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We at The Aficionados like to keep our fingers on the pulse of what’s new in the world of hotel openings, restorations and unveilings. From the snow-dusted Alps, to the windswept valleys of the Highlands, and within the tangle of cobbled streets from Lisbon to Bolzano, we seek out the beauties that adorn these pages.
But when the jigsaw pieces do slot together, forming a happy synergy of style and imagination mixed with full-of-soul owners and heart-soaring locations, it’s like butter melting on hot toast and we’re filled with good vibes. Staying in at a hotel selected by The Aficionados should mean exactly that – being imbued with a sense of perfect symbiosis, whether that’s in a slate-topped cottage, a woodland design den or a bijou bolthole.
Destination slow living – Scheduled to open in spring 2023, the hotel De Durgerdam will boast 14 rooms and suites and plays host to the soon-to-be foodie hotspot, restaurant De Mark, conceived by two Michelin-starred chefs from Amsterdam.
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Opening December 2022, this new unashamedly smooth and modern resort, Haven is your ski-in, ski-out all apartment-hotel in the small Austrian town of St. Johann im Pongau.
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Fabulous holiday apartments with panoramic views and an interior palette that borrows from the surrounding beauty and captures the purity of nature with a modernist hand.
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Housed within a fabulously restored Venetian-styled mansion house, this design hotel with nine suites and a stunning rooftop bar has put the island of Syros back on the map.
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History, design, calmed wellness and an interior of modern heritage make this hotel-apartment refuge close to Merano the perfect pitstop for some downtime and closeness to nature.
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A design refuge for those that like their head in the clouds but feet firmly placed in architectural modernism, set at 1850 metres, the hotel is lofty enough to be able to ski straight out of its door, as well as hiking in summer.
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Created within a former Augustinian cloister and chapel, Hotel August in the Flemish city of Antwerp was designed by one of Belgium's most acclaimed architects, interior designers, and product designers, Vincent Van Duysen.
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Minimalist and tradition thread through these holiday apartments in scenic Bregenzerwald that mimic the original farmhouse templates with contemporary design.
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A curated style jungle of mid-century furnishings, abstract modernism, bespoke pieces are flavoured by the original pine panelling dating back to 1848 - and all this cuteness is wrapped in a canvas of wild herbs and mountain eye candy.
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Na Travessa pleasingly resides almost incognito amongst its neighbours, it is unassuming, familiar and reveals little about the poetic architectural features within.
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A wonderful six-suite design guesthouse-hotel in the creative heartlands of Athens in the Kolonaki Quarter - home to the creative set, bookstores, publishing, galleries, museums and cafes.
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A mountainside eco-friendly bolthole of smooth timbered charm wrapped by the snow-dusted pinnacles of Watzmann and Hochkalter, in the pretty village of Bischofswiesen at the entrance to Berchtesgaden.
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Panoramic vistas set the scene of these townhouse-styled design suites built in traditional island architecture and the hallmarks of Cycladic design, found in the hilltop village of Pyrgos.
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Overlooking a dramatic diorama of mountains and valleys, this fun spirited luxury den threads the Heimat of Montafon with a modernist design aesthetic.
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Dating back to the 16th century and once the noble country pad of Marquises and Counts – the Roncolo 1888 is a boutique guesthouse-hotel set within 130-hectares of the Venturini Baldini viticultural estate.
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A fabulous new hotel, excitement builds for the opening of Parkhotel Mondschein, a new design hotel addition to the red-roofed Bolzano skyline in South Tyrol, ready for guests to pass through its newly painted doors.
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Seamlessly slotting into Tinos’ wild and remote surroundings, design hotel Under The Sun is a raw and natural addition to this dramatic cliff-scape where Aegean blues blend sky with sea and a rugged architecture creates the perfect setting for a soulful escape.
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Sleep under medieval frescoes, sweep down labyrinthine corridors, lord it up on the lofty ramparts or stroll through the Mediterranean garden, admiring the ivy-clad castle backdrop.
A fabulously chilled 1920s villa with just ten gorgeous suites is set to a rhythm of vineyards, vegetable gardens, velvets, rattans, good food, pool – and a past decked in creative glamour wrapped in mustard yellow
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Opening in Autumn 2022 this new seductive fusion of small design hotel meets stylish villa set between the medieval streets, scented pines and a short distance from the coast.
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