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The world’s finest hotels.

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598 hotels found

Solitaire Lodge on its forested headland above Lake Tarawera with Mount Tarawera beyond

Lakeside Hotel

Rotorua, New Zealand

8.8

Solitaire Lodge

A nine-suite lodge on a private headland in Lake Tarawera, facing the volcano across some of Rotorua's most storied waters.

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Timber cottage suites of Hermitage Bay behind a secluded white-sand beach in Antigua

Beach Resort

St Mary's, Antigua and Barbuda

8.8

Hermitage Bay

Thirty timber cottages on a secluded west-coast bay, pairing barefoot all-inclusive luxury with one of Antigua's most beautiful beaches.

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Modernist terraces of Villa Dubrovnik built into the cliff facing the Old Town across the water

Resort

Dubrovnik, Croatia

8.8

Villa Dubrovnik

A cliff-hugging modernist retreat in the quiet Sveti Jakov quarter, where every room faces the Old Town and Lokrum across the water.

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Whitewashed terraces of Santa Marina resort descending to its private beach on Ornos Bay

Beach Resort

Ornos, Greece

8.8

Santa Marina, A Luxury Collection Resort

The only resort on Mykonos with its own private sandy beach, spread over a peninsula at Ornos Bay with Buddha-Bar Beach glamour on tap.

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Neoclassical façade of The Dolli mansion with the Acropolis rising behind Athens rooftops

City Hotel

Athens, Greece

8.8

The Dolli at Acropolis

A restored 1920s neoclassical mansion on Mitropoleos Street whose rooftop pool stares straight at the Parthenon.

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Whitewashed buildings and infinity pools on the Oia caldera cliff at Katikies Santorini

Resort

Oia, Greece

8.8

Katikies Santorini

Whitewashed cave suites carved into Oia's caldera cliff, with tiered infinity pools suspended above the Aegean and Santorini's fabled sunsets.

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Whitewashed courtyard and pampas setting of Estancia Vik José Ignacio

Country House

José Ignacio, Uruguay

8.8

Estancia Vik José Ignacio

An art-filled contemporary estancia on rolling pampas behind José Ignacio, where Uruguayan artists shaped every suite.

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Belle Époque-styled facade of The Singular Santiago in the Lastarria quarter

City Hotel

Santiago, Chile

8.8

The Singular Santiago, Lastarria Hotel

A Belle Époque-styled boutique in the Lastarria arts quarter, pairing Chilean heritage interiors with a rooftop bar over Cerro Santa Lucía.

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Book-lined concrete atrium of Stamba Hotel in a converted Soviet publishing house in Tbilisi

City Hotel

Tbilisi, Georgia

8.8

Stamba Hotel

A Soviet publishing house transformed into Tbilisi's design landmark, with book-lined lobbies, soaring lofts and a glass-bottomed rooftop pool.

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Neo-Renaissance facade of Hotel Kämp overlooking the Esplanadi boulevard in central Helsinki

City Hotel

Helsinki, Finland

8.8

Hotel Kämp

Finland's grande dame since 1887 on the Esplanadi, where Sibelius and the nation's founding generation held court.

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Modern facade of The Charles Hotel overlooking the greenery of Munich's Old Botanical Garden

City Hotel

Munich, Germany

8.8

The Charles Hotel

Rocco Forte's contemporary Munich house beside the Old Botanical Garden, with the city's longest hotel pool and Italian ease.

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Private-pool suites and gardens of Eden Roc Cap Cana near the Caletón cove

Resort

Cap Cana, Dominican Republic

8.8

Eden Roc Cap Cana

A Relais & Châteaux enclave of private-pool suites in the gated Cap Cana estate, with a Riviera-style flourish rare in the Dominican Republic.

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