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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

Curved glass Flame Towers rising above Baku with the Fairmont hotel inside one tower

City Hotel

Baku, Azerbaijan

8.5

Fairmont Baku, Flame Towers

A hotel inside Baku's most famous landmark: one of the three Flame Towers that blaze in LED above the city each night.

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Contemporary glass facade of Grand Hotel River Park on the Danube embankment in Bratislava

City Hotel

Bratislava, Slovakia

8.5

Grand Hotel River Park, a Luxury Collection Hotel

Bratislava's flagship luxury address on the Danube embankment, pairing contemporary river-view rooms with the city's most polished service.

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White modernist wings and pool of Almyra amid seafront gardens in Paphos

Beach Resort

Paphos, Cyprus

8.5

Almyra

Paphos's design-led seafront resort beside the harbour castle, famed for rooftop Kyma Suites and one of the Mediterranean's smartest family setups.

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Pools and palm-lined beachfront of Kimpton Grand Roatán on West Bay Beach

Beach Resort

Roatán, Honduras

8.5

Kimpton Grand Roatán Resort & Spa

Roatán's first true luxury resort, opened in 2023 on the powder sand of West Bay with the Mesoamerican Reef a fin-kick offshore.

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Beach Resort

Grand Anse, Grenada

8.5

Spice Island Beach Resort

A Grenadian family's all-suite, all-inclusive pride on Grand Anse beach, polished over half a century of single-family stewardship.

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Victorian sandstone townhouse terrace of One Devonshire Gardens in Glasgow's West End

City Hotel

Glasgow, United Kingdom

8.4

One Devonshire Gardens by Hotel du Vin

A run of five Victorian townhouses in Glasgow's leafy West End, long the city's most storied boutique address.

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Half-timbered Anglo-Norman façade and flowered courtyard of Le Normandy in Deauville

Resort

Deauville, France

8.4

Hôtel Barrière Le Normandy

Deauville's half-timbered 1912 grande dame beside the casino and boardwalk, the enduring symbol of the Normandy coast's belle-époque resort life.

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Limestone facade and palm-lined drive of The Phoenicia Malta outside Valletta's city gate

City Hotel

Valletta, Malta

8.4

The Phoenicia Malta

Malta's 1947 grande dame at Valletta's city gate, with seven acres of gardens running down the bastions to a harbour-view infinity pool.

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Riverside facade of The St. Regis Astana on the Ishim embankment

City Hotel

Astana, Kazakhstan

8.4

The St. Regis Astana

Butler-serviced calm on the Ishim riverbank, a low-slung counterpoint to Astana's tower-dominated skyline.

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Contemporary crescent facade of Hyatt Regency Tashkent near the white Minor Mosque

City Hotel

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

8.4

Hyatt Regency Tashkent

The polished heart of new Tashkent, opposite the Minor Mosque's white marble domes and long the city's most reliable luxury base.

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Antique-filled salon and terrace of Hotel Albergo in Beirut's Achrafieh quarter

City Hotel

Beirut, Lebanon

8.4

Hotel Albergo

An antique-filled Relais & Châteaux hideaway in a 1930s Achrafieh townhouse, the most romantic small hotel in the Levant.

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Understated facade of Hotel Cayena-Caracas in the Altamira district beneath the Avila

City Hotel

Caracas, Venezuela

8.4

Hotel Cayena-Caracas

Caracas's discreet boutique benchmark in Altamira, favoured by diplomats and executives for its intimacy, service and serious kitchen.

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