Suite Reviews
The Suites Redefining Modern Luxury
The world's most ambitious hotel suites have become laboratories for the future of luxury — private spas, residential scale and views engineered like artworks.
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Suite Impériale at the Ritz Paris: The Most Parisian Rooms in Existence
Overlooking Place Vendôme, the Ritz Paris's Suite Impériale distils two centuries of French decorative art into a single apartment. We examine what makes it the city's definitive grand suite.
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The Shangri-La Suite, Paris: Bonaparte's Palace, the Eiffel Tower's Best Seat
In the former mansion of Napoleon's grand-nephew, the flagship suite holds what many consider the finest private view in Paris. We profile the rooms where imperial history meets the Iron Lady head-on.
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The Mark Penthouse: The Apartment That Crowned New York's Hotel Wars
Five bedrooms, a rooftop terrace over Madison Avenue and a footprint larger than most townhouses — we profile the Upper East Side penthouse that redefined the American flagship suite.
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The Water Reserves at Soneva Jani: The Maldives' Grandest Overwater Homes
Retractable roofs for stargazing, private pools the size of village squares and slides that spill straight into the lagoon — we profile the overwater residences that redefined the Maldivian villa.
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The Presidential Suite at Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc: The Riviera's Quiet Throne
The legendary Antibes estate reserves its finest rooms for a suite whose guest list spans a century of statesmen and stars. We examine the apartment at the top of the Riviera's most mythologised hotel.
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The Peninsula Suite, Hong Kong: Above the Harbour at the Grande Dame of the East
The Peninsula Hong Kong's signature suite pairs one of the world's great harbour views with the service culture of Asia's oldest grand hotel. We took a close look at what the top floor delivers.
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The Owner's Villa at San Domenico Palace: Taormina's Pinnacle Address
In a fourteenth-century convent above the Ionian Sea, the finest accommodation pairs cloistered history with a front-row seat on Mount Etna. We profile the villa at the summit of Sicily's most famous hotel.
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The Royal Suite at Burj Al Arab: Inside Dubai's Gilded Statement
A duplex of gold leaf, a private cinema and a rotating four-poster bed on the twenty-fifth floor of the sail — we profile the suite that made maximalism a national style.
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The Grand Riad at Royal Mansour Marrakech: A Palace Within a Palace
Royal Mansour is a hotel built as a medina of private riads — and at its heart stands the Grand Riad, a three-storey residence with its own pool, spa and garden. We profile Morocco's most extraordinary suite.
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A Night in the Royal Suite at The Savoy
The Savoy's Royal Suite occupies the hotel's most coveted stretch of Thames frontage. We spent a night there to see whether London's most storied address still earns its reputation at the very top.
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The Penthouse at the Hôtel Martinez: Cannes from the Seventh Floor
Above La Croisette's art deco landmark sits one of the Riviera's most storied suites — a penthouse whose terrace has hosted a century of festival history. We examine what makes it the definitive Cannes address.
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