Mitchell Friedman

2 weeks ago | guide.michelin.com | Mitchell Friedman

Like many of the top destinations in Europe, Florence has its issues with overtourism. Sightseers flock to the city year-round, and the old centre can feel like it’s under attack—an invading army of travellers wielding phone cameras like weapons. To enjoy some Tuscan tranquility while still reveling in everything that makes Florence such a draw, look to the quieter corners of the city: where some of our best hotels offer an escape from the masses of street-side tour groups and other wayfarers.

4 weeks ago | guide.michelin.com | Mitchell Friedman

Travel is all about discovery — about getting out there and finding the most rewarding experiences in an exciting new corner of the world. At the following hotels, you get a head start. Just a small sample of our hotels in New York City, they are the total hospitality package: one of the world’s great hotels and one of the world’s great restaurants, together in one place.

Dec 4, 2024 | guide.michelin.com | Mitchell Friedman

Most of the best hotels in Tulum are located along the coast, in a several-mile strip of land understandably named the Hotel Zone, or Zona Hotelera. Here, hotel after hotel has been built in the narrow swath of jungle between a paved road and the waters of the Caribbean. Jump straight to the hotel list. The name itself — Hotel Zone — may raise the hackles of travelers looking for more off-the-beaten path adventure.

Nov 22, 2024 | magazine.tablethotels.com | Mitchell Friedman

Five thousand years ago farmers built stilted houses above the waters of — not a Maldivian atoll — but Switzerland’s Lake Neuchâtel. Far more recently, under the eye of the Alps, Hotel Palafitte has done the same. Book Hôtel Palafitte on Tablet Hotels. You won’t see many hotels on stilts over water in Europe. It’s a form intimately associated with the Maldives or Southeast Asia. It’s hardly what you’d expect from Switzerland.

Oct 8, 2024 | guide.michelin.com | Mitchell Friedman

You won’t see many hotels on stilts over water in Europe. It’s a form intimately associated with the Maldives or Southeast Asia, where travelers arrive ecstatic, begging to sleep as close to the turquoise waters as possible without waking up wet. It’s hardly what you expect from Switzerland. But with the Alps in the distance, this little lakeside hotel brings the spirit of the tropics to unlikely Western Europe.