, 2008
Hotel-Hopping in Dublin
There are over 300 hotels in the Celtic capital, so where should you stay? Here, T+L takes a look at four properties making news.

April, 2008
Easter Island Escape
Thanks to a new Explora lodge, there’s finally a hotel worthy of this extraordinary setting.

March, 2008
The Chain Gang
Their luminous signs beckon from the highway. But which midmarket hotel chains are worth pulling over for? T+L Family checked out the field—so you know where to check in.

February, 2008
10 Best Romantic Hotels in the U.S.

February, 2008
Southeast Asia’s Top New Hotels
Matt Leppard, editor-in-chief of our newest foreign edition, shares the region’s top new hotels.

February, 2008
Celebrity Villa Rentals
With a big enough budget, anyone can rent a villa owned by an A-lister. At these over-the-top estates, guests can sleep in a celebrity’s bed, swim in his or her pool, and even peruse the family photo album.

February, 2008
Upscale Hotels in the Florida Keys
Motels and cozy guesthouses are giving way to a new upscale breed of hotels in South Florida.

February, 2008
User’s Guide to Renting Villas
A comprehensive global guide to luxurious villas and the agents who represent them. Plus: Great values at a glance, how to decode listings, and celebrity villas anyone can rent.

January, 2008
Top 10 Hotel Swimming Pool Views

January, 2008
Improving Service Standards in Turks and Caicos
In Turks and Caicos, an ambitious, nationwide effort is under way to improve service standards. Jeff Wise takes a look at how it’s working.

January, 2008
The Best Hotels in India 2008
During the past few decades, many of India's most splendid palaces have been converted to hotels and now, the lavish quarters and exquisite service once enjoyed by Indian kings are being savored by visitors.

December, 2007
Hotel Fasano
This year’s biggest opening in Rio has made quite a splash on the shores of Ipanema. T+L pays a visit.

November, 2007
Inside the Green Room
A behind-the-scenes tour of the latest in eco-hotel design.

November, 2007
Our 20 Favorite Green Hotels
Looking for the ultimate green hotel, but finding it hard to separate the wheat from the chaff?

October, 2007
Hotel Couture
In Paris, fashion designer Christian Lacroix turns his eye on the travel world.

October, 2007
North Africa's New Horizons
Amid the winding medinas, ancient ruins, and vast white sands of Tunisia, Richard Alleman uncovers five stylish hotels where authentic experiences and a taste of the exotic are guaranteed.

September, 2007
Tokyo's Newest Hotels
Five properties, five nights, five ways to stay in the Japanese capital. Nina Willdorf helps you find the hotel that's right for you.

September, 2007
Dukes Hotel
A total design transformation has given this venerable St. James's favorite a fresh face—but it still flies a traditional flag.

September, 2007
The Best of South America's Haciendas
From the peaks of the Andes to the windswept pampas of Argentina, we reveal 15 of our favorite haciendas and estancias, where you can live the country life—south american style.

June, 2007
Motel Chic
From Palm Springs to the Florida Keys, a new generation of design-savvy entrepreneurs are reinventing an American icon—the roadside motel.

June, 2007
In the Pink
On Bermuda, hotels are opening, old favorites are upgrading, and those rosy sands are beckoning. Grab a rum swizzle and let the good times roll, says Christopher Petkanas

June, 2007
Three Roman Hideaways
At this trio of diminutive hotels you can pick your style: fashionable luxury, über-exclusivity, or postcard-perfect charm

June, 2007
Our Hotel Highlights
Here, T+L editors offer a tipsheet from a few of the places we've recently visited

June, 2007
The Oasis
In San Miguel de Allende, a stylish new inn brings a global perspective to a classic colonial haven

June, 2007
Villa Escobar
In Tulum, the vacation home of the world’s most notorious drug lord is now a luxury eco-inn—if only the walls could talk

June, 2007
Waterworld
At the newly expanded Bahamas resort Atlantis, Karrie Jacobs dives in to explore the latest in a long line of water-themed landscape entertainments

June, 2007
The It List
T+L Editors’ guide to the best new hotels

May, 2007
Villa Bordoni
Restoring this bucolic manor in rural Tuscany was the work of knowing Scottish expats. Discovering the villa's exquisite restaurant, and a few shaded spots to unwind, was a job for T+L.

May, 2007
Hotel Confidential
Jonathan Tisch, CEO of Loews Hotels and best-selling author, took five to share tips and experience from both sides of the reception desk.

