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The world’s finest hotels.

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598 hotels found

Red-brick Victorian towers of The Headland Hotel above Fistral Beach, Newquay
Beach Resort

Newquay, United Kingdom

8.4

The Headland Hotel & Spa

A Victorian red-brick landmark on its own headland above Fistral Beach, famed for film history and a standout Atlantic-view spa.

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Historic manor house of Kendov Dvorec on its green knoll above the Idrijca valley
Country House

Spodnja Idrija, Slovenia

8.4

Kendov Dvorec

A 14th-century manor in the green Idrijca valley, restored as Slovenia's most romantic country house, laced with the local art of bobbin lace.

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Grey-stone baronial manor of Mount Falcon Estate framed by Mayo woodland
Country House

Ballina, Ireland

8.4

Mount Falcon Estate

A Victorian baronial manor on 100 acres between Lough Conn and the River Moy, Mayo's home of falconry and salmon fishing.

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Mughal-inspired façade and landscaped gardens of the Islamabad Serena Hotel below the Margalla Hills
City Hotel

Islamabad, Pakistan

8.4

Islamabad Serena Hotel

The capital's finest address: a low-rise Mughal-inspired estate of gardens, courtyards and craft set against the Margalla Hills.

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Façade of InterContinental Kyiv beside the golden domes of St Michael's Monastery
City Hotel

Kyiv, Ukraine

8.4

InterContinental Kyiv

Kyiv's established five-star beside St Michael's golden-domed monastery, continuing to operate with resilience through wartime conditions.

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Neoclassical façade of Saint Ten Hotel in Belgrade's Vračar district
City Hotel

Belgrade, Serbia

8.4

Saint Ten Hotel

A 1929 academy building in leafy Vračar turned intimate Small Luxury Hotel, near the great dome of the Saint Sava Temple.

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Antique-furnished salon of the Stikliai Hotel in the glassmakers' quarter of Vilnius
City Hotel

Vilnius, Lithuania

8.4

Stikliai Hotel

The grande dame of the old town's former glassmakers' quarter, a Relais & Châteaux house of antiques and old-Vilnius manners.

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Log-built Hotel Rangá beside the East Rangá river under a green aurora sky
Country House

Hella, Iceland

8.4

Hotel Rangá

South Iceland's log-built countryside resort on the Rangá river, famous for aurora wake-up calls, riverside hot tubs and its own observatory.

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Art-nouveau facade of Hotel Diplomat on Strandvägen facing Stockholm's harbour water
City Hotel

Stockholm, Sweden

8.4

Hotel Diplomat

A family-owned art-nouveau house on Strandvägen's waterfront parade, balancing patrician Stockholm heritage with crisp Scandinavian rooms.

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Thatched cottages of The Lodge at Chaa Creek above the Macal River in the Belizean rainforest
Country House

San Ignacio, Belize

8.4

The Lodge at Chaa Creek

Belize's pioneering jungle lodge on a private rainforest reserve beside the Macal River, close to caves, ruins and the Maya heartland.

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Contemporary glass and travertine façade of Berd's Chisinau MGallery in central Chișinău
City Hotel

Chișinău, Moldova

8.3

Berd's Chisinau, MGallery Hotel Collection

Moldova's first true design hotel, a glass-and-travertine boutique in central Chișinău with a wine cellar worthy of the country.

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The Cove tower rising between two white-sand beaches at Atlantis Paradise Island
Resort

Paradise Island, Bahamas

8.3

The Cove at Atlantis

Atlantis's all-suite tower between two beaches, offering a grown-up perch above the Caribbean's most famous water playground.

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