Resort
Langkawi, Malaysia
9.4
The Datai Langkawi
Kerry Hill's landmark rainforest resort above Datai Bay, where villas sit within a 10-million-year-old jungle canopy running down to one of Asia's finest beaches.
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Resort
Luang Prabang, Laos
9.4
Amantaka
Aman's serene conversion of French-colonial buildings in the heart of UNESCO-listed Luang Prabang, with pool suites, monks' dawn processions and Mekong calm.
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City Hotel
Jaipur, India
9.4
Rambagh Palace
The former residence of the Maharaja of Jaipur, a sandstone palace of marble corridors, peacock-filled gardens and princely suites run by Taj since the 1970s.
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Resort
Iguazú, Brazil
9.4
Belmond Hotel das Cataratas
The only hotel inside Brazil's Iguassu National Park, a rose-pink Portuguese-colonial retreat with the falls to itself before the gates open.
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Resort
Taormina, Italy
9.4
San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel
A 14th-century Dominican convent turned clifftop palace above the Ionian Sea, with Mount Etna framed from its cloistered gardens.
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Country House
Adare, Ireland
9.4
Adare Manor
A neo-Gothic calendar house on 840 acres in County Limerick, exhaustively restored and set to host the 2027 Ryder Cup.
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Beach Resort
Saint-Tropez, France
9.4
Cheval Blanc St-Tropez
LVMH's intimate seafront maison amid umbrella pines on the Bay of Pampelonne's quieter side, crowned by Arnaud Donckele's three-Michelin-starred La Vague d'Or.
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Country House
Great Milton, United Kingdom
9.4
Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, A Belmond Hotel
Raymond Blanc's legendary Oxfordshire manor, where two acres of kitchen gardens feed one of Britain's most enduring gastronomic destinations.
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City Hotel
Paris, France
9.4
Four Seasons Hotel George V
A 1928 Art Deco landmark off the Champs-Élysées where extravagant floral artistry meets one of the highest concentrations of Michelin stars in any hotel.
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Country House
Montalcino, Italy
9.4
Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco
A restored medieval borgo on a vast Val d'Orcia estate, complete with its own Brunello winery and a members-style golf course.
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Lakeside Hotel
Gargnano, Italy
9.4
Grand Hotel a Villa Feltrinelli
An 1892 lakefront villa on Garda's unspoilt western shore, restored to museum standard and run with a staff-to-guest ratio few hotels attempt.
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Country House
Kangaroo Island, Australia
9.4
Southern Ocean Lodge
Rebuilt on its Kangaroo Island clifftop after the 2020 bushfires, Australia's flagship luxury lodge again floats above the wild Southern Ocean.
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