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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.

598 hotels found

The 100-metre infinity pool of Silversands running towards Grand Anse beach in Grenada

Beach Resort

Grand Anse, Grenada

8.7

Silversands Grenada

Grenada's contemporary statement on Grand Anse beach, built around a 100-metre infinity pool that runs like a silver blade to the sea.

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Cotswold-stone frontage and courtyard of Whatley Manor near Malmesbury

Country House

Malmesbury, United Kingdom

8.7

Whatley Manor

A Cotswold-stone manor outside Malmesbury pairing ambitious tasting-menu dining with twelve acres of gardens and a soothing spa.

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White 17th-century facade of Prestonfield House with parkland and Arthur's Seat behind

Country House

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

8.7

Prestonfield House

A theatrical 17th-century mansion below Arthur's Seat, all velvet, candlelight and roaming peacocks, minutes from the Royal Mile.

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Thatched Balinese-style villas of Turtle Inn facing the Caribbean beach at Placencia

Beach Resort

Placencia, Belize

8.7

Turtle Inn, A Family Coppola Hideaway

Francis Ford Coppola's Balinese-built beach village on the Placencia peninsula, where thatched villas open straight onto Caribbean sand.

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Timber-and-stone facade of Sport Hotel Hermitage & Spa beside the snowy pistes at Soldeu

Ski Hotel

Soldeu, Andorra

8.7

Sport Hotel Hermitage & Spa

Andorra's flagship five-star, ski-in at Soldeu on the Grandvalira slopes, with a vast Sport Wellness spa and the principality's top dining.

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Pale Nordic guest room at Hotel St. George overlooking Old Church Park in Helsinki

City Hotel

Helsinki, Finland

8.7

Hotel St. George

An art-filled sanctuary facing Old Church Park, where Nordic design, serious wellness and a poetry-lined past meet in a former printing house.

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Esentai Tower rising before the snow-capped Tian Shan mountains above Almaty

City Hotel

Almaty, Kazakhstan

8.7

The Ritz-Carlton, Almaty

High floors of the Esentai Tower with the snow-capped Tian Shan filling the windows—Central Asia's most polished city hotel.

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Shingled roofs of COMO Uma Paro amid blue pine forest above the Paro valley in Bhutan

Wellness Retreat

Paro, Bhutan

8.7

COMO Uma Paro

COMO's serene hillside retreat above the Paro valley, pairing Bhutanese architecture with Shambhala wellness and expert-led Himalayan adventure.

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Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga facing the white facade of the Latvian National Opera

City Hotel

Riga, Latvia

8.7

Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga

The Baltic capital's grandest full-service hotel, a restored landmark facing the Opera House on Aspazijas boulevard with rooftop dining and a serious spa.

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Resort

Oracabessa, Jamaica

8.7

GoldenEye

Ian Fleming's Jamaican estate turned barefoot-chic resort by Chris Blackwell, where James Bond was written and the lagoon does the entertaining.

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City Hotel

Singapore, Singapore

8.6

Marina Bay Sands

Singapore's triple-tower landmark crowned by the world-famous 57th-floor infinity pool, with a city of dining, shopping and entertainment below.

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City Hotel

Dublin, Ireland

8.6

The Shelbourne

Dublin's 1824 grande dame on St Stephen's Green, where the Irish Constitution was drafted and the Horseshoe Bar still sets the city's social clock.

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