The name Orient-Express conjures up images of a gorgeous, early-19th-century blue train traveling around Europe in extreme luxury. While the vision is accurate (hello, La Dolce Vita Express), it’s also incomplete. Orient Express is a travel brand that deals in much more than fancy trains. As of April 2025, Orient Express operates a very elegant hotel in the historic center of Rome: La Minerva. Before the end of the year, it will run its second hotel, Palazzo Donà Giovannelli in…

If you’re planning on vacationing in Europe in 2025, you know better than to follow an itinerary based on crowded tourist attractions. Instead, map your trip according to the most recent luxury hotel openings. While there are dozens of new upscale properties launching this year, we have selected five in three different countries. Consider this an opulent mini-tour of Western Europe filled with pools, spas, fancy decors, amazing views, and loads of historical charm. Ready, set, indulge. Rox Resort, Denmark…

Four Seasons, you’ve done it again. Four Seasons already left their mark in Nevis, Anguilla, the Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Belize — and has now arrived in Cartagena. In late 2025, the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences Cartagena will open its doors, ushering in a fresh wave of sophistication along Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Found near the historic Walled City in the bustling Getsemaní neighborhood, comes a rooftop infinity pool overlooking the bay, a 16th-century ballroom restored to its former glory, an…