12 Days of New Hotels

1. The Tanneries

Chania, Greece

For nearly two centuries, Chania’s historic tanneries processed leather on a stretch of rocky shoreline on the outside town, overlooking the Aegean Sea. The old stone factories were largely abandoned after World War II — until recently, that is, when an industrial-chic boutique hotel called the Tanneries Hotel and Spa moved in.

2. Miss fuller

Paris, France

The American-born dancer Loïe Fuller was a sensation from her first appearance at the Folies Bergère, her swirling silk robes memorably captured in works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Auguste Rodin; Miss Fuller — the new boutique hotel — celebrates her legacy and the Art Nouveau movement she personified.

3. Kaiserlodge

Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser, Austria

At the foot of Austria’s Wilder Kaiser mountain range is a collection of four villages, all excellent bases for exploring the region’s hiking and skiing areas. The smallest village, Scheffau, is considered the most scenic of the four, and one of its best hotels is Kaiserlodge. It’s only a few years old, and it looks like it.

4. OCTAVIA CASA

Mexico City, Mexico

If Mexico City is a whirlwind of colors, sounds, and flavors, Octavia Casa is a calm refuge in which to recover from the sensory overload. Located in Condesa, one of the city’s hippest neighborhoods, this boutique hotel is stylish yet refreshingly down-to-earth; its interiors are light-filled and minimalist, almost ethereal.

5. 21 Carpenter

Singapore, Singapore

Opened in 1936 as a remittance house, the landmark structure at 21 Carpenter was where the first generation of Singaporean immigrants sent money home. Thanks to strict rules around historical restoration, the main structure, now a hotel, remains as it was, while a contemporary extension provides a host of modern amenities.

6. Casa Sur Antalya

Antalya, Turkey

Just inside the ancient city wall that encircles Anatalya’s old town, Casa Sur is a beautifully rendered retro-modern boutique hotel, each of whose six rooms combines contemporary colors and design with antique elements and one-of-a-kind objects. The result is unique in the most literal sense of the word.

7. Cap Menorca Relais & Chateaux

Alaior, Spain

High on a cliff over the sea, on a remote, pine-forested stretch of Menorca’s southern coastline, Cap Menorca Relais & Chateaux is a rare example of a hotel built out of a former military base. And why not? The setting is spectacular — and the hotel’s designers have transformed the place into an idyllic getaway.

8. Il San Corrado di Noto

Noto, Italy

Il San Corrado occupies a sprawling estate that was once a nobleman’s residence, and although painstaking renovation efforts have been made, the place still has a regal air, from the decorative entrance gates to the ivory-walled architecture to a pair of oversized aquamarine pools encircled by palm trees.

9. fausto

Lima, Peru

Lodgings in Lima’s popular oceanfront neighborhood of Miraflores run the range from luxury chain hotels to small inns. Fausto falls squarely into the latter category. Housed in an elegant 1920s townhouse on a tree-lined street just off the coastal promenade, the guesthouse has only five rooms but lots of local character.

10. Allinge Badehotel

Allinge, Denmark

On the island of Bornholm you’ll find a low-key little boutique hotel that’s a perfect exemplar of Scandinavian hospitality at its coziest. Allinge Badehotel comprises just 24 rooms in a beautifully renovated 18th-century house, updated with furnishings and decorative elements by contemporary Danish designers.

11. The LARK

Bozeman, MT, USA

Bozeman is a major city by Montana standards, but it’s also surrounded by vast expanses of adventure-ready landscape, including Yellowstone National Park. It’s only natural that a boutique hotel like the Lark, then, should have one eye on the downtown social scene and the other on the great outdoors.

12. La Tartane Saint Tropez

Saint-Tropez, France

Located midway between the port and the peaceful beaches of Plage Les Salins, Hôtel La Tartane is an idyllic retreat modeled after a Provençal hamlet. A collection of traditional stucco houses, each named after a prominent figure in the French Riviera’s 1920s scene, contain the guest rooms and suites.