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The world’s finest hotels.

Every property researched and profiled by the Browntravels editorial team. Sponsored placements are always clearly labelled.

598 hotels found

Ornate Moroccan courtyard architecture at Royal Mansour, Marrakech
City Hotel

Marrakech, Morocco

9.7

Royal Mansour Marrakech

A medina of 53 private riads built by Morocco's finest artisans, where invisible service and museum-grade craft define the country's ultimate stay.

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Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes
Beach Resort

Antibes, France

9.6

Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc

The Riviera legend at the tip of Cap d'Antibes, where pine-scented gardens, the seawater Eden-Roc pool and film-festival mythology endure.

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Hotel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel, Paris
City Hotel

Paris, France

9.5

Hotel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel

An 18th-century palace on Place de la Concorde reborn with contemporary French craft, couture suites and one of Paris's most beautiful courtyards.

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Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo
City Hotel

Monte-Carlo, Monaco

9.5

Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo

Monaco's founding palace hotel of 1864 on the Place du Casino, home to Alain Ducasse's Louis XV and Europe's most famous hotel cellars.

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Aman New York, New York
City Hotel

New York, United States

9.4

Aman New York

A hushed urban sanctuary inside the Crown Building on Fifth Avenue, where every room has a fireplace and the spa spans three floors.

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Le Negresco, Nice
City Hotel

Nice, France

9.3

Le Negresco

The pink-domed grande dame of the Promenade des Anglais, a 1913 palace hotel that doubles as a private museum of French art.

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The Nai Harn's terraces rising above the white crescent of Nai Harn Bay, Phuket
Beach Resort

Phuket, Thailand

9.1

The Nai Harn

Phuket's original grande dame reborn — 120 rooms and suites terraced above Nai Harn Bay's white crescent at the island's serene southern tip, where world-class sleep, Michelin Key-recognised luxury and front-row sunsets meet far from the crowds.

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Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, Dubai
Beach Resort

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

9.0

Burj Al Arab Jumeirah

Dubai's sail-shaped icon remains an all-suite spectacle of gold, marble and butler service on its own island off Jumeirah Beach.

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Passalacqua, Moltrasio
Lakeside Hotel

Moltrasio, Italy

9.8

Passalacqua

An 18th-century villa above Lake Como transformed by its owning family into a 24-suite masterpiece of Italian craft, gardens and joyous hospitality.

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The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur
Resort

Udaipur, India

9.6

The Oberoi Udaivilas

A palatial dreamscape of domes, courtyards and semi-private pools on Lake Pichola, delivering Rajasthan's most celebrated hotel service.

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Singita Lebombo Lodge, Kruger National Park
Safari Lodge

Kruger National Park, South Africa

9.6

Singita Lebombo Lodge

Glass-and-steel suites suspended above the N'wanetsi River in a private Kruger concession, pairing avant-garde design with superb game viewing.

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Amanpuri, Phuket
Beach Resort

Phuket, Thailand

9.6

Amanpuri

Aman's 1988 original: a coconut-grove pavilion estate above a private Andaman bay that still defines quiet Asian resort luxury.

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