The Directory

The world’s finest hotels.

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

135 hotels found

Contemporary white suites of Carlisle Bay between rainforest hills and the calm southern bay, Antigua

Beach Resort

Old Road, Antigua and Barbuda

8.5

Carlisle Bay

A contemporary suite resort between rainforest hills and a calm southern bay, long Antigua's stylish answer for design-minded families.

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White modernist wings and pool of Almyra amid seafront gardens in Paphos

Beach Resort

Paphos, Cyprus

8.5

Almyra

Paphos's design-led seafront resort beside the harbour castle, famed for rooftop Kyma Suites and one of the Mediterranean's smartest family setups.

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Beach Resort

Grand Anse, Grenada

8.5

Spice Island Beach Resort

A Grenadian family's all-suite, all-inclusive pride on Grand Anse beach, polished over half a century of single-family stewardship.

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Half-timbered Anglo-Norman façade and flowered courtyard of Le Normandy in Deauville

Resort

Deauville, France

8.4

Hôtel Barrière Le Normandy

Deauville's half-timbered 1912 grande dame beside the casino and boardwalk, the enduring symbol of the Normandy coast's belle-époque resort life.

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Contemporary crescent facade of Hyatt Regency Tashkent near the white Minor Mosque

City Hotel

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

8.4

Hyatt Regency Tashkent

The polished heart of new Tashkent, opposite the Minor Mosque's white marble domes and long the city's most reliable luxury base.

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Red-brick Victorian towers of The Headland Hotel above Fistral Beach, Newquay

Beach Resort

Newquay, United Kingdom

8.4

The Headland Hotel & Spa

A Victorian red-brick landmark on its own headland above Fistral Beach, famed for film history and a standout Atlantic-view spa.

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Grey-stone baronial manor of Mount Falcon Estate framed by Mayo woodland

Country House

Ballina, Ireland

8.4

Mount Falcon Estate

A Victorian baronial manor on 100 acres between Lough Conn and the River Moy, Mayo's home of falconry and salmon fishing.

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Log-built Hotel Rangá beside the East Rangá river under a green aurora sky

Country House

Hella, Iceland

8.4

Hotel Rangá

South Iceland's log-built countryside resort on the Rangá river, famous for aurora wake-up calls, riverside hot tubs and its own observatory.

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Thatched cottages of The Lodge at Chaa Creek above the Macal River in the Belizean rainforest

Country House

San Ignacio, Belize

8.4

The Lodge at Chaa Creek

Belize's pioneering jungle lodge on a private rainforest reserve beside the Macal River, close to caves, ruins and the Maya heartland.

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The Cove tower rising between two white-sand beaches at Atlantis Paradise Island

Resort

Paradise Island, Bahamas

8.3

The Cove at Atlantis

Atlantis's all-suite tower between two beaches, offering a grown-up perch above the Caribbean's most famous water playground.

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Palm-backed sand and garden buildings of Bequia Beach Hotel on Friendship Bay

Beach Resort

Friendship Bay, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

8.3

Bequia Beach Hotel

A gracious boutique resort on Bequia's Friendship Bay, capturing the sailing island's barefoot charm with old-style Caribbean glamour.

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Stone-and-terracotta wings of The Chedi Luštica Bay above its marina on the open Adriatic

Resort

Luštica Bay, Montenegro

8.3

The Chedi Luštica Bay

A stone-village marina resort on the open-sea side of the Luštica peninsula, anchoring Montenegro's newest coastal town.

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