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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.

201 hotels found

Aerial view of a reef islet and blue lagoon at The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort
Resort

Bora Bora, French Polynesia

9.2

The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort

Bora Bora's most extravagant villas—some of the largest overwater retreats in the world—arranged around a private lagoonarium.

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Aerial view of pavilions and greenery evoking Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai in the Mae Rim valley
Resort

Chiang Mai, Thailand

9.2

Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai

Lanna-style pavilions and pool villas arranged around working rice terraces in the Mae Rim valley, with water buffalo and mountain mist as neighbours.

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Entrance of The Berkeley hotel on Wilton Place, Knightsbridge
City Hotel

London, United Kingdom

9.2

The Berkeley

A fashion-fluent Knightsbridge grande dame with a rooftop pool above Hyde Park and one of London's most stylish bar scenes.

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Whitewashed arcades and pool terrace of Capri Palace Jumeirah in Anacapri
Resort

Anacapri, Italy

9.2

Capri Palace Jumeirah

Anacapri's art-filled palace above the crowds, pairing two-Michelin-star dining at L'Olivo with the island's most famous seafront lunch at Il Riccio.

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Low stone and glass pavilions of Villa La Coste above vineyard rows near Aix-en-Provence
Country House

Aix-en-Provence, France

9.2

Villa La Coste

An all-suite pavilion hotel set within the Château La Coste estate, where working vineyards double as an open-air museum of contemporary art and architecture.

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Castle-like towers of Suvretta House rising above snow-covered larch forest near St. Moritz
Ski Hotel

St. Moritz, Switzerland

9.2

Suvretta House

A castle-like 1912 grand hotel in its own quiet valley outside St. Moritz, with a private ski lift onto the Corviglia slopes.

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Pine-covered Astir peninsula at Vouliagmeni with the Four Seasons buildings above private coves
Resort

Vouliagmeni, Greece

9.2

Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens

The storied Astir Palace peninsula on the Athens Riviera, revived by Four Seasons with pine-shaded bungalows, private beaches and mid-century glamour.

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La Mamounia, Marrakech
City Hotel

Marrakech, Morocco

9.1

La Mamounia

Marrakech's legendary 1923 palace hotel, wrapped in centuries-old royal gardens, Art Deco-Moorish interiors and Churchill-era glamour.

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Bulgari Resort Bali, Uluwatu
Resort

Uluwatu, Indonesia

9.1

Bulgari Resort Bali

A clifftop villa estate on the Bukit Peninsula where Italian tailoring meets Balinese craft 150 metres above the Indian Ocean.

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Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Muscat
Resort

Muscat, Oman

9.1

Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel

Oman's ceremonial palace-hotel of 1985, set between the Hajar Mountains and its own bay, with one of the Gulf's most magnificent domed lobbies.

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Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel, Cape Town
City Hotel

Cape Town, South Africa

9.1

Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel

Cape Town's blush-pink grande dame of 1899, set in nine acres of gardens beneath Table Mountain and famous for its extravagant afternoon tea.

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Belmond Reid's Palace, Funchal
Resort

Funchal, Portugal

9.1

Belmond Reid's Palace

Madeira's clifftop institution since 1891, famous for subtropical gardens, saltwater pools and afternoon tea above the Atlantic.

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