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The world’s finest hotels.

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290 hotels found

Colonial-style villas of Seaside Grand Hotel Residencia amid palms near the Maspalomas dunes
Resort

Maspalomas, Spain

8.6

Seaside Grand Hotel Residencia

An intimate colonial-style enclave beside the Maspalomas palm oasis and dunes, quietly regarded as Gran Canaria's finest address.

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Leather armchairs, books and brass lamps in the vintage-industrial lounge of Rooms Hotel Tbilisi
City Hotel

Tbilisi, Georgia

8.6

Rooms Hotel Tbilisi

The industrial-chic pioneer that started Tbilisi's design-hotel wave, warm with leather, timber and the city's best-loved hotel restaurant scene.

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Façade of the Astoria Hotel on St Isaac's Square with the cathedral's golden dome beyond
City Hotel

St Petersburg, Russia

8.6

Astoria Hotel

St Petersburg's 1912 icon on St Isaac's Square, facing the cathedral's golden dome with the Hermitage and Mariinsky minutes away.

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Classical stone facade of the Grand Palace Hotel on Pils street in Riga's old town
City Hotel

Riga, Latvia

8.6

Grand Palace Hotel

Riga's discreet old-town classic in a former central-bank building beside the Dome Cathedral, long the city's most personal luxury address.

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Garden lawns of Park Hotel Sonnenhof above Vaduz with the princely castle beyond
Country House

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

8.6

Park Hotel Sonnenhof

Liechtenstein's Relais & Châteaux flagship on a garden hillside above Vaduz, facing the princely castle across the Rhine valley.

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White plantation-style villas and palms along the private beach of Victoria House on Ambergris Caye
Beach Resort

San Pedro, Belize

8.6

Victoria House Resort & Spa

Ambergris Caye's plantation-style classic on a palm-lined private beach, minutes by boat from the Belize Barrier Reef.

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Pink crenellated great house and gardens of Cobblers Cove beside the sea near Speightstown
Beach Resort

Speightstown, Barbados

8.6

Cobblers Cove

A pink-and-white English country house by the sea near Speightstown—forty suites, Relais & Châteaux cooking and devoted returnees.

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Cliff-edge terraces and villas of Cap Maison above the sea at Cap Estate, St Lucia
Resort

Cap Estate, St Lucia

8.6

Cap Maison

A clifftop villa hotel on St Lucia's northern tip, famed for its cliff-edge cooking and the champagne zip-line to its ocean deck.

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Palms leaning over the quiet beach fronting The Residence Zanzibar
Beach Resort

Zanzibar, Tanzania

8.5

The Residence Zanzibar

A palm-shaded villa estate on Zanzibar's quiet southwest coast, pairing a kilometre of beach with Swahili-colonial style and gentle rates.

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Waterfront villas and jetty of The Havannah at sunset on Havannah Harbour, Efate, Vanuatu
Beach Resort

Efate, Vanuatu

8.5

The Havannah

Vanuatu's leading boutique resort: an adults-only cluster of waterfront villas on Efate's calm northwestern harbour, built for sunsets.

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Stone gables of 17th-century Bodysgallen Hall above its box-hedged parterre garden
Country House

Llandudno, United Kingdom

8.5

Bodysgallen Hall & Spa

A 17th-century hall owned by the National Trust, with formal parterre gardens, parkland views to Conwy Castle and a discreet spa.

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Whitewashed terraces and pool of La Villa overlooking Calvi's citadel and bay
Resort

Calvi, France

8.5

La Villa Calvi

A Relais & Châteaux hilltop retreat above Calvi's citadel and bay, built around cloister-like courtyards, terraced pools and wide Mediterranean views.

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