May, 2007
New Wave France
Forget about toile de Jouy. From Provence to the Dordogne, next-generation inns are awash in Modernism, Moroccan exotic, Flemish austerity—everything, it seems, but traditional French Country style.

May, 2007
5-Star Bummer?
In Europe, hotel ratings may not be exactly what they seem. Sara Pepitone explains how to navigate the stars and find the room that’s right for you.

May, 2007
Country Inns of Wales
Looking for the quintessential country escape? Four welcoming inns set in the Welsh foothills offer the perfect combination of creative regional restaurants and charming Celtic interiors.

April, 2007
Best Hotel Gyms

April, 2007
Prairie Home Abandon
Minneapolis’s exuberant Chambers Hotel is taking Midwestern design to a whole new level. T+L pays a visit.

February, 2007
Bangkok’s New Mini Hotels
Four small hotels are setting the standard for a more intimate—and affordable—experience in the frenetic Thai capital.

January, 2007
Up in the Old Hotel
Few hotels have defined a city as much as the Mandarin Oriental has Hong Kong. On the occasion of its reopening, following a $140 million overhaul, Peter Jon Lindberg looks at its inimitable history—and its new incarnation.

December, 2006
Vintage Gehry
In Spain’s Basque country, a venerable Rioja wine estate is banking on a superstar architect to raise its profile with a fresh take on the luxury hotel. Christopher Petkanas checks in and drinks up.

December, 2006
Duomo Hotel, Italy
Much hyped and long delayed, Ron Arad’s first hotel opens in Rimini. Valerie Waterhouse spends the night to see if it lives up to all the buzz

December, 2006
Cottage Living Revisited
At the sprawling, colonial Winvian estate in northeastern Connecticut, a curious collection of small, highly idiosyncratic cottages is under construction, and a new hotel prepares to debut.

November, 2006
The Islington, Tasmania
Australia’s southern island may be known more for ecotourism than for high-concept hotels, but Hobart’s newest addition is putting the destination on style-seekers’ maps.

October, 2006
Patagonia Inside Out
Between treks into the fabled lonesome landscape of southern Chile and Argentina, Nathan Lump takes in four stylish new hotels.

October, 2006
One for Cambodia
Ancient Siem Reap, a stone's throw from Angkor Wat, introduces a new way to design a hotel: with just one bedroom. Christopher Cox checks into the One to see if it offers singular service that lives up to its name

September, 2006
Argentina's Finest
The Alvear Palace may still be the gold standard, but with four newly minted retreats, Buenos Aires's hotel scene just got a little more gilded.

September, 2006
Bohemian Rhapsody
With his ambitious renovation and redesign of a New York City icon—the Gramercy Park Hotel—Ian Schrager hopes to reinvent the very idea of the dramatically grand urban hotel

September, 2006
Sleep in the Desert
Sandstorms! Scorpions!! The heat!!! At a 'luxe' Saharan desert camp, the tents might have A/C but, Christopher Petkanas discovers, real luxury is a mirage

September, 2006
Stay in an Overwater Bungalow
There's nothing more transporting than a room whose foundation is the bottom of the sea. Michael Gross samples the aquatic life

July, 2006
Italian Renaissance
A little village in Abruzzi gets a $5 million-dollar facelift and a new boutique hotel

June, 2006
The It List

June, 2006
Boston Uncommon
Cool new hotels are helping the New England city shed its dowdy image, but can it really compete with the international capitals of chic? Peter Jon Lindberg thinks so

June, 2006
A Room of One's Own
...make that an exorbitant, jewel-encrusted mega-suite with 360-degree views and personal butlers, too. bruno maddox fathoms the meaning of the $10,000-a-night hotel room

June, 2006
Viewing Rooms
Shocking photographs in the restaurant, Chuck Close tapestries in the rooms, red plastic penguins in the atrium gallery—in Louisville, Kentucky, the new 21C puts the 'hot' in 'art hotels.'

June, 2006
Real-Life Eloises
Growing up in a hotel didn't end with the Eloise books. Today in Manhattan there are many current and former Eloises. Lisa Birnbach met a few, none of whom (as far as she can tell) has ever poured a pitcher of water down a mail chute.

