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The world’s finest hotels.

Every property researched and profiled by the Browntravels editorial team. Sponsored placements are always clearly labelled.

598 hotels found

Historic villas and botanical gardens of Mandarin Oriental Lago di Como on the Blevio shore

Lakeside Hotel

Blevio, Italy

8.9

Mandarin Oriental, Lago di Como

A botanical-park retreat of nineteenth-century villas on Como's quieter eastern shore, with a floating pool and contemporary calm apart from the crowds.

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Curved white cave suites of Mystique on the caldera cliff at Oia, Santorini

Resort

Oia, Greece

8.9

Mystique, A Luxury Collection Hotel

Cave-style suites sculpted into Oia's caldera cliff, with driftwood textures, a wine cave in the rock and front-row seats for the famous sunset.

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Nineteenth-century bank facade of Hotel de Rome on Bebelplatz near Berlin's State Opera

City Hotel

Berlin, Germany

8.9

Hotel de Rome

A former Dresdner Bank headquarters of 1889 on Bebelplatz, converted by Rocco Forte with a pool in the old jewel vault and a rooftop over Unter den Linden.

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Beaux-Arts stone facade of Four Seasons Hotel Baku near the Caspian seafront boulevard

City Hotel

Baku, Azerbaijan

8.9

Four Seasons Hotel Baku

A Beaux-Arts-style palace on Baku's Caspian seafront boulevard, steps from the walled Old City and the caravanserais of Icherisheher.

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Riverside facade of Hotel Sacher Salzburg on the Salzach with the baroque old town and fortress opposite

City Hotel

Salzburg, Austria

8.9

Hotel Sacher Salzburg

The Sacher family's riverside Salzburg house, facing the old town and fortress across the Salzach with torte and tradition intact.

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Monastery courtyard and baroque buildings of the Augustine hotel in Prague's Malá Strana below the castle

City Hotel

Prague, Czech Republic

8.9

Augustine, a Luxury Collection Hotel

A thirteenth-century Augustinian monastery in Malá Strana below the castle, where monks still brew and Cubist design meets cloister calm.

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Townhouse facade of Hotel Sanders on a quiet lane behind the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen

City Hotel

Copenhagen, Denmark

8.9

Hotel Sanders

A former ballet dancer's intimate townhouse hotel beside the Royal Danish Theatre, widely counted among Europe's best boutiques.

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Whitewashed terraces of Hotel Tresanton above the sea at St Mawes

Beach Resort

St Mawes, United Kingdom

8.9

Hotel Tresanton

Olga Polizzi's chic cluster of houses above St Mawes harbour, the hotel that taught Cornwall how to do relaxed Mediterranean-style glamour.

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Classical stone facade of Gleneagles Townhouse on St Andrew Square, Edinburgh

City Hotel

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

8.9

Gleneagles Townhouse

The famous Perthshire estate's city sibling: a former banking hall on St Andrew Square turned intimate, clubby Edinburgh bolthole.

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Victorian stone frontage of Park Hotel Kenmare above terraced gardens and Kenmare Bay

Country House

Kenmare, Ireland

8.9

Park Hotel Kenmare

A Victorian railway hotel above Kenmare Bay, famed for the Brennan brothers' hospitality and the destination Sámas spa.

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Belle Époque facade and courtyard drive of the Hôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo

City Hotel

Monte Carlo, Monaco

8.9

Hôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo

The connoisseur's Monte Carlo palace: a Belle Époque house steps from the Casino, with Jacques Garcia interiors and a celebrated dining heritage.

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Infinity pool and terraces of Casa Palopó overlooking Lake Atitlán and its volcanoes

Lakeside Hotel

Santa Catarina Palopó, Guatemala

8.9

Casa Palopó

A collector's villa above Lake Atitlán turned Relais & Châteaux hideaway, with volcano views that justify Guatemala's most painted lake.

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