Barcelona
There are plenty of things to love about Generator Barcelona, but we'll start with the concept. This is a hostel and a hotel all rolled up into one; the rooms and the facilities get swankier as one climbs the stairs, meaning the budget conscious...
Berlin
Modest owners Antonio and Bodo are at pains to stress that Linnen is a bed and breakfast and not a hotel, but although the little six room Berlin establishment may be lacking in a few facilities, it could certainly give some of the big boys a lesson...
Madrid
With a smart urban-industrial look and some very reasonable room rates, Room007 Ventura is a hostel that won't be a secret for very long. Secret, 007, geddit? No? Please yourselves. Anyway, the black and white of Bond's evening wear looks to have...
Perak
When staying at the Sekeping Kong Heng hotel, guests really feel like they are in the thick of it – 'it' meaning all the energy and life of Ipoh, Malaysia. The ground floor is already well-established as a popular coffee shop and café, and it is...
Istanbul
Nothing gives us greater pleasure here at We Heart than when a fledgeling project we've featured goes on to be a roaring success, (mainly so we can say “we told you so”) and that's exactly what's happening to Mama Shelter. Since we first...
Madrid
Great strides have been made in the last couple of years to crack the seemingly tough nut of providing hotel quality accommodation at hostel prices, with a proliferation of “design hostels” popping up in major cities. An investment banker...
London
Quite the staple in style-cities around the world, the high-end B&B - complete with in-the-know host, and a tragically hip locale complete with hipster community spirit - is an ever-increasing global phenomenon. So London, hippest of all hip cities,...
São Paulo
Although the room layout of this 1910s mansion in São Paulo has been preserved, almost everything else has been redesigned by young architect Felipe Hess to create the We Hostel Design project – a sort of live-in gallery showroom where every...
Miami
We've featured quote a few upmarket hostels recently on We Heart, but surely none with the pedigree of Freehand Miami: the Sydell Group owned hostel - which means it hails from the same stable as New York's spectacular NoMad Hotel - has been...
Vienna
From warehouse to gallery to conservatory, Hotel Daniel, Vienna is a chocolate selection box of styles, equally unpredictable yet surprisingly tasty. Beginning with the reception-cum-garden shed, it's clear from the off that this place is going...
Split
As every student of Croatian history worth their salt will know, the old town of Split sits within the walls of 4th Century Roman emperor Diocletian's reign. But don't worry if you were smoking behind the bike sheds when that lesson was going on,...
Turkey
Eeeeh, hostels weren't like this in my day. Pestilent flea pits, most of them. Mind you, I was at the £3-a-night end of the market, and beggars can't be choosers. Still, times are changing, and thankfully for those travellers with light wallets...
City Notes
“A masterclass in conceptuality,” a hotel that “takes you on a fuzzy trip of vague recollection,” and “a paradise of inimitable escapism.” That’s what we said about Port de Sóller’s impressive Bikini Island & Mountain Hotel three...
City Notes
Hidden in the quiet heart of rural Spain, La Torre del Visco Hotel offers unrivalled luxury and adventures walking in a shepherd’s footsteps across the ancient Aragonese landscape that once inspired Picasso… In the early 20th century,...
City Notes
The world’s first StandardX hotel has opened in Fitzroy, Melbourne, the offshoot of the renowned global The Standard hotels, officially touted as the brand’s “rebellious younger sibling” with an offering of “intuitive hospitality without...
Stuff Crush
See captivating, never-before-published photographs of 1970s and '80s USA cultural hotspots including New York City, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Miami Beach and more in Street Walker, a new publication from revered street photographer and...
Dispatches
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