Ski Hotel
Zermatt, Switzerland
9.1
Mont Cervin Palace
Zermatt's original grand hotel of 1851, run by the Seiler family dynasty on the village's main street beneath the Matterhorn.
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162 hotels found
Resort
Halkidiki, Greece
9.1
Sani Resort
Europe's most decorated family resort — a private 1,000-acre ecological reserve on Halkidiki's Kassandra peninsula with five hotels, seven kilometres of white-sand beach and childcare that sets the world standard.
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City Hotel
Oslo, Norway
9.1
Sommerro
A 1930s Art Deco power company headquarters in Frogner reborn in 2022 with restored public baths, a rooftop pool and neighbourhood soul.
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Lakeside Hotel
Windermere, United Kingdom
9.1
Gilpin Hotel & Lake House
A family-run Lakeland original near Windermere, mixing spa suites with private hot tubs, standout cooking and a lake house of its own.
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Country House
Gordes, France
9.1
Airelles Gordes, La Bastide
A 16th-century bastide woven into the ramparts of Gordes, with terraced gardens and Luberon views that define hilltop Provence.
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Country House
Mashpi, Ecuador
9.1
Mashpi Lodge
A glass-walled biology station of a luxury lodge suspended in Ecuador's Chocó cloud forest, three hours from Quito and a world away.
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Beach Resort
Muscat, Oman
9.0
The Chedi Muscat
A serene study in Omani-Zen minimalism, where black reflecting pools, white arches and lantern-lit gardens meet a long private beach outside Muscat.
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Ski Hotel
Banff, Canada
9.0
Fairmont Banff Springs
The 'Castle in the Rockies', a baronial railway hotel of 1888 vintage commanding the Bow Valley in Banff National Park.
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Wellness Retreat
Évian-les-Bains, France
9.0
Hôtel Royal
A 1909 palace above Lake Geneva at the heart of the Evian Resort, pairing Belle Époque frescoes with serious spa and golf.
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Wellness Retreat
Interlaken, Switzerland
9.0
Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa
Interlaken's 1865 grande dame facing the Jungfrau across the Höhematte meadow, with one of Switzerland's largest hotel spas.
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Resort
White Sulphur Springs, United States
9.0
The Greenbrier
America's grand resort in the Allegheny Mountains, taking the waters since 1778 and famously concealing a Cold War bunker for Congress.
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Lakeside Hotel
New Paltz, United States
9.0
Mohonk Mountain House
A Victorian castle on a glacial lake in the Shawangunk Mountains, run by the same family since 1869 with meals and activities included.
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