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The world’s finest hotels.

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290 hotels found

Corner façade of Bairro Alto Hotel on Praça Luís de Camões in central Lisbon

City Hotel

Lisbon, Portugal

8.8

Bairro Alto Hotel

Lisbon's original boutique hotel, on the corner of Chiado and Bairro Alto, reimagined by Pritzker laureate Eduardo Souto de Moura with a celebrated Tagus-view rooftop.

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Solitaire Lodge on its forested headland above Lake Tarawera with Mount Tarawera beyond

Lakeside Hotel

Rotorua, New Zealand

8.8

Solitaire Lodge

A nine-suite lodge on a private headland in Lake Tarawera, facing the volcano across some of Rotorua's most storied waters.

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Timber cottage suites of Hermitage Bay behind a secluded white-sand beach in Antigua

Beach Resort

St Mary's, Antigua and Barbuda

8.8

Hermitage Bay

Thirty timber cottages on a secluded west-coast bay, pairing barefoot all-inclusive luxury with one of Antigua's most beautiful beaches.

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Modernist terraces of Villa Dubrovnik built into the cliff facing the Old Town across the water

Resort

Dubrovnik, Croatia

8.8

Villa Dubrovnik

A cliff-hugging modernist retreat in the quiet Sveti Jakov quarter, where every room faces the Old Town and Lokrum across the water.

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Neoclassical façade of The Dolli mansion with the Acropolis rising behind Athens rooftops

City Hotel

Athens, Greece

8.8

The Dolli at Acropolis

A restored 1920s neoclassical mansion on Mitropoleos Street whose rooftop pool stares straight at the Parthenon.

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Whitewashed buildings and infinity pools on the Oia caldera cliff at Katikies Santorini

Resort

Oia, Greece

8.8

Katikies Santorini

Whitewashed cave suites carved into Oia's caldera cliff, with tiered infinity pools suspended above the Aegean and Santorini's fabled sunsets.

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Whitewashed courtyard and pampas setting of Estancia Vik José Ignacio

Country House

José Ignacio, Uruguay

8.8

Estancia Vik José Ignacio

An art-filled contemporary estancia on rolling pampas behind José Ignacio, where Uruguayan artists shaped every suite.

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Belle Époque-styled facade of The Singular Santiago in the Lastarria quarter

City Hotel

Santiago, Chile

8.8

The Singular Santiago, Lastarria Hotel

A Belle Époque-styled boutique in the Lastarria arts quarter, pairing Chilean heritage interiors with a rooftop bar over Cerro Santa Lucía.

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Candlelit colonial courtyard and monastery ruins of Hotel Museo Casa Santo Domingo in Antigua

City Hotel

Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala

8.8

Hotel Museo Casa Santo Domingo

A seventeenth-century Dominican monastery in Antigua transformed into Central America's most atmospheric heritage hotel, part museum and part candlelit retreat.

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Timber beams and open fire in the medieval lounge of Hotel Schlössle in Tallinn's old town

City Hotel

Tallinn, Estonia

8.8

Hotel Schlössle

Tallinn's most atmospheric address: a medieval merchant's ensemble in the heart of the old town, all beams, stone vaults and open fires.

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Arcaded baroque courtyard of Hotel PACAI in Vilnius old town

City Hotel

Vilnius, Lithuania

8.8

Hotel PACAI

A seventeenth-century baroque palace on Didžioji street reborn as the Baltics' most striking design hotel, frescoes and raw stone included.

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Sheen Falls Lodge beside the cascading Sheen river meeting Kenmare Bay

Country House

Kenmare, Ireland

8.8

Sheen Falls Lodge

A former marquess's fishing lodge on a 300-acre estate where the Sheen river cascades into Kenmare Bay, floodlit falls and all.

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