Beach Resort
Diani Beach, Kenya
9.0
Alfajiri Villas
Three staffed private villas on a low cliff above Diani Beach, long regarded as the most exclusive way to end a Kenyan safari on the Indian Ocean.
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141 hotels found
City Hotel
Macau, Macau
9.0
Raffles at Galaxy Macau
An all-suite Raffles tower within the Galaxy Macau resort city, pairing the brand's butler tradition with Cotai's biggest stage.
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City Hotel
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
8.9
The Balmoral
Edinburgh's 1902 railway palace on Princes Street, whose famous clock tower anchors the city skyline between the Castle and Calton Hill.
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George Town, Malaysia
8.9
Eastern & Oriental Hotel
The Sarkies Brothers' 1885 seafront classic in George Town, an all-suite colonial grande dame on the Strait of Malacca.
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Melbourne, Australia
8.9
Park Hyatt Melbourne
A discreet curved sanctuary on Parliament Hill beside St Patrick's Cathedral, with some of the largest rooms in central Melbourne.
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Resort
Oia, Greece
8.9
Mystique, A Luxury Collection Hotel
Cave-style suites sculpted into Oia's caldera cliff, with driftwood textures, a wine cave in the rock and front-row seats for the famous sunset.
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Baku, Azerbaijan
8.9
Four Seasons Hotel Baku
A Beaux-Arts-style palace on Baku's Caspian seafront boulevard, steps from the walled Old City and the caravanserais of Icherisheher.
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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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Beach Resort
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
8.9
Tortuga Bay, Puntacana Resort & Club
Oscar de la Renta-designed villa suites on a private stretch of Punta Cana sand, inside the vast Puntacana Resort & Club estate.
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Resort
Canouan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
8.9
Mandarin Oriental, Canouan
An ultra-quiet all-suite resort on Canouan's Godahl Beach, with a championship course above the Grenadines' turquoise reef lagoon.
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City Hotel
New York, United States
8.8
The Plaza
The 1907 French Renaissance landmark at Central Park's corner, forever entwined with Eloise, Gatsby glamour and gilded New York occasion.
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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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