City Hotel
Stockholm, Sweden
9.5
Ett Hem
Ilse Crawford's house-party hotel in a 1910 Arts-and-Crafts townhouse, where guests wander the kitchen and library as if the home were theirs.
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City Hotel
Paris, France
9.4
Cheval Blanc Paris
LVMH's Seine-front maison in the Art Deco La Samaritaine building, offering couture interiors, a 30-metre pool and river-view gastronomy.
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City Hotel
Kyoto, Japan
9.4
Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto
A serene contemporary retreat wrapped around an 800-year-old pond garden in Kyoto's temple-rich Higashiyama district.
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City Hotel
Paris, France
9.4
La Réserve Paris
A 40-key Haussmannian mansion off the Champs-Élysées that feels like staying in a collector's private apartment, with two-star gastronomy below.
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City Hotel
Budapest, Hungary
9.4
Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace
A 1906 Art Nouveau masterpiece facing the Chain Bridge across the Danube, restored to jewel-like glory with peacock gates and Zsolnay tiles.
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City Hotel
Shanghai, China
9.4
The Peninsula Shanghai
The first new building on the Bund in generations, channelling 1920s Shanghai glamour behind a stone facade facing the Huangpu River and Pudong skyline.
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Resort
Langkawi, Malaysia
9.4
The Datai Langkawi
Kerry Hill's landmark rainforest resort above Datai Bay, where villas sit within a 10-million-year-old jungle canopy running down to one of Asia's finest beaches.
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Resort
Luang Prabang, Laos
9.4
Amantaka
Aman's serene conversion of French-colonial buildings in the heart of UNESCO-listed Luang Prabang, with pool suites, monks' dawn processions and Mekong calm.
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Beach Resort
Saint-Tropez, France
9.4
Cheval Blanc St-Tropez
LVMH's intimate seafront maison amid umbrella pines on the Bay of Pampelonne's quieter side, crowned by Arnaud Donckele's three-Michelin-starred La Vague d'Or.
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Resort
Fasano, Italy
9.4
Borgo Egnazia
A hand-built re-imagining of an Apulian village near Fasano, whose crafted stone lanes, Vair spa and starred dining made Puglia a luxury destination.
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Wellness Retreat
Zurich, Switzerland
9.4
The Dolder Grand
A turreted 1899 curhaus above Zurich, rebuilt by Foster + Partners into a resort of serious art, spa and two-star dining.
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Country House
Kangaroo Island, Australia
9.4
Southern Ocean Lodge
Rebuilt on its Kangaroo Island clifftop after the 2020 bushfires, Australia's flagship luxury lodge again floats above the wild Southern Ocean.
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