Resort
Jabal Akhdar, Oman
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Alila Jabal Akhdar
A stone-built eyrie 2,000 metres up in Oman's Al Hajar mountains, perched on the rim of a vast canyon with cool air and huge stars.
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Vence, France
An Oetker Collection hilltop retreat above Vence, built on a former Templar commandery amid olive groves with views rolling down to the Mediterranean.
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Praslin, Seychelles
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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Ravello, Italy
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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Bordeaux, France
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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Valletta, Malta
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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Porches, Portugal
A clifftop garden estate on the central Algarve whose restaurant collection—crowned by the two-Michelin-starred Ocean—leads southern Portugal.
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Aleomandra, Greece
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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Bodrum, Turkey
A sprawling hillside estate above two private beaches at Paradise Bay, bringing Mandarin Oriental's full resort machinery to the Turkish Riviera.
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Geneva, Switzerland
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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