AMIRANDES GRECOTEL, CRETE
THE FOUR SEASONS, FLORENCE
Live like a modern-day Medici, sipping wine
beneath chandeliers
AIRE DE BARDENAS, NAVARRA, NORTHERN SPAIN
Rooms have huge windows, patios and outdoor bathtubs at the Aire de Bardenas
Padaste Manor is a romantic 19th-century bolt hole
The 25Hours hotel has six different floors
devoted to a different decade, from the
Thirties to the Eighties
L'AUBERGE BASQUE, ST JEAN DE LUZ
An edgy mix of urban good taste and basque farmhouse
CARBON HOTEL GENK, BELGIUM
The stylised bar with huge glass panels overlooking the restaurant at the Carbon Hotel Genk, Belgium
SALT & SILL FLOATING HOTEL, SWEDEN
The first eco-friendly floating hotel in Sweden
Photograph © Hugo Thomassen