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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.

141 hotels found

Rationalist stone facade of Bulgari Hotel Roma overlooking Piazza Augusto Imperatore
City Hotel

Rome, Italy

9.3

Bulgari Hotel Roma

The Roman jeweller's 2023 homecoming: a rationalist landmark on Piazza Augusto Imperatore turned into a temple of marble, mosaic and Niko Romito cooking.

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Restored stone façades of the Centro Canalejas complex housing Four Seasons Hotel Madrid
City Hotel

Madrid, Spain

9.3

Four Seasons Hotel Madrid

Seven restored heritage buildings at Centro Canalejas, steps from Puerta del Sol, turned into Madrid's most ambitious contemporary grand hotel.

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Modern classical facade of The Peninsula London at Hyde Park Corner
City Hotel

London, United Kingdom

9.3

The Peninsula London

Peninsula's long-awaited London flagship at Hyde Park Corner, a purpose-built palace of craftsmanship, rooftop dining and a superb subterranean spa.

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Le Meurice, Paris
City Hotel

Paris, France

9.2

Le Meurice

The artists' palace opposite the Tuileries, where Dali-era eccentricity meets Louis XVI elegance and Alain Ducasse-led dining.

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The Silo Hotel, Cape Town
City Hotel

Cape Town, South Africa

9.2

The Silo Hotel

A 1920s grain silo reborn above the Zeitz MOCAA museum, its pillowed glass windows framing Table Mountain and the V&A Waterfront.

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Hotel Danieli, Venice
City Hotel

Venice, Italy

9.2

Hotel Danieli

A 14th-century doge's palace on the Riva degli Schiavoni, whose gilded Gothic atrium and lagoon-view rooftop define Venetian grand-hotel romance.

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Hotel Adlon Kempinski, Berlin
City Hotel

Berlin, Germany

9.2

Hotel Adlon Kempinski

Berlin's legendary address beside the Brandenburg Gate, rebuilt in 1997 to the spirit of the 1907 original that hosted kaisers, kings and Garbo.

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The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel, New York
City Hotel

New York, United States

9.2

The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel

An Art Deco tower on Madison Avenue that has been the discreet Upper East Side refuge of presidents, royals and jazz lovers since 1930.

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White Belle Époque façade and twin cupolas of the Carlton Cannes on La Croisette
Beach Resort

Cannes, France

9.2

Carlton Cannes, a Regent Hotel

The twin-cupola Belle Époque queen of La Croisette, freshly restored and forever entwined with the Cannes Film Festival.

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Turreted painted façade of Les Airelles rising from the snow in Courchevel's Jardin Alpin
Ski Hotel

Courchevel, France

9.2

Les Airelles Courchevel

A fairytale Austro-Hungarian palace in the Jardin Alpin, famed for lavish family programming and some of the most theatrical service in the Alps.

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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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Historic mansion façade of Shangri-La Paris on the Chaillot hill facing the Eiffel Tower
City Hotel

Paris, France

9.2

Shangri-La Paris

The former mansion of Prince Roland Bonaparte in the 16th arrondissement, now an Asian-accented palace with some of the best Eiffel Tower views in Paris.

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