City Hotel
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
8.9
The Balmoral
Edinburgh's 1902 railway palace on Princes Street, whose famous clock tower anchors the city skyline between the Castle and Calton Hill.
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City Hotel
Barcelona, Spain
8.9
Hotel Arts Barcelona
A 44-storey steel tower over Port Olímpic beside Frank Gehry's golden fish, pairing beachfront Barcelona with two-Michelin-star dining high above the Mediterranean.
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Ski Hotel
Zermatt, Switzerland
8.9
Grand Hotel Zermatterhof
Zermatt's 1879 grande dame, owned by the village's own burghers, with horse-drawn carriage arrivals and the Matterhorn filling the windows.
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City Hotel
Seoul, South Korea
8.9
The Shilla Seoul
Seoul's establishment grande dame on the wooded slopes of Namsan, pairing a sculpture-filled Korean garden with the city's most decorated Korean restaurant.
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
8.9
Park Hyatt Saigon
A colonial-mannered classic on Lam Son Square beside the Opera House, widely considered Ho Chi Minh City's most gracious luxury address.
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Québec City, Canada
8.9
Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
The turreted château above the St Lawrence that defines the Québec City skyline and claims the title of the world's most photographed hotel.
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City Hotel
San Sebastián, Spain
8.9
Hotel Maria Cristina
The Belle Époque queen of San Sebastián since 1912, riverside home of the film festival in Europe's greatest eating city.
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Lakeside Hotel
Montreux, Switzerland
8.9
Fairmont Le Montreux Palace
Montreux's 1906 Belle Époque landmark on the Lake Geneva riviera, where Nabokov lived for sixteen years and the jazz festival comes home.
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Country House
Øye, Norway
8.9
Hotel Union Øye
An 1891 wooden hotel deep in the Sunnmøre Alps at the head of the Norangsfjord, restored as Norway's most romantic hideaway.
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Wellness Retreat
Hakone, Japan
8.9
Fujiya Hotel
Japan's pioneering Western-style resort hotel, welcoming guests to the hot-spring hills of Miyanoshita since 1878.
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City Hotel
George Town, Malaysia
8.9
Eastern & Oriental Hotel
The Sarkies Brothers' 1885 seafront classic in George Town, an all-suite colonial grande dame on the Strait of Malacca.
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Luxor, Egypt
8.9
Sofitel Winter Palace Luxor
The 1907 Nile-front grande dame of Egyptology, where news of Tutankhamun's tomb first electrified the world.
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