100 Small Romantic Hotels
Come discover 100 of the most romantic hotels, inns and places in the world.

Romantic Settings
When we look for a romantic place, nothing beats a a stunning setting combined with lodging boasting both character & elegance. From the North Pole to Patagonia, and the Scottish Highlands to the Japanese Alps, we've happily uncovered unique hideaways in some of the world's most spectacular settings.

Historic Old-World Districts
We've a soft spot also for historic old-world districts with their centuries-old inns, cobbled-stoned streets, ancient cathedrals and fortified walls.

Bohemian Neighborhoods
Authentic lived-in neighborhoods filled with artists and galleries, musicians and late night clubs, chef-owned restaurants and ethnic diversity get our attention.

Guidelines to Getting on our Small Romantic Hotel List
Only a few years ago, it was so easy for us to pick out a romantic hotel. We favored stunning settings, good food and design, an independent and creative owner, and an authentic sense of place.

Small was beautiful.

But now some of the artistic owners are creating places that are inspiring design-wise but alas fall a bit short of attending to a guest's comforts. And some beautiful natural settings are being developed by hotel groups & developers that are a bit too focused on selling condos, villas and time-shares for our tastes.

So we've updated our guidelines, adding two new ones:

1. We're unambashedly in love with artistic, talented one-of-kind owners. Bottom line, if it is clever and unique enough, a motel-chic place could get listed here.

2. We’re drawing the line on condo-hotels & time-share properties, however. We just don’t think kitchens and all they entail — food shopping, cooking & cleaning up — belong in a romantic place.

So if your lodging includes either kitchens and/or salesmen in lobbies making pitches for condomiums or fractional ownership, it's not getting listed, sorry.