Get the low-down from the original style-seekers' latest good-time hunting expeditions, find destination inspiration and insider tips from around the world. Welcome to the official Smith blog: we hope you enjoy your stay
Sometimes, all we want is a glass or three of wine, with some sunshine on the side. Oh, and a spot of jazz. In such moods, we thank our lucky stars for hotels like Locanda Palazzone, in Umbria…
Style Volcanic-stone vineyard barn
Setting Overlooking Orvieto
Why this week? Firstly, because the hotel is giving Smith members the chance [...]
Rufus Hound: funny man, stand-up guy and sporter of a mighty fine moustache. And now (drum roll, please) Smith hotel spy, too.
In the time-honoured tradition of a monthly blog post revealing our secret hotel reviewers (don’t be checking that monthly thing, now), we’d like you to meet another alumnus; this time, from the reviewer panel [...]
Nautical New England comes to Stockholm in the shape of this week’s prize-scooper: embrace the red, white and the blue and check out the recent renovations at waterside Hotel J…
Style Superchic chalet
Setting Scandinavian seaside
Why this week? Hotel J has recently unveiled the details of its renovation: 113 new rooms, a swanky meeting room for 160 [...]
Reporting once again from the travel frontline for Smith Travel Blog, Wanderlista, aka Andria Mitsakos: publicity guru and luxury travel blogger. Hot on the heels of her Brazilian trip, here she is gadding about at Smith-selected love-nest I Qs hotel and guiding you to the best cicchetti in Venice…
Venezia. The sheer thought of the mysterious northern Italian [...]
Oh, how we like to spoil you. We’ve been skipping around the globe to bring you a cherry-picked collection of stylish new stays…
Brush up on your Spanish lessons as we say hola to two scorching hot havens in Barcelona. Edgy Ohla Hotel (pictured left) radiates classic Catalan cool, and flaunts a rooftop pool and two [...]
We’re no slouches when it comes to seeking out the world’s most special stays, as you know, and this September sees lots of extra-fizz added to the cocktail of hotels we’re always so lovingly mixing…
Head-over-heels for Paris as ever, get your thrills from four new city slickers in the capital of romance: Le Royal Monceau [...]
Andrea Migliaccio – the young Ischian chef with stints under Alain Ducasse at the Plaza Athenée and superstar Spaniard Xavier Pellicer, among others – heads up the Michelin-starred restaurant L’Olivo at the Capri Palace Hotel & Spa (see our most recent Hotel of the Week), as well as the terrace restaurant, Bistrot Ragù.
Here he brings [...]
Earlier this month, the rather foolhardy amazing Andrew Diprose (art director of Wired and he behind the gorgeously illustrated cycling journal The Ride) undertook Le Jour de France, a sponsored ride from London to Paris.
The twist? It was a 24-hour overnighter.
Since we’d choose carrot over stick any day of the week, Mr & [...]
As another rainy August day keeps us in the UK indoors, we know of somewhere we’d rather be: a glittering isle off the coast of Italy, being pampered in the palatial surroundings of Capri Palace Hotel & Spa…
Style Alabaster chic
Setting Unspoilt Capri countryside
Why this week? Joining the likes of its L’Olivo restaurant and the Il [...]
Epicureans, to Italy! Bite-size adventures await away from the tourist trail on our latest boutique road trip, inspired by our upcoming Italy guide. Food, wine and history will tempt you from Rome to Umbria for a fresh taste of Italy – and without the crowds. Move over, Tuscany…
Fly to Rome, and you could hop straight [...]
