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Happy Spring: 5 Spots That Bring the Outdoors Inside

After months of chilly, blustery weather — it’s official: Spring has sprung! We can literally smell it in the air. To celebrate the shedding of our heavy coats, shearling boots, and bulky sweaters, we found vacation spots that literally bring the outside in — as in, they’re missing the (non-proverbial) fourth wall. Check out our…

Lavish Linens: How the Finest Italian Sheets Stack Up

We’ll admit it: We are name-droppers here at Oyster. We love us some some soft Frette and Sferra sheets. So what exactly makes for soft, plush, feels-like-you’re-sleeping-on-a-cloud linens? As we learned from the hilarious Aziz Ansari, thread count isn’t everything. Hotels love to brag about it, but other factors like fiber quality, yarn size, and…

Hotels on the Edge: 9 Spots That’ll Make Your Stomach Drop

For travelers with a bit of acrophobia, some of the world’s most gorgeous spots are also the most terrifying. These nine hotels, from a cliff-side sanctuary to an uber-luxe mountaintop retreat, will test travelers who are even a little scared of heights. The views may be endless, but for some, so is the vertigo. Think…

The Top 10 Kitschy, Cool Hotel Bars

You may have gotten over themed spots after your tenth birthday party (um, hello, Princess Tea Party Fest), but they’re actually great for some old-fashioned adult fun, too. Hotels across the world have fabulously themed bars that run the gamut from classy to trashy. So we’ve shuffled through the clutter to find the top 10…

Cool Fashion-Designer Decorated Hotels Around the Globe

The fashion set loves to travel, in case you didn’t know. Twice a year, editors, buyers and influencers traverse the globe (starting in New York and capping it off in Paris) eye-balling the latest looks from each city’s top designers for Fashion Week. But sometimes hotels can fall short in terms of their chicness. Thankfully,…