The Best Marrakech Hotels

Marrakesh's current building boom is great news for those in search of somewhere special to stay. Fiona Duncan reviews eight of her favourite new or renovated hotels.

What We Hate about Luxury Hotels

Fiona Duncan, Hotel Guru founder and Telegraph Travel's hotel expert, on what makes her furious about modern rooms.

Spare a Moment for Pisa

I've been to Pisa hundreds of times – well, maybe dozens, in my former guise as a tour director for various travel companies – and it was always the same procedure.

“Excuse me!” barked the Colonel.

“Excuse me!” barked the Colonel. “You need to move. I’ve been sitting at this table for thirty years!” How we discovered some really eccentric places in our quest to find the most interesting places to stay in the UK and Europe.