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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.

175 hotels found

Mandarin Oriental Barcelona, Barcelona
City Hotel

Barcelona, Spain

8.7

Mandarin Oriental Barcelona

A former bank on Passeig de Gràcia turned white-on-white design statement, with destination gastronomy and a rooftop dipping pool.

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Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles
City Hotel

Los Angeles, United States

8.7

Chateau Marmont

The Loire-styled castle above Sunset Boulevard that has sheltered Hollywood's secrets, romances and reinventions since 1929.

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Hotel Borg, Reykjavík
City Hotel

Reykjavík, Iceland

8.7

Hotel Borg

Iceland's original grand hotel, a 1930 Art Deco landmark on Austurvöllur square opposite the national parliament.

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Travertine and glass façade of Square Nine Hotel on Studentski Trg, Belgrade
City Hotel

Belgrade, Serbia

8.7

Square Nine Hotel Belgrade

Belgrade's design flagship on Studentski Trg, an Isay Weinfeld-designed Leading Hotel with mid-century warmth and a serious pool.

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Contemporary waterfront facade of The Thief hotel on Tjuvholmen islet beside the Oslofjord
City Hotel

Oslo, Norway

8.7

The Thief

Oslo's art-filled waterfront hotel on Tjuvholmen, beside the Renzo Piano-designed Astrup Fearnley Museum and the fjord's swimming decks.

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Georgian sandstone and Art Deco facades of The Tasman hotel on Parliament Square, Hobart
City Hotel

Hobart, Australia

8.7

The Tasman, a Luxury Collection Hotel

Hobart's waterfront grande-luxe hotel, stitching Georgian sandstone, Art Deco and a contemporary wing together a block from Salamanca Place.

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The 100-metre infinity pool of Silversands running towards Grand Anse beach in Grenada
Beach Resort

Grand Anse, Grenada

8.7

Silversands Grenada

Grenada's contemporary statement on Grand Anse beach, built around a 100-metre infinity pool that runs like a silver blade to the sea.

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Thatched Balinese-style villas of Turtle Inn facing the Caribbean beach at Placencia
Beach Resort

Placencia, Belize

8.7

Turtle Inn, A Family Coppola Hideaway

Francis Ford Coppola's Balinese-built beach village on the Placencia peninsula, where thatched villas open straight onto Caribbean sand.

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Pale Nordic guest room at Hotel St. George overlooking Old Church Park in Helsinki
City Hotel

Helsinki, Finland

8.7

Hotel St. George

An art-filled sanctuary facing Old Church Park, where Nordic design, serious wellness and a poetry-lined past meet in a former printing house.

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Shingled roofs of COMO Uma Paro amid blue pine forest above the Paro valley in Bhutan
Wellness Retreat

Paro, Bhutan

8.7

COMO Uma Paro

COMO's serene hillside retreat above the Paro valley, pairing Bhutanese architecture with Shambhala wellness and expert-led Himalayan adventure.

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Lagoon huts and tropical gardens of GoldenEye resort at Oracabessa, Jamaica
Resort

Oracabessa, Jamaica

8.7

GoldenEye

Ian Fleming's Jamaican estate turned barefoot-chic resort by Chris Blackwell, where James Bond was written and the lagoon does the entertaining.

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White Georgian frontage of The Grove of Narberth framed by Pembrokeshire gardens
Country House

Narberth, United Kingdom

8.6

The Grove of Narberth

Pembrokeshire's standard-bearer for Welsh luxury: an 18th-century house in 26 acres with craft-filled interiors and the Fernery restaurant.

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