Hotels for discerning travellers

Places to stay that reward the journey: calm rooms, serious kitchens and staff who know your name.

Price guide: £ under £200 · ££ £200–400 · £££ £400–800 · ££££ £800+ a night

Outdoor infinity pool at FORESTIS reflecting the hotel and forest, with the Dolomites behind

FORESTIS, Italy

Glass-walled timber Landscape Room among birch trees at Juvet Landscape Hotel

Juvet Landscape Hotel, Norway

Dunton Hot Springs village in its alpine valley, Colorado

Dunton Hot Springs, USA

Sundance Mountain Resort in autumn beneath the mountains, Utah

Sundance Mountain Resort, USA

Canoe on turquoise Moraine Lake beneath the Ten Peaks

Moraine Lake Lodge, Canada

Lakeside timber building beside jade-green Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park

Emerald Lake Lodge, Canada

Aerial view of Hôtel Le Faucigny in central Chamonix

Hôtel Le Faucigny, France

Lakeside Kainz house of Heritage Hotel Hallstatt beneath the mountains

Heritage Hotel Hallstatt, Austria

Hotel Triglav Bled overlooking Lake Bled and the hills

Hotel Triglav Bled, Slovenia

La Almunia del Valle exterior with climbing greenery and terraces

La Almunia del Valle, Spain

Red waterfront cabins and walkways at sunset, Reine Rorbuer, Lofoten

Reine Rorbuer, Norway

Mount Kazbek at sunset above the valley near Rooms Hotel Kazbegi

Rooms Hotel Kazbegi, Georgia

Box Canyon Lodge under snow with Ouray mountains behind

Box Canyon Lodge & Hot Springs, USA

Layered blue ridges of the Smoky Mountains from Buckhorn Inn

Buckhorn Inn, USA

Infinity pool at Boutique 5 overlooking the sea at Kiotari

Boutique 5 Hotel & Spa, Greece

Adults only

Infinity pool and white buildings at Mayia, Kiotari

Mayia Exclusive Resort & Spa, Greece

Adults onlyAll-inclusive

Positano's houses and church dome seen from Le Sirenuse

Le Sirenuse, Italy