Country House
Bala, United Kingdom
8.7
Palé Hall
A grand Victorian mansion on the edge of Eryri (Snowdonia), running partly on its own hydroelectricity and cooking to Relais & Châteaux standards.
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The world’s finest hotels.
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598 hotels found
City Hotel
Belgrade, Serbia
8.7
Square Nine Hotel Belgrade
Belgrade's design flagship on Studentski Trg, an Isay Weinfeld-designed Leading Hotel with mid-century warmth and a serious pool.
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Lakeside Hotel
Killarney, Ireland
8.7
The Europe Hotel & Resort
A lakeshore resort on Lough Léin facing the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, with one of Ireland's largest and best-regarded spas.
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Ski Hotel
Kitzbühel, Austria
8.7
Kempinski Hotel Das Tirol
A contemporary Alpine flagship in Jochberg outside Kitzbühel, built around one of the Tyrol's largest hotel spas and direct lift access.
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City Hotel
Oslo, Norway
8.7
The Thief
Oslo's art-filled waterfront hotel on Tjuvholmen, beside the Renzo Piano-designed Astrup Fearnley Museum and the fjord's swimming decks.
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City Hotel
Florence, Italy
8.7
Hotel Savoy
Rocco Forte's cheerful Florentine flagship on Piazza della Repubblica, minutes on foot from the Duomo, Uffizi and the best of the centro storico.
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City Hotel
Hobart, Australia
8.7
The Tasman, a Luxury Collection Hotel
Hobart's waterfront grande-luxe hotel, stitching Georgian sandstone, Art Deco and a contemporary wing together a block from Salamanca Place.
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Resort
Costa Adeje, Spain
8.7
Bahía del Duque
A grand Canarian village of pastel houses, plazas and gardens above Playa del Duque, long the benchmark resort of Tenerife's Costa Adeje.
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Resort
Savelletri di Fasano, Italy
8.7
Masseria San Domenico
A fifteenth-century fortified farmhouse amid centuries-old olive groves, pioneering Puglia's masseria luxury with a celebrated thalassotherapy spa.
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Beach Resort
Elounda, Greece
8.7
Elounda Beach Hotel & Villas
The 1971 pioneer of Greek resort luxury, spread along its own peninsula of gardens and private beaches on Crete's Mirabello Bay.
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City Hotel
Macau, Macau
8.7
The Venetian Macao
The largest casino resort on earth — Macau's all-suite Venetian recreation whose gaming floor, canal-laced shopping city and 15,000-seat arena redefined the scale of integrated resorts.
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Beach Resort
Diani Beach, Kenya
8.7
Kinondo Kwetu
A Swedish family's barefoot boutique retreat on quiet Galu Beach south of Diani, with horses on the sand and an easy house-party spirit.
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