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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.

141 hotels found

Victorian-era stone facade and arched loggias of the State Buildings housing COMO The Treasury in Perth
City Hotel

Perth, Australia

9.2

COMO The Treasury

Perth's 19th-century State Buildings reborn as a 48-room hotel of soaring ceilings, quiet luxury and serious cooking on Cathedral Square.

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Calm lagoon and stilted suites at Constance Prince Maurice, Mauritius
Beach Resort

Poste de Flacq, Mauritius

9.2

Constance Prince Maurice

A refined all-suite hideaway on Mauritius's quiet north-east coast, famed for its stilted floating restaurant and access to championship golf.

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Turquoise water and pale sand fronting Sandy Lane's coral-stone resort in Barbados
Beach Resort

St James, Barbados

9.2

Sandy Lane

Barbados' Palladian coral-stone legend on the platinum west coast, with three golf courses including the Tom Fazio-designed Green Monkey.

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Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur
Resort

Udaipur, India

9.1

Taj Lake Palace

An 18th-century white marble palace floating on Lake Pichola, reached by boat and still one of the most romantic arrivals in world travel.

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Bulgari Resort Bali, Uluwatu
Resort

Uluwatu, Indonesia

9.1

Bulgari Resort Bali

A clifftop villa estate on the Bukit Peninsula where Italian tailoring meets Balinese craft 150 metres above the Indian Ocean.

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The Dorchester, London
City Hotel

London, United Kingdom

9.1

The Dorchester

A 1931 Park Lane institution overlooking Hyde Park, mixing Art Deco glamour, deep English tradition and one of Mayfair's liveliest dining line-ups.

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The Peninsula Beijing, Beijing
City Hotel

Beijing, China

9.1

The Peninsula Beijing

An all-suite Peninsula in the Wangfujing quarter, a short walk from the Forbidden City, rebuilt from the inside out into Beijing's most residential luxury stay.

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Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Muscat
Resort

Muscat, Oman

9.1

Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel

Oman's ceremonial palace-hotel of 1985, set between the Hajar Mountains and its own bay, with one of the Gulf's most magnificent domed lobbies.

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Gardens and seawater infinity pool of Cap Estel on its private peninsula below Èze
Beach Resort

Èze, France

9.1

Cap Estel

A private peninsula estate at Èze-Bord-de-Mer with two hectares of gardens, a seawater infinity pool and only a few dozen keys.

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Edwardian Baroque turrets of the Old War Office building on Whitehall
City Hotel

London, United Kingdom

9.1

Raffles London at The OWO

Whitehall's Old War Office reborn as Raffles' first British address—Churchillian history, Mauro Colagreco dining and a Guerlain spa deep below.

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Painted alpine-mansion façade of Airelles Val d'Isère, Mademoiselle at the foot of the slopes
Ski Hotel

Val d'Isère, France

9.1

Airelles Val d'Isère, Mademoiselle

Airelles' 2020-opened palace at the foot of Val d'Isère's slopes, bringing the group's theatrical service culture to one of the Alps' most serious ski resorts.

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The Savoy, London
City Hotel

London, United Kingdom

9.0

The Savoy

London's original grand hotel on the Strand still delivers Thames-view suites, Art Deco glamour and the theatrical service it invented in 1889.

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