Chocolate Boutique Hotel, Bournemouth

A sweet getaway with an incredible bar - just don't book a room if you're on a diet

Six of the best private cinemas stays

Fancy watching your favourite flick in a 16th-century château or a villa in Barbados?

The Lowry, Salford, Lancashire

An almost faultless stay in an impressive building

The Arch, London W1H

This hotel has hip credentials, but the high-tech gadgetry leaves Mystery Guest cold

Willow Tree House, Rye, East Sussex

The Barn House, Walkington, East Yorkshire

It was a comfortable room, we decided, even if the bed really was tiny: six-footers, beware

Peace at Gilpin Lodge

True tranquillity can be found in the grounds of this Lake District hotel

The world's most romantic places to stay

It’s Valentine’s Day. We pick the sauciest sleeps... just in case your petrol-station flowers haven’t done the trick

The 10 best lighthouses to stay in

If you’re looking for some wild and windswept isolation by the sea, let these be your guiding lights

Mottram Hall, Prestbury, Cheshire

Rates are low at this hotel — and so are staff wages, which might explain why they don't have much time to chat

Budget chic: Argentina's best hostels

Swimming pools, the hottest bar in town and free meals - not your usual Latin American hostel experience

The Relish Hotel, Folkestone, Kent

A diamond in the rough - cosy yet contemporary, great service and free cake after midnight

Bolt Hole: King John Inn, Wiltshire

If you like your main meal meaty and gamey head to Tollard Royal in Wiltshire and pay a visit to the King John Inn

Marlin Apartments, London E14

Who’d have thought a night in Millwall could be so relaxing?

The 20 best European hostels for couples

Want double beds at knockdown prices? Lilly LeClair reveals the best places across the continent to enjoy a cheap romantic break

Checking into ‘Europe’s dirtiest hotel’

Stephen Bleach tries The Grosvenor in Blackpool, voted the dirtiest hotel in Europe in an online poll

7 things I hate about posh hotels

Sneaky charges, astonishing rip-offs and snooty, intrusive staff — all standard issue at posh hotels. Enough is enough, says Matt Rudd