May, 2006
Second Comings
Across Europe, ancient monasteries are being reinvented as luxury hotels with rigorously chic interiors and 21st-century amenities. Is there still space among all the indulgences for a bit of contemplation? Shane Mitchell vows to find out

May, 2006
Love Is In The Air
When it comes to matters of the heart, hotel guests are getting some professional advice from staffers dedicated to romance. Henry Alford joins the ranks of Cupid's newest helpers

May, 2006
Frankfurt Fun House

One of the world's most surprising new hotels is Germany's latest Radisson SAS—a futuristic skyscraper given a colorful (and comfortable) treatment by design superstars Adam D. Tihany and Matteo Thun.

May, 2006
Mayfair Lady

Brown's has always been as indelibly English as Queen Victoria or Agatha Christie—both of whom frequented the London hotel. Daphne Merkin discovers that an ambitious new makeover is, happily, no cause for alarm

April, 2006
Southern Exposures
Three genteel hotels in Tennessee and the Carolinas, with acres of old-world space in which to get—politely—expansive. CHRISTOPHER PETKANAS minds his manners

April, 2006
Fantasy Island
Along a rugged, windswept coastline in the Turks and Caicos lies Amanyara, a resort attempting to reinvent luxury in the West Indies with an Asian touch. Peter Jon Lindberg takes an exclusive first look.

March, 2006
Hong Kong's Greatest Hits
Asia's most glamorous city has always been home to some of the world's most glamorous hotels. With three new additions and a major renovation, the bar is being raised.

February, 2006
Scottsdale Redux
After a three-year, head-to-toe, $20 million makeover, the Phoenician—Arizona's grande dame resort—has re-emerged as a diamond in the desert.

January, 2006
China Syndrome
Supersized golf resorts! Indoor ski slopes! A mini Mount Rushmore! As China's population climbs its way to the middle class, its taste for leisure is getting bigger. Howard W. French takes it all in

January, 2006
The Next Boutique Hotel: History Lesson
With boutique hotels at risk of becoming simultaneously overdesigned and generic, a new generation of hoteliers is opting for low-key, historical authenticity. David A. Keeps visits L.A.'s Sunset Tower Hotel

November, 2005
Fun House
Designed by an all-star team of 19 architects, each given total creative freedom and a massive budget to play with, Hotel Puerta América is putting the mad in Madrid. (Take that, Barcelona!)

November, 2005
Remaking a New Classic
Twin Farms, the high-end hideaway in Vermont, tempts fate with two new buildings and an updated look. A T+L exclusive.

October, 2005
Rocking the Casbah
In the Moroccan countryside, mud-walled fortresses are being converted into exotic retreats. RICHARD ALLEMAN takes a look at four of the best desert oases and two affordable options.

October, 2005
A Higher Standard
The Standard, Miami proves there's life beyond South Beach. The first spa hotel from André Balazs is a cunning throwback to Miami's golden age.

October, 2005
T+L Reports: Star of Amalfi

September, 2005
Affordable European Hotels
The euro may be falling, but not fast enough. So we've done the work for you: T+L scoured 27 cities from Amsterdam to Athens and uncovered 30 modern hotels for under $250 a night where you don't have to forsake style for savings.

June, 2005
The Walls Have Ears
The Athénée Palace in Bucharest was a hotbed of intrigue from the 1930's to the end of the Cold War. For Dan Halpern, the past still resonates

June, 2005
Battle of the Beds
Hotels are scrambling to upgrade their beds in an effort to woo weary travelers. Andrea Bennett charts the trend. Plus: the definitive guide to beds at eight major chains

June, 2005
To the Mattresses
We wanted to know how the new hotel beds compare to some longtime favorites. Peter Jon Lindberg volunteered for duty

June, 2005
Making the Journey
From Chile to Bhutan, hotels are no longer just places to stay—they're taking over every aspect of your travel experience. Jeff Wise reports

June, 2005
Dirty Laundry
The good news: hotel bedding is getting washed more often. The bad: Not everywhere

June, 2005
Greener Pastures
When it comes to Ireland's country-house hotels, everything old is old again, as Christopher Petkanas is delighted to report

June, 2005
Manhattan Makeover
New York's century-old St. Regis tapped Stephen Sills and James Huniford to do a long-needed refurbishing, and the interior design team found a way to reconnect with the hotel's illustrious past

June, 2005
The New Luxury
There's an emerging generation of travelers. Michael Gross infiltrates the jet set and finds that in the hunt for exclusivity, money is no object.

June, 2005
Do Not Disturb!
The iconic hotel sign is not just a privacy device. It's a style statement. David A. Keeps decodes its message—and pinches a few souvenirs along the way

June, 2005
Secret Service
Examining every detail of high-end hospitality, so-called luxury consultants are helping top hotels reinvent the five-star experience.

