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The world’s finest hotels.

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598 hotels found

Elegant low-rise facade of The Bristol Panama in the capital's banking district

City Hotel

Panama City, Panama

8.3

The Bristol Panama

Panama City's discreet grande dame in the banking district, prized for butler service and refined Panamanian dining at Salsipuedes.

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Rooftop pool of Hyatt Centric San Salvador with the San Salvador volcano beyond

City Hotel

San Salvador, El Salvador

8.3

Hyatt Centric San Salvador

The sharpest hotel in the Salvadoran capital: a contemporary tower in the Zona Rosa with a rooftop pool facing the San Salvador volcano.

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Rooftop pool terrace of Le Gray with downtown Beirut and the Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque beyond

City Hotel

Beirut, Lebanon

8.3

Le Gray, Beirut

A design-led boutique on Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut, famed for its rooftop pool and terraces looking to the mountains and sea.

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Glass tower of The Biltmore Hotel rising behind a neoclassical facade on Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi

City Hotel

Tbilisi, Georgia

8.3

The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi

The Caucasus's tallest hotel tower, rising behind a preserved 1930s facade on Rustaveli Avenue with sweeping views over old Tbilisi.

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Palm-backed sand and garden buildings of Bequia Beach Hotel on Friendship Bay

Beach Resort

Friendship Bay, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

8.3

Bequia Beach Hotel

A gracious boutique resort on Bequia's Friendship Bay, capturing the sailing island's barefoot charm with old-style Caribbean glamour.

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Stone-and-terracotta wings of The Chedi Luštica Bay above its marina on the open Adriatic

Resort

Luštica Bay, Montenegro

8.3

The Chedi Luštica Bay

A stone-village marina resort on the open-sea side of the Luštica peninsula, anchoring Montenegro's newest coastal town.

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Pastel facade of Hotel St. Petersbourg on a cobbled lane in Tallinn's old town

City Hotel

Tallinn, Estonia

8.3

Hotel St. Petersbourg

Estonia's oldest continuously operating hotel, a jewel-box old-town address with plush interiors and a celebrated Russian-Baltic restaurant heritage.

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Terraced hillside buildings and pool deck of Airways Hotel overlooking Jacksons Airport, Port Moresby

City Hotel

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

8.3

Airways Hotel

Port Moresby's famous hilltop haven above Jacksons Airport, long regarded as Papua New Guinea's finest hotel.

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Palace-like facade of Silk Road by Minyoun beside the rowing canal at Silk Road Samarkand

Resort

Samarkand, Uzbekistan

8.3

Silk Road by Minyoun, Samarkand

The flagship palace hotel of the vast Silk Road Samarkand resort city, built along a rowing canal on the edge of Timur's capital.

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InterContinental Sofia with the golden domes of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral beyond

City Hotel

Sofia, Bulgaria

8.3

InterContinental Sofia

Sofia's sharpest five-star, facing Alexander Nevsky Cathedral's golden domes across the yellow-brick heart of the capital.

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Retro-styled lounge with dark wood and brass lamps at Marrol's Boutique Hotel in Bratislava

City Hotel

Bratislava, Slovakia

8.3

Marrol's Boutique Hotel

A warmly theatrical small hotel near the old town, long rated among Central Europe's best boutiques for its service and 1920s-inflected style.

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Restored nineteenth-century facades of the Grand Hotel Vilnius near Cathedral Square

City Hotel

Vilnius, Lithuania

8.3

Grand Hotel Vilnius, Curio Collection by Hilton

A polished full-service hotel beside Cathedral Square, pairing historic-facade grandeur with a rooftop view over the old town.

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