The Directory

The world’s finest hotels.

Every property researched and profiled by the Browntravels editorial team. Sponsored placements are always clearly labelled.

598 hotels found

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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Whitewashed façade of Cheval Blanc St-Tropez beneath umbrella pines beside the bay

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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Honey-stone manor and lavender-lined gardens at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons

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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Art Deco façade and flags of the Four Seasons Hotel George V near the Champs-Élysées

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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Stone borgo buildings of Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco amid cypress-lined Val d'Orcia hills

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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White-stone lanes and courtyards of Borgo Egnazia's crafted Apulian village near Fasano

Resort

Fasano, Italy

9.4

Borgo Egnazia

A hand-built re-imagining of an Apulian village near Fasano, whose crafted stone lanes, Vair spa and starred dining made Puglia a luxury destination.

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Turreted neo-Gothic Villa Feltrinelli amid gardens on the shore of Lake Garda at Gargnano

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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Turreted historic facade and curved modern wings of The Dolder Grand on its hillside above Zurich

Wellness Retreat

Zurich, Switzerland

9.4

The Dolder Grand

A turreted 1899 curhaus above Zurich, rebuilt by Foster + Partners into a resort of serious art, spa and two-star dining.

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Rugged Southern Ocean coastline at Kangaroo Island, setting of Southern Ocean Lodge

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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Desert Resort

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

9.4

Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara

A fortress-like retreat rising from the dunes of the Empty Quarter, where the world's largest sand desert supplies the drama and the silence.

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Historic riverside buildings of Four Seasons Hotel Prague facing Charles Bridge and Prague Castle

City Hotel

Prague, Czech Republic

9.4

Four Seasons Hotel Prague

A riverside composition of Baroque, Renaissance and neo-Classical houses facing Charles Bridge and Prague Castle across the Vltava.

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Infinity pool overlooking the Whitsunday islands at Qualia, Hamilton Island

Resort

Hamilton Island, Australia

9.4

Qualia

Australia's benchmark adults-only resort on Hamilton Island's secluded northern tip, its timber pavilions gazing over the Whitsundays toward the Great Barrier Reef.

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