London
The London hotel so fabulous, you could live in the loos
Built in the 1800s, this iconic hotel remains as stylish as ever, and a place to see London at its most vivacious.
- Penny Watson
London hotel with a pretentious name is surprisingly laid-back
For a hotel with such a pretentious name, art’Otel London Hoxton is surprisingly laid-back and welcoming.
- Mark Chipperfield
I tried London’s new $60-a-night capsule hotel
In the centre of the capital, the Zedwell Capsule Hotel offers Japanese-style “pods” at prices to rival hostels.
- Francesca Syz
This airline’s reputation for service is bad, and it lives up to it
Even in premium economy, it’s hard to get a flight attendant to bring me a drink – and I only want water.
- Sue Williams
- Opinion
- Air travel
Australian airports, take note: This is how you look after frustrated passengers
Heathrow is a place passengers love to hate, but last weekend it left me far more impressed than Australia’s airports.
- Ute Junker
Banishing bland: The most stylish hotel and airline cabin designs in 2025
From an 1881 merchant’s house transformed into a boutique hotel in Athens, to Mondrian’s entry into Australia on the Gold Coast, we celebrate the brands getting creative and banishing bland.
- Traveller Team
- ★★★★
- Hotel reviews
Is this London hotel the ultimate in luxury?
Mandarin Oriental’s second London hotel is a new-build with only 50 rooms in the heart of Mayfair.
- Trudi Jenkins
London’s most magnificent royal church is a trove of delights
The stones, bones and thrones of the famed Westminster Abbey provide a wonderfully cluttered walk through its religious, royal and architectural past.
- Brian Johnston
- Opinion
- Travel tips
My battery dead, I struggled to remember how to travel without a phone
I spent decades of my adult life travelling without devices, and got along fine without them. How hard can it be?
- Tim Richards
- Opinion
- Air travel
I felt smug about my airfare, until I realised it was the wrong airline
The time was almost identical, the price likewise, the flying time ditto. But why am I flying home via Delhi?
- Karl Quinn