City Hotel
Marrakech, Morocco
9.7
Royal Mansour Marrakech
A medina of 53 private riads built by Morocco's finest artisans, where invisible service and museum-grade craft define the country's ultimate stay.
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The Directory
The world’s finest hotels.
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175 hotels found
City Hotel
New York, United States
9.4
Aman New York
A hushed urban sanctuary inside the Crown Building on Fifth Avenue, where every room has a fireplace and the spa spans three floors.
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Lakeside Hotel
Moltrasio, Italy
9.8
Passalacqua
An 18th-century villa above Lake Como transformed by its owning family into a 24-suite masterpiece of Italian craft, gardens and joyous hospitality.
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Safari Lodge
Kruger National Park, South Africa
9.6
Singita Lebombo Lodge
Glass-and-steel suites suspended above the N'wanetsi River in a private Kruger concession, pairing avant-garde design with superb game viewing.
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Private Island
North Malé Atoll, Maldives
9.6
Gili Lankanfushi
The barefoot-luxury original of the Maldives: hand-built overwater villas, a 'no news, no shoes' creed and some of the largest stilted suites on earth.
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City Hotel
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
9.5
Rosewood Hong Kong
A vertical estate on the Kowloon waterfront whose art-filled interiors, harbour-view rooms and formidable dining set Hong Kong's current standard.
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City Hotel
Venice, Italy
9.5
Aman Venice
A 16th-century palazzo on the Grand Canal, its Tiepolo ceilings and private gardens sheltering just 24 rooms of monastic-luxe calm.
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Private Island
North Island, Seychelles
9.5
North Island
A rewilded private granite island of just eleven villas, where barefoot 'castaway luxury' meets one of conservation's great success stories.
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Resort
Soufrière, St Lucia
9.5
Jade Mountain
An architectural fantasy above St Lucia's Pitons where every open-walled sanctuary has its own infinity pool and no fourth wall at all.
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City Hotel
Bangkok, Thailand
9.5
Capella Bangkok
A riverfront urban resort on the Chao Phraya where every room faces the water, service is near-telepathic and the dining is Michelin-level.
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Beach Resort
Positano, Italy
9.5
Le Sirenuse
A family-run former villa stacked into Positano's cliffside, whose vine-draped terraces and Mediterranean glamour define the Amalfi Coast.
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Resort
Ubud, Indonesia
9.5
Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan
A jungle-valley icon above the Ayung River where a lotus-pond rooftop arrival gives way to villas folded into Ubud's rice terraces.
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