Author: Felicity Long 

Felicity Long As the weather warms and the school year winds to a close, parents are presented with that age-old dilemma: where to take the kids for summer vacation. Happily for Europhiles,…

The Almae Collection debuted La Nauve Hotel et Jardin in Cognac, France, in July. A former distillery on the banks of the Charente River, the 12-suite boutique hotel marks the brand’s third…

Felicity Long Little guests mean big business in the hotel industry, and increasingly luxury hotels in Europe are ditching the frosty attitude toward families that used to be commonplace — long after…

Avant Mar, 38-room boutique hotel, opened in July on the Greek island of Paros. Avant Mar is located on Piperi beach on the Aegean and is about a four-minute walk from the…

The hotel Matca, set to open late October in Simon, Romania, will feature 16 rooms and 10 villas as well as a spa and on-site restaurant. Guestrooms will be housed in two…

Jan Luyken Amsterdam, a new boutique townhouse hotel, opened in June after a multimillion-dollar refurbishment.  The 62-bedroom property is in the heart of Amsterdam at the junction of the city’s Museum Quarter…

Two recently renovated, historic villas, Villa Beauchamp and Villa Clair-Soleil, opened at Grand-Hotel du Cap-Ferrat, a Four Seasons Hotel, in June. An elegant pool overlooks the Mediterranean at the Grand-Hotel du Cap-Ferrat,…

Hotel Maria is poised to open in Helsinki Dec. 15 as a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts’ Legend Collection — the first of the collection’s properties in Finland. Located in the…

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is poised to open the 178-room Dolce by Wyndham Versailles — Domaine du Montcel in December. Located minutes from the Palace of Versailles in France, the property was…

The Fincadelica Collection will launch Fincadelica Xarraca, a coastal estate overlooking Cala Xarraca Bay on the northwest side of Ibiza. The property, set to open in early 2024, will feature direct access…