City Hotel
Kyoto, Japan
9.4
Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto
A serene contemporary retreat wrapped around an 800-year-old pond garden in Kyoto's temple-rich Higashiyama district.
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The Directory
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Paris, France
A 40-key Haussmannian mansion off the Champs-Élysées that feels like staying in a collector's private apartment, with two-star gastronomy below.
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Bora Bora, French Polynesia
The polished benchmark of Bora Bora's lagoon: overwater bungalows on a private motu facing Mount Otemanu's jagged silhouette.
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Paris, France
The red-awninged palace of Avenue Montaigne since 1913, with Eiffel Tower views, a geranium-clad courtyard and haute couture on the doorstep.
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Budapest, Hungary
A 1906 Art Nouveau masterpiece facing the Chain Bridge across the Danube, restored to jewel-like glory with peacock gates and Zsolnay tiles.
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Shanghai, China
The first new building on the Bund in generations, channelling 1920s Shanghai glamour behind a stone facade facing the Huangpu River and Pudong skyline.
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Langkawi, Malaysia
Kerry Hill's landmark rainforest resort above Datai Bay, where villas sit within a 10-million-year-old jungle canopy running down to one of Asia's finest beaches.
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Luang Prabang, Laos
Aman's serene conversion of French-colonial buildings in the heart of UNESCO-listed Luang Prabang, with pool suites, monks' dawn processions and Mekong calm.
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Jaipur, India
The former residence of the Maharaja of Jaipur, a sandstone palace of marble corridors, peacock-filled gardens and princely suites run by Taj since the 1970s.
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Iguazú, Brazil
The only hotel inside Brazil's Iguassu National Park, a rose-pink Portuguese-colonial retreat with the falls to itself before the gates open.
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