Barcelona · Lisbon · London · Cancún

Where to stay

Pick the neighbourhood first, then the hotel. These are the ones the guides would book, and who each one suits.

Barcelona

All 18 places to stay

  • Citorah PickHotel · Eixample

    Cotton House Hotel

    Citorah says In the former headquarters of Barcelona's Cotton Producers' Guild, with a restored library for tea and reading, and a terrace.

  • Citorah PickHotel · Eixample

    Almanac Barcelona

    Citorah says A newer, design-led five-star, with the Azimuth rooftop bar.

Lisbon

All 22 places to stay

  • Citorah PickHotel · Bairro Alto

    Bairro Alto Hotel

    Citorah says A five-star boutique hotel on the Chiado/Bairro Alto border, and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World.

  • Citorah PickHotel · Baixa / Chiado

    Hotel do Chiado

    Citorah says A four-star with a rooftop bar, Entretanto.

  • Citorah PickHotel · Baixa / Chiado

    Lisbon Story Guesthouse

    Citorah says 12 Rooms, plus apartments, in a Pombaline building on Largo de São Domingos. It says it opened in 2005 as Lisbon's first guesthouse.

London

All 29 places to stay

  • Citorah PickHotel · Mayfair

    Claridge's

    Citorah says Afternoon tea in the Foyer & Reading Room is its own institution. The bars are Claridge's Bar, The Fumoir, open since 1929, and the new Dante Mayfair.

  • Citorah PickHotel · Mayfair

    The Connaught

    Citorah says Claridge's sister hotel in the Maybourne group, with a three-Michelin-star restaurant, Hélène Darroze at The Connaught.

  • Citorah PickHotel · Soho / Covent Garden

    The Soho Hotel

    Citorah says A Firmdale hotel that opened in 2004 and, Firmdale says, was widely regarded as Soho's first luxury hotel. Firmdale's Film Club screens films there on Sundays at 3.30 PM.

Cancún

All 11 places to stay

  • Citorah PickHotel · South Hotel Zone

    Nizuc Resort & Spa

    Citorah says Nizuc Resort & Spa at km 21 is the standard-bearer here - a-la-carte only (no all-inclusive), six restaurants, some of the best spa treatments in the Caribbean.

  • Citorah PickHotel · Mid Hotel Zone

    Le Blanc Spa Resort

    Citorah says Le Blanc Spa Resort at km 10 is the adults-only luxury all-inclusive most people compare everything else to.

  • Citorah PickHotel · Mid Hotel Zone

    Kempinski Hotel Cancún

    Citorah says Kempinski Hotel Cancún (the former Ritz-Carlton) at km 14 sits on one of the best-protected stretches of beach on the whole strip.

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