City Hotel
Venice, Italy
9.5
Aman Venice
A 16th-century palazzo on the Grand Canal, its Tiepolo ceilings and private gardens sheltering just 24 rooms of monastic-luxe calm.
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290 hotels found
Private Island
North Island, Seychelles
9.5
North Island
A rewilded private granite island of just eleven villas, where barefoot 'castaway luxury' meets one of conservation's great success stories.
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Resort
Portofino, Italy
9.5
Splendido, A Belmond Hotel
A former monastery on the hillside above Portofino's harbour, the Italian Riviera's most glamorous perch since 1901.
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Lakeside Hotel
Cernobbio, Italy
9.5
Villa d'Este
A 16th-century cardinal's villa on Lake Como with 25 acres of Renaissance gardens and a floating pool moored on the lake itself.
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Resort
Soufrière, St Lucia
9.5
Jade Mountain
An architectural fantasy above St Lucia's Pitons where every open-walled sanctuary has its own infinity pool and no fourth wall at all.
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Country House
Nairobi, Kenya
9.5
Giraffe Manor
The 1930s ivy-clad manor in Nairobi's Langata suburb where endangered Rothschild's giraffes join guests for breakfast through the windows.
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Lakeside Hotel
Taupō, New Zealand
9.5
Huka Lodge
New Zealand's founding luxury lodge on the banks of the Waikato River near Huka Falls, host to royalty since its 1920s trout-fishing origins.
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Resort
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
9.5
Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, A Four Seasons Hotel
A 1908 white palace amid seven hectares of pines at the tip of Cap-Ferrat, home to the Riviera's most storied seawater pool.
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City Hotel
Jodhpur, India
9.5
Umaid Bhawan Palace
A vast art-deco palace above the Blue City, still home to Jodhpur's royal family and run in part as one of the world's most extraordinary hotels.
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City Hotel
Bangkok, Thailand
9.5
Capella Bangkok
A riverfront urban resort on the Chao Phraya where every room faces the water, service is near-telepathic and the dining is Michelin-level.
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Resort
Positano, Italy
9.5
Il San Pietro di Positano
A family-run clifftop marvel carved into the rock outside Positano, with a lift plunging to its own private beach and a Michelin-starred terrace.
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Resort
Venice, Italy
9.5
Hotel Cipriani, A Belmond Hotel
Giuseppe Cipriani's 1958 lagoon-edge legend on Giudecca island, with Venice's most famous swimming pool and a private launch to St Mark's.
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