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The world’s finest hotels.

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162 hotels found

Curved white facade of The Fontenay hotel on the tree-lined shore of Hamburg's Outer Alster lake
City Hotel

Hamburg, Germany

9.3

The Fontenay

A sculptural 2018 lakeside build on the Outer Alster with curving white architecture, a rooftop pool and two-Michelin-star dining.

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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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The Siam, Bangkok
City Hotel

Bangkok, Thailand

9.2

The Siam

An Art Deco–meets-antiques riverside compound in royal Dusit, whose 39 suites and pool villas feel like a collector's private museum.

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Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa, Baden-Baden
Wellness Retreat

Baden-Baden, Germany

9.2

Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa

The Oetker Collection's 1872 grande dame on Baden-Baden's Lichtentaler Allee, anchored by the Villa Stéphanie medical spa.

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Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise
Lakeside Hotel

Lake Louise, Canada

9.2

Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise

The century-old railway chateau on the shore of Lake Louise, facing turquoise water and the Victoria Glacier in the heart of Banff National Park.

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Llao Llao Resort, Golf & Spa, Bariloche
Lakeside Hotel

Bariloche, Argentina

9.2

Llao Llao Resort, Golf & Spa

Argentina's alpine icon of 1940, a log-and-stone grand hotel on a rise between two Patagonian lakes in Nahuel Huapi National Park.

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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 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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intercontinental bora bora thalasso
Beach Resort

Bora Bora, French Polynesia

9.2

InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa

An all-overwater-villa resort on a motu facing Mount Otemanu, pioneering deep-seawater cooling and a lagoon-side thalassotherapy spa.

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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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Ivy-clad medieval villa and formal gardens of Borgo Santo Pietro near Chiusdino
Country House

Chiusdino, Italy

9.2

Borgo Santo Pietro

A thirteenth-century Tuscan villa turned self-sufficient country estate, where farm, garden and spa feed one of the region's most personal luxury stays.

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