From comfort to food, here's a short list of hotels for visiting regularly

The gorgeous boutique hotel, set up by German Joerg Drechsel and his Spanish wife Txuku, brought style to Fort Kochi in the late 1990s

Over many years of working for a travel magazine I stayed and ate at many hotels. But returned to very few. One I went back to for its beautiful views, another because it is close to a beach I like, a third because I liked its owner, others because they offered irresistible value for money. But mainly, I return to hotels for their food. Here’s a short list of hotels I revisit regularly (or would if I could afford to do so regularly):

Sitla Estate, Mukteshwar
 
In the 18 years since I first visited, I’ve been back