Новости за 12.10.2016

Film fans will love the Vincci Capitol in a striking Art Deco building that also houses a cinema on Madrid’s Gran Vía – right in the middle of the action. Rooms are larger than average and two roof terraces add to the glamour, but parts of the hotel need updating.

This four-star might not have the most central location nor the swankiest interior, but it does have plenty of space, comfortable rooms and public areas, a business centre and a very decent restaurant and bar. Service is very good throughout too.

The newest kid on Monaco’s four-star luxury block is the exuberant Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort. With its sandy-bottomed lagoon and its endless sun terraces bordering the Mediterranean Sea, it’s a year-round playground for groups of friends and families alike.

Tokyo’s newest luxury skyscraper (and unlikely to be the last, with the 2020 Olympics countdown underway), the Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho is a contemporary rebuild of an old landmark hotel, spanning the upper floors of a 26-storey tower.

A comfortable and welcoming five-room farmhouse near Pembridge in north Herefordshire, Lowe Farm is on the county’s famous Black and White trail of pretty villages. Surrounded by nice gardens and country views, this b&b’s big surprise is the seven-seater hot tub in a restored barn.

The Crown is an 18th-century coaching inn embedded in Woodstock’s historical core. It's a small but sophisticated five-room pub-cum-hotel with excellent food. Characterful décor both upstairs and down makes it somewhere between warming and well-styled.