This Valentine’s Day is extra-special. February 14th hasn’t fallen on a Friday for 11 years, so the romantic travel specialists at Mr & Mrs Smith are expecting the number of amorous escapes that weekend to reach a decade high.

Smith’s 24-hour in-house team of hotel experts is already seeing a boost in enquiries as canny couples have cottoned on to the seductive possibilities of the 2014 calendar, and competition for the most romantic rooms is hotting up fast.

To help jetsetting Valentines get ahead of the crowds, members of the Smith Travel Team have put together a hotlist of boutique boudoirs currently available on Valentine’s Day, each one matched to the type of couple most likely to love it – whether they’re seduced by old-school opulence or pared-down Scandi-chic.

And for those who hate the whole idea of Valentine’s Day or for whom kids have put paid to rendezvous à deux – don’t worry: Smith’s Travel Team has tips for you, too…

For gourmet lovers

Cliveden’s new restaurant, Andrew Garrett at Cliveden, opened in November last year; a new menu and renovated interiors put the Berkshire stately home (and notorious backdrop to the Profumo affair) back on the epicurean agenda. For fragrant Moroccan masterpieces, try Dar Les Cigognes in Marrakech, home to an award-winning cookery school.

For value-hunting Valentines

Enchantingly offbeat Hotel Yasmin in the heart of Prague has daringly designed communal spaces (10-foot cat’s tails in the lobby? Well, why not?) and chic, modern rooms for only £66 a night. For a Hollywood-inspired Spanish city break, head to Astoria7 Hotel in the Basque culinary capital of San Sebastian, where every room is dedicated to a movie legend – a steal from just £85 a night.

For traditional twosomes

Grand Hotel Villa Cora embodies baroque opulence, with spectacular frescoes, magnificent suites and a heated outdoor pool (the only one in Florence). The Rookery in London’s Clerkenwell is a theatrical retreat with plenty of quirks: you’ll find ornately carved beds, Edwardian bathing machines and – in the top suite – a retractable ceiling.

For high-living hipsters

Artists and creatives live it up at laid-back El Fenn in Marrakech, where sensually lit courtyards, rose-filled basins and rooftop nooks beckon. Hedonists should head to Stockholm’s Story Hotel; its specially commissioned graffiti and rocking restaurant make it one of the city’s hottest spots.

For spa-crossed lovers

Be among the first to soak and soothe at the dreamy new spa at Dormy House in the Cotswolds; it’s due to open just in time for Valentine’s Day. Spaciomm at Barcelona’s arty, modern Hotel Omm is a tranquil, Asian-style palace of pampering promising hammam rituals, water therapy, an array of soothing massages and a hot tub.

For city-slick culture-seekers

Discover Lisbon’s cobblestones and character from 17th-century hilltop haven Chiado 16, or explore the mosques, minarets and museums of Istanbul from your opulent base at The House Hotel Bosphorus.

For capers with the kids

You don’t need to sacrifice romance just because you have tots in tow. Check into one of Résidence Nell’s sleek Parisian apartments and take advantage of the kitchenettes and a flawless concierge. Back in the UK, Weeke Barton in Devon is well suited to family country jaunts, with child-friendly room to roam, babysitters on tap and an early kids’ supper.

For anti-Valentine party people

Frock up in Marrakech: sip on a Fellah Green, a potent take on mint tea, at the Fellah Hotel’s rooftop bar, which has its own dancefloor. In Amsterdam, Conservatorium has devilishly cool DJ sets, upscale bar snacks and a wall of backlit glass shelving given over to spirit bottles and canoodling little bird figurines.

For up-to-date Valentine’s weekend availability for all Mr & Mrs Smith’s boutique hotels, visit Mrandmrssmith.com/valentines.

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