Hotel reviews

This perfect hotel sets the new gold standard for opulence

Hog Kong’s Rosewood is an exquisite grand luxury hotel and represents a new era for the East Tsim Sha Tsui neighbourhood on the Kowloon side of the city.

• by Kristie Kellahan

Travel hot list, August 2023: Revamp for Melbourne heritage hotel

A backpackers is reborn in Sydney, an unassuming ’70s building is revamped in Melbourne and a new Spanish gallery finally opens, close to 100 years after its conception.

New Italian hotel offers five-star style without the stuffiness

The Rome Edition’s dining and entertainment, along with the unique design and international atmosphere, have redefined ideas of classic luxury.

• by Maria Pasquale

Offbeat location, but new Melbourne hotel is fun and affordable

The Motley in Richmond offers an arty oasis with a more locally inspired experience.

• by Guy Wilkinson

To sleep at this luxury bush lodge is to feel cradled by Mother Earth

The more than $2500 price tag of Arnhem Land’s exclusive Seven Spirit Bay gets you memories to last a lifetime.

• by Kerry van der Jagt

The verdict on notorious Melbourne prison’s luxe hotel conversion

Pentridge has been converted from a place you don’t want to be to a place you don’t want to leave.

• by Anthony Dennis

New hot springs villas offer a perfect ‘relax and recharge’ set-up

The luxurious new bush-flanked Hepburn Spa Retreat Villas are ideally placed to tap into the region’s healing mineral springs.

• by Jim Darby

Bewitching stay in the heart of Australia is pure magic

The scenery in this part of the world stirs the spirit in ways you simply don’t expect.

• by Sue Williams

An Instagrammer’s dream, this hotel is almost too cool for its own good

This Porto, Portugal, hotel stays on the right side of being the preserve of hipsters, while offering some of the best views in the city.

• by Jamie Lafferty

Former Sydney backpackers revived as glamorous new hotel

For an urban hotel, location doesn’t come much better than at the 82-room Hotel Morris.

• by Riley Wilson