Steve King
Steve King is Editor-at-Large for Condé Nast Traveller and an award-winning journalist
Places To Stay
The best hotels in Scotland
Our edit of the best hotels in Scotland, from country boltholes to grand city stays
City Breaks
The best Edinburgh hotels
From the finest Edinburgh hotels to our pick of the houses to rent, these are the best places to stay in the Scottish capital
Virgin Hotels Edinburgh, Scotland hotel review
A new vibe for Edinburgh’s Old Town
Aman Kyoto
A retreat that brings guests to nature as much as to the traditions of central Kyoto
Places To Stay
The best hotels in Paris
From the coolest new boutique hotels, to affordable stays, the city's first palace-status hotel and the grandest grand dames
Places To Stay
The best hotels in London
The all-time best hotels in London, from classic West End landmarks to hip hangouts in Shoreditch, all tried and tested by the editors of Condé Nast Traveller
The Leinster, Dublin, Ireland
A banana Old Fashioned in the city of Guinness
Borgo Santo Pietro, Tuscany
A beloved Tuscan institution that never gets old
Hotel d'Inghilterra
One of the Eternal City’s eternal delights
The Peninsula Shanghai
A unique fusion of East and West, old and new, silken elegance and wild energy.
Hôtel Dame Des Arts, Paris: hotel review
The right stuff on the Left Bank
How one Champagne house is adapting to climate change
Rising temperatures in the French region are forcing farmers and vintners to change how, and when, they bottle the in-demand bubbles
First in: The Sail Loft, Eilean Shona, Scotland
Pure Hebridean gorgeousness with a sprinkling of pixie-dust
First in: Virgin Hotels Glasgow
Take me to the river!
Rediscovering the shimmering waters of the French Alps on a journey through the lakes and peaks
They may be less widely venerated than their Italian or Swiss equivalents, but the lakes of Savoy, in the French Alps, overflow with romance and echoes of Rousseau
First in: Son Vell, Menorca
If Menorca were a scone, Son Vell would be its dollop of rich creamy loveliness
City Breaks
The best things to do in Glasgow
With sassy new haunts to the east, west and along the Clyde, no amount of colonnaded grandeur can mask Glasgow's rebellious streak