Country House
Les Baux-de-Provence, France
9.0
Oustau de Baumanière
A legendary Relais & Châteaux estate beneath the white crags of Les Baux, home to one of Provence's great three-Michelin-starred tables.
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201 hotels found
Wellness Retreat
Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica
9.0
Hacienda AltaGracia, Auberge Resorts Collection
A highland wellness estate above the Valle de El General, where Auberge pairs casita luxury with one of Latin America's largest destination spas.
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Resort
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
8.9
Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental
Abu Dhabi's monumental palace hotel pairs gilded Arabian grandeur with Mandarin Oriental polish, a kilometre of private beach and vast landscaped grounds.
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City Hotel
Luxor, Egypt
8.9
Sofitel Winter Palace Luxor
The 1907 Nile-front grande dame of Egyptology, where news of Tutankhamun's tomb first electrified the world.
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Resort
Cape Town, South Africa
8.9
The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa
A cliff-side retreat on the Atlantic coast road beyond Camps Bay, wedged between the Twelve Apostles mountain range and the open ocean.
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City Hotel
Brisbane, Australia
8.9
The Calile Hotel
A subtropical modernist landmark on James Street whose curved concrete, breeze blocks and pink-umbrella pool deck redefined the Brisbane hotel.
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Resort
Malolo Island, Fiji
8.9
Six Senses Fiji
A solar-powered pool-villa resort on Malolo Island in the Mamanucas, bringing Six Senses' wellness and sustainability playbook to Fiji.
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Resort
Porto-Vecchio, France
8.9
Casadelmar
A sleek cedar-and-glass retreat on the Gulf of Porto-Vecchio, pairing contemporary architecture with two-Michelin-starred Mediterranean cooking.
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Lakeside Hotel
Blevio, Italy
8.9
Mandarin Oriental, Lago di Como
A botanical-park retreat of nineteenth-century villas on Como's quieter eastern shore, with a floating pool and contemporary calm apart from the crowds.
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Lakeside Hotel
Santa Catarina Palopó, Guatemala
8.9
Casa Palopó
A collector's villa above Lake Atitlán turned Relais & Châteaux hideaway, with volcano views that justify Guatemala's most painted lake.
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Resort
Urubamba, Peru
8.9
Tambo del Inka, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa
The Sacred Valley's flagship resort on the Urubamba River, with its own train station for Machu Picchu and the region's finest spa.
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City Hotel
Milan, Italy
8.8
Hotel Principe di Savoia
Milan's neoclassical grande dame on Piazza della Repubblica since the 1920s, with a rooftop pool club surveying the city and the Alps beyond.
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