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598 hotels found

Restored banking hall restaurant of Bankhotel Lviv beneath its original glass ceiling
City Hotel

Lviv, Ukraine

8.5

Bankhotel

A 1912 bank in Lviv's UNESCO-listed centre reborn as western Ukraine's most stylish hotel, vault doors and marble halls included.

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Contemporary white suites of Carlisle Bay between rainforest hills and the calm southern bay, Antigua
Beach Resort

Old Road, Antigua and Barbuda

8.5

Carlisle Bay

A contemporary suite resort between rainforest hills and a calm southern bay, long Antigua's stylish answer for design-minded families.

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Stone sugar mill and gardens of Montpelier Plantation on the slopes of Nevis Peak
Country House

Montpelier Estate, Saint Kitts and Nevis

8.5

Montpelier Plantation & Beach

An eighteenth-century sugar estate on Nevis's cool upper slopes, reborn as a Relais & Châteaux inn with dinners inside its old mill.

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Palm-fringed terraced gardens and palace façade of Olissippo Lapa Palace above the Tagus
City Hotel

Lisbon, Portugal

8.5

Olissippo Lapa Palace

A nineteenth-century count's palace in Lisbon's embassy quarter, with terraced gardens, a palm-fringed pool and Tagus views from the Lapa hilltop.

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Neoclassical 1917 facade of the American Trade Hotel on Plaza Herrera in Casco Viejo
City Hotel

Panama City, Panama

8.5

American Trade Hotel

A 1917 landmark on Casco Viejo's Plaza Herrera revived as the old quarter's design flagship, jazz club included.

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Hardwood casitas of Jicaro Island Lodge among trees on a private isleta in Lake Nicaragua
Lakeside Hotel

Granada, Nicaragua

8.5

Jicaro Island Lodge

A private-island eco-lodge in Lake Nicaragua's isletas, ten minutes by boat from Granada with volcano views from every casita.

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Granite facade and rooftop pool of Atix Hotel with the Illimani massif above La Paz
City Hotel

La Paz, Bolivia

8.5

Atix Hotel

La Paz's design-led boutique in the Calacoto district, built of Comanche granite and Bolivian art with Illimani views from the rooftop pool.

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Talan Towers home of The Ritz-Carlton against the futuristic golden skyline of Astana
City Hotel

Astana, Kazakhstan

8.5

The Ritz-Carlton, Astana

Sculptural luxury in the Talan Towers, looking across Astana's futuristic skyline of golden orbs and presidential domes.

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Glass tower of the Shangri-La Ulaanbaatar near Sukhbaatar Square
City Hotel

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

8.5

Shangri-La Ulaanbaatar

Mongolia's flagship hotel, a glass tower beside Sükhbaatar Square whose warmth and facilities anchor every serious Ulaanbaatar itinerary.

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Restored stone arcade façade of the Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski beside Parque Central in Havana
City Hotel

Havana, Cuba

8.5

Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski La Habana

Havana's first modern five-star, set in the restored Manzana de Gómez arcade opposite Parque Central, with a rooftop pool above the old city.

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Coral-stone courtyard and plunge pool of a restored colonial house at Casas del XVI in Santo Domingo
City Hotel

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

8.5

Casas del XVI

A cluster of restored sixteenth-century houses in Santo Domingo's Zona Colonial, run as one intimate hotel with butlers and courtyard pools.

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Townhouse facades of Hôtel Le Place d'Armes on Luxembourg City's central square
City Hotel

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

8.5

Hôtel Le Place d'Armes

A Relais & Châteaux warren of 18th-century townhouses on the old town's main square, hiding courtyards, beams and refined dining.

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