The Old Bank Hotel travel articles, Oxford, United Kingdom (11)

It's the city of dreaming spires - but not as you know it.

Oxford's rich architectural heritage is dominated by the university. The Bodleian Library, Radcliffe Camera and Sheldonian Theatre are all key features ... more

Accompanied by the tinkling strains of Classic FM, Tony from reception takes us to our room at Oxford's Old Bank Hotel. Up a curvy little staircase ... more

Beware the promise of bucolic bliss that comes with invitations to stay in a converted oast house, mill, stable block or schoolhouse. Too many country ... more

Although the hotel is a recent (five months old) conversion of a Barclays bank, reception is calm without being austere.

Hotels are like people; they may change from year to year. The owners, managers and staff may set the mood, but the most important person is the ... more

This week the 25th edition of the Good Hotel Guide, featuring some 600 hotels in Britain and Ireland, is published with a separate volume carrying ... more

Beware the promise of bucolic bliss that comes with invitations to stay in a converted oast house, mill, stable block or schoolhouse. Too many country ... more

The Old Bank Hotel dates back to the 16th century, when it was acquired and rebuilt by Christ Church college. In the late 18th century it became ... more

Because the nation's oldest university city is at its best in early summer, with the college quadrangles garlanded in wisteria and enough students ... more