Resort
Udaipur, India
9.6
The Oberoi Udaivilas
A palatial dreamscape of domes, courtyards and semi-private pools on Lake Pichola, delivering Rajasthan's most celebrated hotel service.
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Region
Asia
Service perfection from Tokyo to Hong Kong.
22 hotels profiled in Asia
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
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
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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City Hotel
Shanghai, China
9.4
The Peninsula Shanghai
The first new building on the Bund in generations, channelling 1920s Shanghai glamour behind a stone facade facing the Huangpu River and Pudong skyline.
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City Hotel
Jaipur, India
9.4
Rambagh Palace
The former residence of the Maharaja of Jaipur, a sandstone palace of marble corridors, peacock-filled gardens and princely suites run by Taj since the 1970s.
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City Hotel
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
9.3
The Peninsula Hong Kong
The 'Grande Dame of the Far East' pairs 1928 colonnaded elegance with Rolls-Royce arrivals, rooftop dining and impeccable Kowloon service.
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City Hotel
Tokyo, Japan
9.3
The Peninsula Tokyo
A purpose-built Marunouchi tower facing the Imperial Palace gardens, where Peninsula polish meets Japanese craft in one of Tokyo's most privileged positions.
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City Hotel
Tokyo, Japan
9.3
The Okura Tokyo
Tokyo's modernist grande dame, rebuilt in 2019 with its celebrated 1962 lobby faithfully recreated lantern by lantern.
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Resort
Kyoto, Japan
9.2
Hoshinoya Kyoto
A riverside ryokan reached by private boat through the Arashiyama gorge, occupying a century-old villa on the wooded banks of the Oi River.
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City Hotel
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
9.2
The Murray, Hong Kong
A celebrated Foster + Partners conversion of a 1969 government tower in Central, where deep arched windows and a rooftop bar reframe Hong Kong luxury.
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City Hotel
Mumbai, India
9.2
The Taj Mahal Palace
India's defining grand hotel since 1903, its Indo-Saracenic dome rising beside the Gateway of India as the emblem of Mumbai hospitality.
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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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City Hotel
Beijing, China
9.1
The Peninsula Beijing
An all-suite Peninsula in the Wangfujing quarter, a short walk from the Forbidden City, rebuilt from the inside out into Beijing's most residential luxury stay.
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City Hotel
Tokyo, Japan
9.0
Imperial Hotel Tokyo
Japan's original grand hotel, welcoming guests beside Hibiya Park since 1890 and forever linked to Frank Lloyd Wright's legendary earlier building.
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City Hotel
Shanghai, China
9.0
Fairmont Peace Hotel
Victor Sassoon's 1929 Art Deco masterpiece beneath the green pyramid roof on the Bund, still home to Shanghai's fabled Old Jazz Band.
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City Hotel
New Delhi, India
9.0
The Imperial New Delhi
A 1936 landmark of Lutyens' Delhi on Janpath, where colonial and Art Deco styles meet one of the world's great hotel art collections beneath king palms.
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City Hotel
Seoul, South Korea
8.9
The Shilla Seoul
Seoul's establishment grande dame on the wooded slopes of Namsan, pairing a sculpture-filled Korean garden with the city's most decorated Korean restaurant.
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Wellness Retreat
Hakone, Japan
8.9
Fujiya Hotel
Japan's pioneering Western-style resort hotel, welcoming guests to the hot-spring hills of Miyanoshita since 1878.
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City Hotel
Colombo, Sri Lanka
8.8
Galle Face Hotel
One of Asia's oldest hotels, an oceanfront Victorian grande dame on Galle Face Green since 1864, famous for chequered verandas and Indian Ocean sunsets.
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City Hotel
Nara, Japan
8.8
Nara Hotel
A 1909 Meiji-era classic above Nara Park, where temple-roofed architecture and deer-filled lawns meet old-school Japanese hospitality.
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City Hotel
Taipei, Taiwan
8.7
The Grand Hotel Taipei
A colossal vermilion palace on Yuanshan hill, one of the world's great examples of classical Chinese revival architecture and Taipei's most photographed hotel.
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