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Palace and formal gardens.

Bussaco • Portugal

Palace Hotel Bussaco: a Portuguese palace, a forest and time to slow down

Intricate stonework, formal gardens and a palace surrounded by woodland: Bussaco brings together some of the great pleasures of a Portuguese escape. Near Luso, north of Coimbra, this historic hotel invites you to make architecture, landscape and unhurried discovery part of the stay itself.

Palm tree silhouetted against a colourful ocean sunset

2026 • 2027

Your year-end escape starts with the way you want to feel

Christmas 2026 • New Year 2027. Picture the moments you would most like to share: a leisurely morning beside the sea, a mountain view from a warm room or a city evening that builds towards a midnight toast. Let that feeling guide your next escape.

Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru. City context; The Den hotel is not pictured.

Bengaluru • India

A new chapter for Bengaluru: The Den joins LXR

Hilton’s luxury collection arrives in India with a Whitefield hotel that pairs neighbourhood discovery with time to unwind.

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White-cushioned wooden seating on a terrace overlooking the sea in Crete.

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Choose a beach stay around the holiday you want

Compare three styles of accommodation by daily experience and complete cost, not by the hero photograph alone. Before collecting hotel names, decide what you want your stay to make easy. The right accommodation for a week of reading may be a poor base for a trip built around independent outings. This comparison offers a way to form a shortlist; it does not rank or endorse individual properties. If you want most days to happen in one place, investigate the facilities and meals you would actually use. Request current details for your dates, including any planned closures. Compare the total cost of your likely daily routine rather than paying for a long list of amenities that do not matter to you. If the room is mainly somewhere to return to, location can deserve more weight than a larger room category. Check the practical route to your planned outings, food options and return transport. For Maui, the official destination guide identifies several coastal areas to investigate; it does not establish that every property has direct beach access. If preparing some meals matters, verify the actual cooking equipment, food-shopping access, cleaning arrangements and minimum-stay conditions. A kitchenette in a description is not enough to establish what you can comfortably prepare. Use the same dates and party size across your shortlist. Ask about mandatory charges, meal inclusions, transport, cancellation and the exact room category. For accessibility needs, request specific answers about the route and room rather than relying on a broad label. Keep two or three suitable options and write down the tradeoff each one involves. Choose the stay that supports the trip you intend to take.

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