Hotels

The bar downstairs is genuinely good - the kind you'd drink at even if you weren't staying upstairs. Rooms lean playful without tipping into gimmick, and it's a short walk from the station.

A good hotel for work - quite corporate, but that's rather the point. Central, comfortable and easy.

A lovely, quirky hotel near Centraal - art everywhere and personality to spare. I hear the food is good too.

Right by Centraal and well connected for everything, with a very nice rooftop bar to end the night on. An easy, reliable base.

The roof is the selling point - a lovely pool, good views, and quiet when you need it. A solid base for the city.

A truly luxurious stay - extremely accommodating staff, beautiful views over the marina, great facilities and great food to go with them. Hard to check out of.

Right in the heart of Canary Wharf - good for a work visit, with easy connections. Grab something to eat by the river instead of the hotel itself.

An excellent hotel with a great rooftop bar - The Aviary - overlooking Finsbury Square. Hard to fault as a City base.

Looks like a bar as you walk in, which tells you what it values. The hotel itself is pretty good, but the social space and the location are the real draw.

The private kerbside entrance drops you straight into the thick of it, which is the selling point. Rooms are smaller than you'd think - fine for a night, not a sprawl.

Unique interior with stunning city views from the rooms, and the rooftop bar - The Nest - has panoramic views over London. Hard to forget.

Stylish interior, and beneath the hotel there's Blue Marlin Ibiza London - a genuinely cool space. Went down there for a work event and it held its own.

Country house spa done properly. Commit to a full day of doing absolutely nothing - a flying visit wastes it.

Stayed multiple times - a very discreet spa hotel in Worcestershire. The greenhouse spa is unique and memorable, and while it's nice in the summer it really shines in the winter: fireplace-lit bar with sofas, intimate ballroom dining and cosy rooms. Great gym too, with generous staff.

A sprawling resort with everything on site, and a good base for Scottsdale and the drive north to Sedona.

An enormous place - the atrium is a sight in itself - with good service throughout. A well-placed base on the Embarcadero.