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The world’s finest hotels.

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

290 hotels found

Elegant nineteenth-century facade of Hotel Eden above the rooftops near Rome's Spanish Steps
City Hotel

Rome, Italy

9.2

Hotel Eden

A Dorchester Collection grande dame above the Spanish Steps whose rooftop dining room frames one of the finest skyline views in Rome.

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White-sand beach and turquoise fringing reef at Lizard Island Resort on the northern Great Barrier Reef
Private Island

Cairns, Australia

9.2

Lizard Island Resort

Australia's northernmost island resort, alone on a national-park island with 24 private beaches and fringing reef right on the Great Barrier Reef.

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Stone manor houses of La Residencia amid olive terraces below the Tramuntana mountains in Deià
Country House

Deià, Spain

9.2

La Residencia, A Belmond Hotel

Two centuries-old manor houses amid olive terraces in Deià, the Tramuntana artists' village that shaped Mallorca's bohemian legend.

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Timber-and-glass towers of Forestis on the Plose mountainside facing the Dolomites
Wellness Retreat

Bressanone, Italy

9.2

Forestis Dolomites

A minimalist high-altitude retreat at 1,800 metres on the Plose, built around forest, spring water and silence with full-frontal Dolomites views.

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Calm lagoon and stilted suites at Constance Prince Maurice, Mauritius
Beach Resort

Poste de Flacq, Mauritius

9.2

Constance Prince Maurice

A refined all-suite hideaway on Mauritius's quiet north-east coast, famed for its stilted floating restaurant and access to championship golf.

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Row of Golden Age canal palace facades of the Waldorf Astoria on Amsterdam's Herengracht
City Hotel

Amsterdam, Netherlands

9.2

Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam

Six Golden Age canal palaces on the Herengracht united into Amsterdam's most refined address, with a private garden and two-star dining.

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Neo-Renaissance facade of Mandarin Oriental, Munich on a quiet Altstadt lane near Maximilianstrasse
City Hotel

Munich, Germany

9.2

Mandarin Oriental, Munich

An intimate neo-Renaissance house behind Maximilianstrasse with a rooftop pool facing the Frauenkirche and Alps on clear days.

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Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur
Resort

Udaipur, India

9.1

Taj Lake Palace

An 18th-century white marble palace floating on Lake Pichola, reached by boat and still one of the most romantic arrivals in world travel.

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La Mamounia, Marrakech
City Hotel

Marrakech, Morocco

9.1

La Mamounia

Marrakech's legendary 1923 palace hotel, wrapped in centuries-old royal gardens, Art Deco-Moorish interiors and Churchill-era glamour.

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Park Hyatt Sydney, Sydney
City Hotel

Sydney, Australia

9.1

Park Hyatt Sydney

Australia's most coveted hotel address curves along the Rocks waterfront with full-frame Opera House views from rooms, restaurant and rooftop pool.

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Bulgari Resort Bali, Uluwatu
Resort

Uluwatu, Indonesia

9.1

Bulgari Resort Bali

A clifftop villa estate on the Bukit Peninsula where Italian tailoring meets Balinese craft 150 metres above the Indian Ocean.

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Hotel d'Angleterre, Copenhagen
City Hotel

Copenhagen, Denmark

9.1

Hotel d'Angleterre

Copenhagen's white palace on Kongens Nytorv since 1755, famous for its Michelin-starred Marchal, champagne bar and spectacular Christmas facade.

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