Best boutique hotels

Why Boutique hotels?

Boutique hotels are where travel stops being a transaction and starts being an experience. Unlike large chain hotels, a boutique hotel is defined by what makes it different: a building with a story, a design that reflects its location, a team that knows your name. With 545 handpicked boutique hotels across the world, StayOverHere helps you find the stay that fits your journey - not the other way around.

Whether you are looking for a converted townhouse in London, a jungle retreat in Bali, a design-forward property in Kyoto or an intimate hideaway in Tulum, our collection covers every style of boutique travel. Each hotel on this page has been selected for its individuality, its atmosphere and its ability to make a trip memorable for reasons beyond the bed and the breakfast.

Boutique hotels tend to be smaller - typically under 100 rooms - which means more attention per guest, more thoughtfully considered spaces and fewer of the anonymous corridors and standardised rooms that define larger properties. Many boutique hotels are independently owned, which shows in the details: the locally sourced coffee, the art on the walls, the staff who actually know what is good to eat around the corner.

Browse our full collection below, or use the filters to find boutique hotels by destination. Not sure where to start? Read our guide to the 7 reasons why boutique hotels make for the best holidays.