The Directory

The world’s finest hotels.

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

290 hotels found

Beach Resort

Praslin, Seychelles

9.0

Constance Lémuria

A granite-and-jungle estate on Praslin's north-west tip with three beaches, the Seychelles' only 18-hole golf course and turtles nesting on its sands.

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Pink facade and flowered terraces of Palazzo Avino above the Amalfi Coast in Ravello

Resort

Ravello, Italy

9.0

Palazzo Avino

Ravello's 'pink palace': a twelfth-century patrician villa high above the Amalfi Coast with two celebrated restaurants and a seafront clubhouse below.

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Timbered buildings of Les Sources de Caudalie beside vine rows at Château Smith Haut Lafitte

Wellness Retreat

Bordeaux, France

9.0

Les Sources de Caudalie

The birthplace of vinothérapie, a wine-country retreat amid the vines of Château Smith Haut Lafitte with a two-Michelin-starred restaurant.

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Honey-stone townhouses of Iniala Harbour House on St Barbara Bastion above Valletta's Grand Harbour

City Hotel

Valletta, Malta

9.0

Iniala Harbour House

Four townhouses on Valletta's St Barbara Bastion turned into Malta's boldest design hotel, crowned by Simon Rogan's Michelin-starred ION Harbour.

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Earth-toned Cycladic suites of Kalesma on the Aleomandra hilltop above Ornos Bay

Resort

Aleomandra, Greece

9.0

Kalesma Mykonos

A hilltop hamlet of suites and villas above Aleomandra, whose earthy Cycladic design and sunset terraces reset expectations for Mykonos hotels.

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Nineteenth-century lakefront facade of Beau-Rivage Genève on the Quai du Mont-Blanc with Lake Geneva in front

City Hotel

Geneva, Switzerland

9.0

Beau-Rivage Genève

A family-run lakefront landmark of 1865 on the Quai du Mont-Blanc, woven into Geneva's diplomatic and imperial history.

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River-front facade of Portrait Firenze beside the Ponte Vecchio on the Arno

City Hotel

Florence, Italy

9.0

Portrait Firenze

The Ferragamo family's all-suite riverside address, gazing straight at the Ponte Vecchio with the feel of a private Florentine apartment.

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Treehouse suites of Silky Oaks Lodge overlooking the boulder-strewn Mossman River in the Daintree rainforest

Resort

Port Douglas, Australia

9.0

Silky Oaks Lodge

Treehouse suites suspended over the Mossman River on the edge of the Daintree, the world's oldest rainforest, twenty minutes from Port Douglas.

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Stone suites of The Louise overlooking rows of shiraz vines at Marananga in the Barossa Valley

Country House

Barossa Valley, Australia

9.0

The Louise

A 15-suite vineyard lodge amid the Barossa's shiraz country, pairing big-sky views with one of South Australia's most celebrated restaurants.

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Gabled Queen Anne facade of Otahuna Lodge rising above daffodil-filled gardens near Christchurch

Country House

Christchurch, New Zealand

9.0

Otahuna Lodge

An 1895 Queen Anne mansion outside Christchurch with seven suites, storied gardens and some of New Zealand's finest lodge dining.

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Hardwood villa and plunge pool of Secret Bay hidden in rainforest above the sea in Dominica

Resort

Portsmouth, Dominica

9.0

Secret Bay

Architect-designed villas hidden in clifftop rainforest above two beaches on Dominica's northwest coast—the Nature Island's world-class flagship.

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Sandstone battlements of the Cap Rocat fortress hotel above the Bay of Palma

Resort

Cala Blava, Spain

9.0

Cap Rocat

A nineteenth-century military fortress on the Bay of Palma converted into one of Europe's most singular hotels, its suites carved into golden rock.

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