June, 2005
Hotel Rates
Up, Up, and Away

May, 2005
Country Living
In true keeping-up-with-the-Joneses form, four classic hotels in England's countryside have spruced up—without selling out.

April, 2005
Chiang Mai Pleasure Palace
At the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, in northern Thailand, luxury and learning live side by side. It's cultural immersion in high style: the $80 million resort makes sure that for every 33,000-square-foot spa, there is a 5,000-volume library.

February, 2005
Palm Springs Eternal
With the completion of designer Jonathan Adler's first hotel project—Le Parker Meridien Palm Springs—all eyes are on California's desert oasis. David A. Keeps looks at the modernization of this retro-modern town.

January, 2005
Living Culture
Hotels used to be the last place you'd find enriching interactions with the local population—until now. Shane Mitchell looks at a new wave of retreats where an authentic experience can be had, for a price

January, 2005
T+L Reports: Where Sultans Sleep

January, 2005
T+L Reports: Hello, Buenos Aires

December, 2004
T+L Reports: Bombay Drinks

December, 2004
The New Old Guard
Several renowned London hotels aren't what they used to be. But arch-traditionalist Christopher Petkanas doesn't even mind

December, 2004
T+L Reports: Monaco in the Spotlight

December, 2004
T+L Reports: A Night in Provence

December, 2004
T+L Reports: Sleeping Tight in America

November, 2004
Argentina's Greatest Escapes
Whether it's angling, hiking, or trail riding, we've tracked down some of the country's quintessential adventures and matched them to six small—but luxurious—inns, lodges, and estancias

November, 2004
T+L Reports: American Idyll

November, 2004
T+L Reports: Burning Up Paris

October, 2004
T+L Reports: English Rows

October, 2004
T+L Reports: Continental Divine

October, 2004
T+L Reports: Bali High Life

October, 2004
T+L Reports: Ol' Blue Eyes Slept Here

October, 2004
T+L Reports: Ciao, Bella!

October, 2004
White-hot Caribbean
On the sister islands of Antigua and Barbuda, the revitalized hotel scene is making waves.

September, 2004
25 Best New Hotels in Italy
From the top of the boot to the toe, the Italian hotel scene is booming. Here, our favorite places, whether urban style setters or idyllic country retreats.

September, 2004
T+L Reports: Hamptons Hideaway

September, 2004
T+L Reports: Tasmanian Devilish

September, 2004
T+L Reports: The Round Table Comes Full Circle

August, 2004
The Wilds of Wisconsin
At three lakeside lodges in the heart of the Midwest, the spirit of the grand old American resorts of the 1920's is alive and well.

August, 2004
T+L Reports: Singular Sensations

August, 2004
T+L Reports: Art of Paris

August, 2004
T+L Reports: Tanzania Got Game

July, 2004
T+L Reports: Going Dutch

July, 2004
Hot Property
Manhattan restaurateur Stephen Hanson is shaking up the hipper-than-thou hotel status quo. His first resort, the James, fuses style, affordability, and wit in an unlikely setting: downtown Scottsdale, Arizona.

July, 2004
T+L Reports: Cool in Korea

July, 2004
T+L Reports: London's Grace Period

June, 2004
Mississippi Turning
A down-at-the-heels Delta town begins to bounce back, thanks to prestige stoves, Southern-cooking classes, and a modern hotel.

June, 2004
T+L Reports: D.C. Gets Oriented

June, 2004
American Splendor
Five privately owned lodges in the greater Yellowstone area give instant access to the park—far from the madding crowd.

June, 2004
T+L Reports: Miami Heat

June, 2004
Toujours Provence
Scattered discreetly throughout the south of France, in meadows and town squares, is a clutch of intimate maisons d'hôte—delightful alternatives to the big-hotel experience. Christopher Petkanas checks in.

