Hotel reviews
★★★★★
Hong Kong
Hong Kong hotel sets the new gold standard for opulence
The 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
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Tips & advice
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.
★★★★★
Rome
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
★★★★
Melbourne
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
★★★★½
Arnhem Land
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
★★★★★
Melbourne
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
★★★★½
Australia
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
★★★★
Porto
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
★★★★
Sydney
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