City Hotel
Istanbul, Turkey
9.0
Çırağan Palace Kempinski
A restored Ottoman palace on the Bosphorus shore whose waterfront infinity pool and sultan-era suites remain Istanbul's grandest stage.
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Resort
Capri, Italy
9.0
Grand Hotel Quisisana
Capri's grande dame since 1845 on Via Camerelle, steps from the Piazzetta, with gardens, twin pools and the island's most storied terrace.
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City Hotel
Seville, Spain
9.0
Hotel Alfonso XIII
Seville's 1929 Mudéjar-revival palace, commissioned by royal decree for the Ibero-American Exposition and still the city's ceremonial address.
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Resort
Palermo, Italy
9.0
Villa Igiea, a Rocco Forte Hotel
The Florio dynasty's Art Nouveau palazzo on Palermo's bay, restored by Rocco Forte as Sicily's great city-edge grande dame.
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Country House
Vence, France
9.0
Château Saint-Martin & Spa
An Oetker Collection hilltop retreat above Vence, built on a former Templar commandery amid olive groves with views rolling down to the Mediterranean.
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Ravello, Italy
9.0
Palazzo Avino
Ravello's 'pink palace': a twelfth-century patrician villa high above the Amalfi Coast with two celebrated restaurants and a seafront clubhouse below.
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Wellness Retreat
Bordeaux, France
9.0
Les Sources de Caudalie
The birthplace of vinothérapie, a wine-country retreat amid the vines of Château Smith Haut Lafitte with a two-Michelin-starred restaurant.
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Porches, Portugal
9.0
Vila Vita Parc
A clifftop garden estate on the central Algarve whose restaurant collection—crowned by the two-Michelin-starred Ocean—leads southern Portugal.
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Beach Resort
Bodrum, Turkey
9.0
Mandarin Oriental, Bodrum
A sprawling hillside estate above two private beaches at Paradise Bay, bringing Mandarin Oriental's full resort machinery to the Turkish Riviera.
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Resort
Marbella, Spain
9.0
Puente Romano Beach Resort
An Andalusian pueblo-style resort on the Golden Mile built around gardens, a Roman bridge and one of Europe's densest luxury dining line-ups.
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Resort
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
9.0
Atlantis The Palm
The apex of the Palm Jumeirah and the Middle East's definitive family mega-resort — a 1,500-room ocean-themed palace wrapped around Aquaventure, the world's largest waterpark, and the Lost Chambers aquarium.
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City Hotel
Copenhagen, Denmark
9.0
Nimb Hotel
A Moorish-style 1909 palace inside Tivoli Gardens with a handful of lavish rooms, a rooftop pool and the amusement park as its garden.
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