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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

Ochre courtyard and timber balconies of El Convento Boutique Hotel in Antigua Guatemala

City Hotel

Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala

8.3

El Convento Boutique Hotel

An intimate colonial-style boutique opposite the Capuchinas convent ruins, pairing suite-sized rooms with rooftop volcano views.

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Timber eco-lodges of Castara Retreats on a rainforest hillside above Castara Bay, Tobago

Beach Resort

Castara, Trinidad and Tobago

8.3

Castara Retreats

Timber eco-lodges on a hillside above the fishing village of Castara, where Tobago's community life and rainforest coast meet.

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Monochrome guest room at 11 Mirrors Design Hotel with views over central Kyiv

City Hotel

Kyiv, Ukraine

8.2

11 Mirrors Design Hotel

Kyiv's pioneering design boutique near the Golden Gate, with a rooftop restaurant terrace above the city and intimate, monochrome rooms.

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Art Deco-inspired façade of Epoque Hotel on its quiet lane near Cișmigiu Gardens

City Hotel

Bucharest, Romania

8.2

Epoque Hotel

A Relais & Châteaux hideaway on a quiet lane by Cișmigiu Gardens, with an all-suite feel, serious kitchen and calm spa pool.

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Glass tower of InterContinental Tashkent rising above the fountains of Tashkent City Park

City Hotel

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

8.2

InterContinental Tashkent

A glass tower over Tashkent City Park bringing high-floor glamour, club-lounge polish and skyline dining to the Uzbek capital.

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Curved glass rotunda entrance of the Hyatt Regency Bishkek beside the opera house

City Hotel

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

8.2

Hyatt Regency Bishkek

The Kyrgyz capital's long-standing address of record, a mansion-scaled hotel by the opera house with a garden pool and the city's best tables.

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Historic Lal Durbar palace wing and gardens of Hotel Yak & Yeti in central Kathmandu

City Hotel

Kathmandu, Nepal

8.2

Hotel Yak & Yeti

Kathmandu's legendary five-star, grown around the nineteenth-century Lal Durbar palace off Durbar Marg, where mountaineering history and Rana grandeur meet.

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Rebuilt façade of the InterContinental Dhaka on Minto Road beside the greenery of Ramna Park

City Hotel

Dhaka, Bangladesh

8.2

InterContinental Dhaka

Dhaka's storied Minto Road landmark—witness to the nation's birth—returned to the InterContinental flag after a top-to-bottom rebuild.

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Salt-block domes of Palacio de Sal at the edge of the white Salar de Uyuni

Desert Resort

Uyuni, Bolivia

8.2

Palacio de Sal

The world's original salt hotel on the shore of the Salar de Uyuni, built entirely of salt blocks at the edge of the great white void.

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Rooftop pool terrace of The Merchant House overlooking old Manama towards the modern skyline

City Hotel

Manama, Bahrain

8.2

The Merchant House

Bahrain's first true boutique hotel, an art-packed, adults-only bolthole beside the Manama souq with a rooftop pool over the old town.

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Glass facade of JW Marriott Absheron Baku overlooking Azadliq Square towards the Caspian

City Hotel

Baku, Azerbaijan

8.2

JW Marriott Absheron Baku

A confident glass-fronted grand hotel on Azadliq Square, pairing big-city polish with Caspian views and one of Baku's best hotel pools.

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Tuff-stone facade of the 1928 Grand Hotel Yerevan on Abovyan Street

City Hotel

Yerevan, Armenia

8.2

Grand Hotel Yerevan

A 1928 grande dame on Abovyan Street reborn as a boutique classic, with a courtyard pool rare in central Yerevan.

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