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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

Hardwood casitas of Jicaro Island Lodge among trees on a private isleta in Lake Nicaragua
Lakeside Hotel

Granada, Nicaragua

8.5

Jicaro Island Lodge

A private-island eco-lodge in Lake Nicaragua's isletas, ten minutes by boat from Granada with volcano views from every casita.

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Granite facade and rooftop pool of Atix Hotel with the Illimani massif above La Paz
City Hotel

La Paz, Bolivia

8.5

Atix Hotel

La Paz's design-led boutique in the Calacoto district, built of Comanche granite and Bolivian art with Illimani views from the rooftop pool.

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Talan Towers home of The Ritz-Carlton against the futuristic golden skyline of Astana
City Hotel

Astana, Kazakhstan

8.5

The Ritz-Carlton, Astana

Sculptural luxury in the Talan Towers, looking across Astana's futuristic skyline of golden orbs and presidential domes.

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Coral-stone courtyard and plunge pool of a restored colonial house at Casas del XVI in Santo Domingo
City Hotel

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

8.5

Casas del XVI

A cluster of restored sixteenth-century houses in Santo Domingo's Zona Colonial, run as one intimate hotel with butlers and courtyard pools.

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Curved glass Flame Towers rising above Baku with the Fairmont hotel inside one tower
City Hotel

Baku, Azerbaijan

8.5

Fairmont Baku, Flame Towers

A hotel inside Baku's most famous landmark: one of the three Flame Towers that blaze in LED above the city each night.

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Contemporary glass facade of Grand Hotel River Park on the Danube embankment in Bratislava
City Hotel

Bratislava, Slovakia

8.5

Grand Hotel River Park, a Luxury Collection Hotel

Bratislava's flagship luxury address on the Danube embankment, pairing contemporary river-view rooms with the city's most polished service.

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White modernist wings and pool of Almyra amid seafront gardens in Paphos
Beach Resort

Paphos, Cyprus

8.5

Almyra

Paphos's design-led seafront resort beside the harbour castle, famed for rooftop Kyma Suites and one of the Mediterranean's smartest family setups.

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Understated facade of Hotel Cayena-Caracas in the Altamira district beneath the Avila
City Hotel

Caracas, Venezuela

8.4

Hotel Cayena-Caracas

Caracas's discreet boutique benchmark in Altamira, favoured by diplomats and executives for its intimacy, service and serious kitchen.

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Neoclassical façade of Saint Ten Hotel in Belgrade's Vračar district
City Hotel

Belgrade, Serbia

8.4

Saint Ten Hotel

A 1929 academy building in leafy Vračar turned intimate Small Luxury Hotel, near the great dome of the Saint Sava Temple.

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Art-nouveau facade of Hotel Diplomat on Strandvägen facing Stockholm's harbour water
City Hotel

Stockholm, Sweden

8.4

Hotel Diplomat

A family-owned art-nouveau house on Strandvägen's waterfront parade, balancing patrician Stockholm heritage with crisp Scandinavian rooms.

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Contemporary glass and travertine façade of Berd's Chisinau MGallery in central Chișinău
City Hotel

Chișinău, Moldova

8.3

Berd's Chisinau, MGallery Hotel Collection

Moldova's first true design hotel, a glass-and-travertine boutique in central Chișinău with a wine cellar worthy of the country.

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Rooftop pool of Hyatt Centric San Salvador with the San Salvador volcano beyond
City Hotel

San Salvador, El Salvador

8.3

Hyatt Centric San Salvador

The sharpest hotel in the Salvadoran capital: a contemporary tower in the Zona Rosa with a rooftop pool facing the San Salvador volcano.

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