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COUNTRY LIFE writers reveal the hotels that stood out to them in 2025

In this chic apartment designed by Églantine Sicat and Pauline Dellemotte, bespoke pieces make the best use of space but also deliver beauty

A French medieval hilltop town is the location of Toile Blanche, a former 19th-century farmhouse reimagined as a boutique hotel

Musicians, astronomers and artists all played a part in the story of this historic Surrey Hills home, which has begun a new chapter with the help of design studio Gunter & Co

Find repose from fashion season’s frenetic pace and recharge at a stylish urban sanctuary in the centre of the action