City Hotel
George Town, Malaysia
8.9
Eastern & Oriental Hotel
The Sarkies Brothers' 1885 seafront classic in George Town, an all-suite colonial grande dame on the Strait of Malacca.
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The Directory
Every property researched and profiled by the Browntravels editorial team. Sponsored placements are always clearly labelled.
Luxor, Egypt
The 1907 Nile-front grande dame of Egyptology, where news of Tutankhamun's tomb first electrified the world.
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Cape Town, South Africa
A cliff-side retreat on the Atlantic coast road beyond Camps Bay, wedged between the Twelve Apostles mountain range and the open ocean.
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Avignon, France
An antique-filled former cardinal's residence at the foot of the Palais des Papes, run with the intimacy of a grand private home.
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Albufeira, Portugal
A small Moorish-style villa above Galé beach that became a pilgrimage site for gastronomes, home to one of Portugal's longest-standing two-star kitchens.
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Byron Bay, Australia
A tiny whitewashed Mediterranean-style villa above Wategos Beach that has been Byron Bay's most storied address since 1994.
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Porto-Vecchio, France
A sleek cedar-and-glass retreat on the Gulf of Porto-Vecchio, pairing contemporary architecture with two-Michelin-starred Mediterranean cooking.
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Soufrière, St Lucia
White villas and a pale-sand beach set impossibly between St Lucia's twin Pitons, in the rainforested amphitheatre of Val des Pitons.
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Blevio, Italy
A botanical-park retreat of nineteenth-century villas on Como's quieter eastern shore, with a floating pool and contemporary calm apart from the crowds.
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Oia, Greece
Cave-style suites sculpted into Oia's caldera cliff, with driftwood textures, a wine cave in the rock and front-row seats for the famous sunset.
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