Traveller with a suitcase walking a leafy walkable European boulevard lined with cafe terraces, a railway station at the end of the street

Where to Stay

The right neighbourhood, before the right hotel

A good hotel in the wrong part of town is a bad hotel. These guides start with the area, then the place.

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Weighing up somewhere specific? Score its location in two minutes, before you look at another photograph of the lobby.

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Get the 10-minute printable checklist

The area check and the hotel check, on one printable sheet you can reuse on every trip.