June, 2004
Hotel Couture
These days, the biggest fashion statement for a designer is having a place to call his own. With everyone from Azzedine Alaïa to Giorgio Armani moonlighting as a hotelier, Michael Gross looks at how a luxury brand translates off the runway

June, 2004
Behind Closed Doors
The hotel detective has become a security specialist, and surveillance screens now do the work of that seen-it-all squint. But at least one thing remains the same: there's always a diamond ring missing

May, 2004
Made, in Spain
Andalusia is being touted as the Spanish Provence. No wonder. The sunny, olive tree-filled southern region is now further blessed, with some of the Mediterranean's most unforgettable small hotels

May, 2004
T+L Reports: Haute Himalayas

May, 2004
Heartbreak Hotel
When children's clothing designer Catherine Painvin hit bottom, her therapy was to open an inn. Christopher Petkanas drops by her singular chambre d'hôte in Aubrac

May, 2004
T+L Reports: Feel the Love

May, 2004
T+L Reports: Suite Feet

April, 2004
The New Berkshires
Tanglewood is still thriving, and Birkenstock-shod weekenders wander the green rolling hills. But the presence of distressed velvet—of fluke sashimi—suggests a western Massachusetts metamorphosis.

April, 2004
T+L Reports: The Whole Shack Shimmies

April, 2004
T+L Reports: Going Coastal in California

March, 2004
T+L Reports: Ain't They Grand

March, 2004
T+L Reports: The Simple Life

March, 2004
T+L Reports: The New Après-Ski

February, 2004
T+L Reports: A Jewel in Jacksonville

February, 2004
T+L Reports: Thai Style

February, 2004
25 Romantic Getaways

February, 2004
T+L Reports: Sprechen Sie Cool

January, 2004
Being There
How does a resort become as iconic as the unrelentingly fabulous elite who infest it? Joan Juliet Buck decodes what it means to be in the right place at the right time

January, 2004
T+L Reports: Va-Va-Vegas

January, 2004
T+L Reports: Made in Brazil

December, 2003
T+L Reports: The New Provence

December, 2003
T+L Reports: Suite Relief

December, 2003
T+L Reports: England Gets in the Grove

December, 2003
Making a Splash
A hip hotel group has restored a sixties landmark in Washington, D.C. Michael Gross inspects what might be the world's best Best Western

December, 2003
Rocky Mountain Renaissance
Five of Colorado's most improved—and impressive—ski areas.
Plus: Seven smaller resorts worth discovering.

November, 2003
T+L Reports: Antigua's British Invasion

November, 2003
T+L Reports: Southern Comfort

November, 2003
Staying Power
If it's scene you're after, these four time-tested St. Bart's hotels will fit the bill. (But then there's the matter of the bill.)

November, 2003
T+L Reports: Hot Dogs

November, 2003
Where to Go for the Holidays
Longing for the snowy serenity of the Swiss Alps, Thanksgiving in the tropics, a Wild West Christmas, or Hanukkah in the California desert? No matter your taste, we've got the place, from Venice to Vegas

November, 2003
T+L Reports: Living La Vida Mexicana

October, 2003
T+L Reports: What's Next, Jeeves?

October, 2003
T+L Reports: Haus of Style

October, 2003
T+L Reports: Hot Off the Bloc

October, 2003
T+L Reports: Your Own Palm Beach Palace

October, 2003
Grand Designs
They may be stylish and steeped in attitude—Is that an enormous polyurethane foot in my bathroom?—but how are the original boutique hotels faring two decades on? Christopher Petkanas checks in

October, 2003
T+L Reports: Connecticut Cool

October, 2003
T+L Reports: Meet Me in Mongolia

October, 2003
T+L Reports: Looking East

September, 2003
T+L Reports: Riviera R&R

August, 2003
T+L Reports: Space-Age Safari

August, 2003
T+L Reports: Escape to Middle Earth

August, 2003
T+L Reports: VAT (Value-Added Treat)

July, 2003
T+L Guide: Summer in America
55 Things to Do Now

June, 2003
T+L Reports: Spice World

June, 2003
Modern English
From the Cotswolds to Cornwall to the Lake District, new (and newly updated) hotels are redefining tradition—in their looks, their menus, even their manners.

June, 2003
T+L Reports: Africa's Big Four

June, 2003
Rock On
Longitude 131°, a new tented safari camp in the Australian desert, provides front-row seats to Uluru—the monolith once known as Ayers Rock.

June, 2003
Gold Rush
Three of the most exciting new hotels in America are within driving distance of Los Angeles, and they're all making waves by re-creating styles from California's past. Plus: Two great value options

June, 2003
Bed, Breakfast and Beyond
Dreams of his own B&B danced like sugarplums in his head. But while learning the ropes of hotel management at an Irish inn, Henry Alford discovers it's not all tea and scones

June, 2003
Lush Life
In Naples, Florida, the resorts serve up as much sun and sand (and golf) as you could ask for. Stephen Drucker surveys the field

May, 2003
T+L Reports: A Little Bit Country

May, 2003
T+L Reports: Hotels Europa

May, 2003
T+L Reports: South Beach Showdown

May, 2003
Low Country Pleasures
The splendid, beguilingly named Hostellerie Shamrock is the best-kept secret in the Belgian countryside. Plus, a Dutch gem loses none of its luster.

