HOUSE & GARDEN UK LOVES A HOTEL THAT ‘UNPLUGS YOU FROM EVERYDAY LIFE AND TUNES YOU INTO A NEW PLACE AND ITS COMMUNITY IN A THOUGHT PROVOKING WAY’; HOTELS THAT HAVE DROPPED THE ATTITUDE AND ARE MORE SEDUCTIVE BECAUSE OF IT.

Places where provenance is king, and working hand in glove with local creatives is key. It’s why they love Byron Beach Abodes’ luxury boutique hotel The Bower, and have featured it in their May issue as part of their annual Hotels By Design feature.

And what great company it’s in! Also featured is a 1776 Massachusett’s building reborn as a 14 room inn, the Henrietta Hotel in Covent Garden, and the Grand Pigalle and Hotel Des Grands Boulevarde, both in Paris, and both part of the design vision of the Experimental Group and many more.

The common thread is a focus on superb design, creating super stylish spaces with the unique fingerprint of its creatives on it, and moreover, selling happiness. And isn’t an overload of happiness exactly what an unforgettable holiday should be?