The best places to stay in Florence

From an all-suite artistic retreat, to a sculptor’s workshop-turned-palazzo: Tuscany’s capital has beds for all palates and pockets

• Get a room in... Florence

8 Paris hotels extraordinaire

A taste for the quirky and unusual? How about an outrageous Gothic beauty or a barge on the Seine?

• Three Paris hotels for romance

Madrid's best hotels

A modernised Gran Via masterpiece, a stately home from home, a sexy budget design hotel and more

• Sawday's pick of Spain's hotels

The pride of Portugal's pousadas

There are 40 of the historic hotels - on a flying visit to Lisbon, Chris McCooey visited three of the best

• The six best pousadas in Portugal

Dublin's best hotels

A design hotel with a saucy side, a guesthouse with a crackling grate and a restored grande dame

• Chic places to stay in Wales

20 top European hotels

Under thumbscrews, writers at The Sunday Times reveal the hotels they didn’t want you to know about

• Europe's coolest hotels

• Europe's high mountain hotels

Britain's busiest holiday cottage?

Why is the Pavilion on the Isle of Wight booked for two years? + 10 new historic places to rent in 2008

• Britain's 20 best holiday cottages

A palace for the weekend

Norman forts, Jacobean palaces, Georgian follies: historic buildings can be yours for the weekend

• How to stay in a castle in England

Britain’s top 10 hotels

The Good Hotel Guide reveals its favourite for 2008: we stay a night in all 10 under cover

• Britain's hip hotels

• Britain's best green hotels

Britain’s best restaurants with rooms

Sunday Times writers lift the lid on their favourite foodie bolt holes across the country, from £70

• 10 gourmet hotels in the British Isles

The top 10 B&Bs in England

The Sunday Times sent its ruthless hotel inspector, Walter F Stowy, to see if B&Bs are up to scratch

• Six green British B&Bs

• The best B&Bs for gardeners

Britain's best beach-side B&Bs

Yes, you can take the kids to the seaside - and it needn't cost. Here are the best-value family B&Bs

• Ten child-friendly hotels in Britain

• Europe's best family-friendly hotels

12 top jungle treehouses

From Sweden to South Africa, we round up a dozen of the best hotel treehouses on earth

• The 8 best eco lodges in Costa Rica

The world's 20 best hotels on a budget

Gorgeous places to stay, stylish service, stunning views, epic bedrooms - without breaking the bank

• Luxury hotels: no need to splash out