May, 2003
T+L Reports: Home on the Slope

May, 2003
T+L Reports: Made in Italy

April, 2003
T+L Reports: The Wright Way

April, 2003
T+L Reports: City Living

April, 2003
American Idyll
Slow down, you move too fast. Here, 10 trips close to home that are guaranteed to help you unwind

April, 2003
T+L Reports: Do Not Disturb

April, 2003
T+L Reports: New York Natural

March, 2003
Weekender: Skagit Valley, Washington
For one short month each year, northwestern Washington—along with some half-million visitors—witnesses nature at its most vivid

March, 2003
Sweet Home Jamaica

March, 2003
Great Cities, Affordable Hotels

March, 2003
America Wakes Up

February, 2003
Where to Go to Say 'I Do'
...or, 'I still do.' Read on for essential information on the best spots for weddings, vow renewals, and honeymoons far away.

February, 2003
T+L Reports: Outer Limits

February, 2003
T+L Reports: Clean Heartland Living

February, 2003
50 Romantic Retreats
Turn up the heat this winter at one of these hotels, where intimacy is taken seriously

January, 2003
Hana Reborn
After years of decline, one of Hawaii's best-loved resorts, the Hotel Hana-Maui, has been given a luxurious new lease on life by the owners of the Post Ranch Inn. Stephen Drucker checks in

January, 2003
10 Quick Winter Getaways
Where to Go for Sun + Snow

December, 2002
10 Great Places to Spend Christmas
From the United Kingdom and the South Pacific to the Magic Kingdom and the old Southwest, we've rounded up 10 terrific holiday getaways—just hear those sleigh bells jingle

December, 2002
T+L Reports: Ranch Dressing Up

December, 2002
Palace Rules
Ten years in the making, the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme has finally opened its doors—reviving the cult of the classic hotel. Its style and attitude, however, are anything but business as usual

December, 2002
T+L Reports: Cool Cotswolds

December, 2002
T+L Reports: It Takes a Village

December, 2002
T+L Reports: Bilbao Beds

November, 2002
The New Frontier
Deep in the Colorado Rockies, a ghost town has been brought back to life as a resort—where the saloon serves cilantro risotto and a pony express stop is now a yoga studio

November, 2002
Buon Italia

November, 2002
Checking In: Resort Report

October, 2002
Global Rooms
As the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt Museum mounts a show devoted to the hotel, David Rimanelli takes a second look at the lobbies, the suites, and the outré details that make the hotel more than just a place to lay your head

October, 2002
T+L Reports: Flower Power

October, 2002
T+L Reports: Me, Myself, and I

September, 2002
Mexico's Temples of Style
A handful of small, exclusive hotels are transforming the riviera maya, a stretch of white sand on the Caribbean coast

August, 2002
Find Some Peace and Quiet
Escape the madding crowds at these tranquil hotels, including a Zen retreat and one of Queen Victoria's favorite hideaways

August, 2002
Rise Above It All
When it gets so hot that your shoes stick to the asphalt, exercise climate control: Check into a just-opened high-rise hotel and pity the sweltering hordes below.

August, 2002
Get Wet

August, 2002
Insider Classics: Sweet Virginia
There's a lot more to Virginia than stud farms, apple blossoms, and dead presidents. How about three well-loved luxury hotels?

August, 2002
Inn of the Month
Woolverton Inn, New Jersey

August, 2002
Delta Force
Visiting Botswana's alluvial Okavango plains can become an addiction. pure wilderness coupled with understated luxury make these five safari lodges irresistible

August, 2002
North by Northeast
A remote enclave on Maine's Mount Desert Island, Northeast Harbor has long been a summer retreat for some of America's most powerful families. Jeff Wise heads Down East to uncover the mysteries of this quintessential Yankee getaway

July, 2002
Dropping Pounds

July, 2002
T+L Reports: Ring My Bell

June, 1999
Wine, Dine, Recline
What's better than a magnificent four-course meal in a lovely European restaurant? How about a pillow and a nice warm bed? Here are some of our favorite places to spend the evening and the night. (Just don't call them B&B's.)