City Hotel
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
8.5
Hotel Continental Saigon
Vietnam's oldest hotel, an 1880 French-colonial landmark opposite the Opera House and forever linked to Graham Greene's The Quiet American.
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598 hotels found
City Hotel
Alexandria, Egypt
8.5
Steigenberger Cecil Hotel
Alexandria's literary landmark of 1929 on the sweep of the Corniche, immortalised in Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet.
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Beach Resort
Zanzibar, Tanzania
8.5
The Residence Zanzibar
A palm-shaded villa estate on Zanzibar's quiet southwest coast, pairing a kilometre of beach with Swahili-colonial style and gentle rates.
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Beach Resort
Efate, Vanuatu
8.5
The Havannah
Vanuatu's leading boutique resort: an adults-only cluster of waterfront villas on Efate's calm northwestern harbour, built for sunsets.
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Country House
Llandudno, United Kingdom
8.5
Bodysgallen Hall & Spa
A 17th-century hall owned by the National Trust, with formal parterre gardens, parkland views to Conwy Castle and a discreet spa.
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Country House
Holywood, United Kingdom
8.5
Culloden Estate & Spa
A baronial former bishop's palace in twelve acres above Belfast Lough, the grande dame of Northern Irish country hotels.
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Beach Resort
Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy
8.5
Forte Village Resort
A garden city of hotels on Sardinia's southern coast, with sport academies, a thalasso spa and family programming unmatched in the Mediterranean.
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City Hotel
Bordeaux, France
8.5
InterContinental Bordeaux — Le Grand Hôtel
Bordeaux's grandest address, an eighteenth-century landmark facing the Grand Théâtre with Gordon Ramsay's two-Michelin-starred Le Pressoir d'Argent.
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Christchurch, New Zealand
8.5
The George
Christchurch's long-standing boutique address opposite Hagley Park, prized for its personal service and a reliable, produce-led kitchen.
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Resort
Calvi, France
8.5
La Villa Calvi
A Relais & Châteaux hilltop retreat above Calvi's citadel and bay, built around cloister-like courtyards, terraced pools and wide Mediterranean views.
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Moscow, Russia
8.5
Hotel National Moscow
A 1903 grande dame at the foot of Tverskaya Street whose best rooms look straight onto the Kremlin towers and Red Square.
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Bucharest, Romania
8.5
The Marmorosch Bucharest, Autograph Collection
The gilded Marmorosch Blank bank in the old town reborn as Bucharest's most theatrical hotel, vault bar included.
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