Where to stay

The Hotel Guru’s guide to where to stay on Malta is ideal for helping you decide where to base your stay on this incredible, and incredibly varied island. With detailed information about key towns, centres and neighbourhoods, plus practical recommendations, it will help you find the right base, whether you’re here to visit all the Crusader forts, to be charmed by the island’s history, to dive off Gozo, or to do, and see, as much as you can!

Our detailed guide to the best neighbourhoods in Prague is all about helping you decide where to stay in Prague. As well as practical tips about public transport and other facilities, we’ve included recommendations to help you match the style of your planned visit to the atmosphere of Prague’s different neighbourhoods. Whatever reason you’re visiting we have a recommended neighbourhood for you.

Barcelona is a sultry beauty like no other, thanks to her lovers, a collection of famed artists architecture and chefs, but her many neighbourhoods are varied, so she poses a challenge: where to stay in Barcelona? Our detailed guide to Barcelona’s neighbourhoods is designed to help you answer that question, allowing you to pick out the neighbourhood that’s the best match to your plans for visiting Barcelona. Whether you’re planned a tour of the highlights compete with paper and pencils, you’re intending to eat your way across the city, or just meander around and see what you uncover.

While you probably recognise the names of a lot of Los Angeles’ neighbourhoods — Hollywood, Malibu, Beverly Hills and Venice Beach for example, don’t limit yourself to what you know, why not let us make some recommendations too? Our guide to where to stay in Los Angeles has tips and recommendations for some of the most popular neighbourhoods for visitors to stay in, and good ways of working out which ones will be the best match for the sort of L.A. adventure you have planned.

There’s plenty of choice when it comes to accommodation for Nashville pilgrims, with different kinds popping up in different Nashville neighbourhoods. If you want to match your ideal Nashville experience with the right kind of neighbourhood start with our Guru’s guide to Nashville’s Neighbourhoods.

Miami, and Miami Beach, are sandwiched between the Everglades and the Atlantic Ocean, so their neighbourhoods are pushed up against about 180kms of beach, but the city never spreads more than 35kms off the coast. So wherever you stay in Miami you’ll be close to the ocean. Beyond that Miami’s neighbourhoods are a really varied collection, and your choice of where to stay in Miami will have a huge impact on your visit. Our guide to Miami’s neighbourhoods has tips and recommendations to help you pick the one that best matches your plans.

Our detailed guide to the best neighbourhoods in Copenhagen is just what you need to help you plan your visit. We’ve got great neighbourhood recommendations that you can match to your own holiday, whether you’re here to admire Copenhagen’s art and design, to marvel at its maritime history, to sample Scandi cuisine, to revel in its nightlife, or to see the sights of this beautiful and unique city. Copenhagen is a big city, but with a relatively small footprint, so it has quite a number of very central neighbourhoods, with quite a bit of variety between them.

The Hotel Guru’s guide to Mallorca’s towns and neighbourhoods will help you find the perfect place to stay: from pretty, lively Palma; to charming Sóller; laid back Deià; or Artà with its ancient landmarks.

Our guide to the best neighbourhoods in Istanbul has tips and information that will help you decide which of Istanbul’s 39 districts will suit you best. Whether you’re here to see this city’s incredible landmarks, or its museums, or to see the legacy of its incredible past, or just to enjoy contemporary Istanbul with its markets and cuisine and cosmopolitan atmosphere, or do as much of both as you can!

Our guide to where to stay in the Peak District offers a run down of some of the best, and most popular places to stay in the Peak District, with useful details, and recommendations that we think will help you choose the perfect base for your Peak District adventure.

This detailed guide is designed to uncover the best towns and resorts on the Isle of Wight, whether you’re here to sail, to relax on the beach, to explore and see the sights, for a romantic break, a family holiday and more!

This is our Hotel Guru’s guide to the neighbourhoods of Luxembourg City for visitors: from classic choice, Ville Haute; to contemporary Kirchberg; charming and traditional Grund; the neighbourhood around the station, Gare, or more residential picks Limpertsberg and Belair.

Glasgow is a powerhouse of a city, with an incredible history, an impressive collection of art and architecture, and arguably the UK’s best shopping and nightlife outside of London. And it offers easy access to Scotland’s highlands and islands. But while it’s obviously an excellent place to visit, Glasgow’s neighbourhoods are really varied, so use the Hotel Guru’s Glasgow guide to help you find the ideal Glasgow neighbourhood to stay in.

Our detailed guide to Dublin’s best neighbourhoods is full of useful details about some of the best places to stay in Dublin, aimed at helping you choose the best part of Dublin to stay in, whether you’re visiting Dublin to see her historic sights, and beautifully mismatched architecture, or to experience her live music scene, or her cuisine, and her wonderfully warming pub atmosphere

Budapest is the marrying of Buda and Pest, occupying opposite sides of the Danube from each other, and picturesquely connected by an elegant bridges. Each side has its own charms, and reasons to choose it as a base for exploring the city, but the majority of accommodation is to be found on the Pest side, which is today’s city centre - and the bit with the lion’s share of headline sights for visitors.

Corfu is the greenest, and most holiday-ideal of the Ionian Islands: perfect for a relaxed beach break, a walking holiday amidst a spectacular and challenging backdrop, or a food-focused escape. Corfu also offers castles and temples in impressive architectural styles; historic centres and village-charm; nightlife and chic shopping; and fascinating history. And with accommodation as varied as its appeals, Corfu really is an island for everyone.

The Hotel Guru’s guide to Manchester’s neighbourhoods, from the vibrant City Centre, or shoppable Deansgate, to the cool kids hang out Northern Quarter, historic Castlefield, or peaceful and family friendly Didsbury...

The Hotel Guru’s guide to Liverpool’s neighbourhoods knows where to stay: Cavern Quarter for Beatles pilgrims, Albert Dock for the museums and galleries, the Centre for shopping, and Sefton Park for green space...

Our guide to Amsterdam’s best neighbourhoods is just what you need to help you plan your visit to Amsterdam. We have great recommendations, whether you’re here to explore this artistic city’s history, its architecture, its markets, its cuisine, its museums, or if you’re just here to kick back and enjoy yourself. We think the best city breaks are those where you match the atmosphere of the neighbourhood you stay in with the kind of trip you’re planning.

San Sebastián is a city blessed! With world renowned food, and two of the best city beaches in Europe, San Sebastián is a fantastic destination for city-breakers, beach-lovers, families, for fun, or for couples with romance in mind. Check our guide to the neighbourhoods of San Sebastián to make sure you stay in the perfect neighbourhood.

Kraków is an ancient city, but one that has seen many periods of regeneration, so while some of its neighbourhoods are rich in history and pomp and ceremony and architecture, some are stylish with art nouveau design, and some are being regenerated right now! So choosing where to stay in Kraków isn’t just about staying as close as you can to the main sights. The Hotel Guru’s detailed guide is here to help, with practical tips and recommendations that will help you match your plans to the right neighbourhood.