A place to stay: 30 extraordinary hotels - Shelley-Maree Cassidy

Places to stay in hotels around the world. From Swedish Lapland to Las Vegas...

Deciding where to stay is one of the most important parts of planning a trip, whether it’s a holiday or business. If you’re tired of faceless resorts or corporate institutions, however alluring their comforts, then the hotels in A Place to Stay will come as a revelation. Modest or grand, large or small, modernist or traditional, the only thing these hotels have in common is that each is a one-off, a characterful original you’ll never forget. More than a guide book, this is a photographic celebration of some of the world’s most desirable homes from home.

Just about all tastes are catered for, in countries across the world. From the Ice Hotel in Arctic Sweden, where everything — even the beds — is carved from ice, or the Esbelli Evi House in Cappadocia, Turkey, partly located in sixth-century cave dwellings; to the more conventional comforts of the grand luxe Danieli in Venice or Château de Bagnols near Lyon; the contemporary chic of The Mercer in New York and The Adelphi in Melbourne; or the ordered tranquillity of the traditional Tawaraya Inn, Kyoto, you are sure to find somewhere that appeals and inspires.