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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162 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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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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Beach Resort
Phuket, Thailand
9.6
Amanpuri
Aman's 1988 original: a coconut-grove pavilion estate above a private Andaman bay that still defines quiet Asian resort luxury.
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Private Island
Tetiaroa, French Polynesia
9.6
The Brando
Marlon Brando's private atoll turned pioneering all-villa eco-resort, twenty minutes by plane from Tahiti and a world beyond it.
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City Hotel
Jodhpur, India
9.5
Umaid Bhawan Palace
A vast art-deco palace above the Blue City, still home to Jodhpur's royal family and run in part as one of the world's most extraordinary hotels.
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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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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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City Hotel
Paris, France
9.4
Cheval Blanc Paris
LVMH's Seine-front maison in the Art Deco La Samaritaine building, offering couture interiors, a 30-metre pool and river-view gastronomy.
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City Hotel
Kyoto, Japan
9.4
Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto
A serene contemporary retreat wrapped around an 800-year-old pond garden in Kyoto's temple-rich Higashiyama district.
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Resort
Langkawi, Malaysia
9.4
The Datai Langkawi
Kerry Hill's landmark rainforest resort above Datai Bay, where villas sit within a 10-million-year-old jungle canopy running down to one of Asia's finest beaches.
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Resort
Luang Prabang, Laos
9.4
Amantaka
Aman's serene conversion of French-colonial buildings in the heart of UNESCO-listed Luang Prabang, with pool suites, monks' dawn processions and Mekong calm.
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