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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Asia
Service perfection from Tokyo to the Mekong.
40 hotels profiled in Asia
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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City Hotel
Hong Kong, China
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
Bangkok, Thailand
9.4
Mandarin Oriental Bangkok
Bangkok's storied riverside original, welcoming travellers and writers since 1876 with legendary Thai service and a beloved Chao Phraya setting.
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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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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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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, China
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
Singapore, Singapore
9.3
Raffles Singapore
The 1887 colonial legend—all white verandahs, frangipani courtyards and butler-tended suites—polished to brilliance by careful restoration.
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Beach Resort
Sumba, Indonesia
9.3
Nihi Sumba
A wild-luxury village on remote Sumba where thatched villas, a famous left-hand wave and horses on the beach rewrite the resort formula.
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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
Hanoi, Vietnam
9.3
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi
Hanoi's white-shuttered grande dame since 1901, where French-colonial elegance, literary ghosts and a rediscovered wartime bunker share one storied address.
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Beach Resort
Manggis, Indonesia
9.3
Amankila
Ed Tuttle's clifftop Aman above the Lombok Strait in east Bali, famed for its three-tiered infinity pool stepping down the hillside like emerald rice terraces.
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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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City Hotel
Bangkok, Thailand
9.2
The Siam
An Art Deco–meets-antiques riverside compound in royal Dusit, whose 39 suites and pool villas feel like a collector's private museum.
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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, China
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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Resort
Uluwatu, Indonesia
9.1
Bulgari Resort Bali
A clifftop villa estate on the Bukit Peninsula where Italian tailoring meets Balinese craft 150 metres above the Indian Ocean.
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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
Singapore, Singapore
9.1
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
Singapore's monumental 1928 General Post Office reborn as a Palladian grande dame at the mouth of the Singapore River, facing Marina Bay.
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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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City Hotel
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
8.9
Park Hyatt Saigon
A colonial-mannered classic on Lam Son Square beside the Opera House, widely considered Ho Chi Minh City's most gracious luxury address.
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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
George Town, Malaysia
8.9
Eastern & Oriental Hotel
The Sarkies Brothers' 1885 seafront classic in George Town, an all-suite colonial grande dame on the Strait of Malacca.
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City Hotel
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
8.8
Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur's establishment address beside the Petronas Twin Towers, with an infinity pool suspended over KLCC Park and the towers filling every window.
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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
Yangon, Myanmar
8.8
The Strand Yangon
A 1901 Sarkies Brothers landmark on Yangon's riverfront, restored as an intimate all-suite time capsule of colonial Burma.
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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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City Hotel
Singapore, Singapore
8.6
Marina Bay Sands
Singapore's triple-tower landmark crowned by the world-famous 57th-floor infinity pool, with a city of dining, shopping and entertainment below.
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City Hotel
Manila, Philippines
8.6
The Manila Hotel
The Philippines' 1912 grande dame on Manila Bay, whose penthouse once served as General MacArthur's residence.
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City Hotel
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
8.5
Hotel Continental Saigon
Vietnam's oldest hotel, an 1880 French-colonial landmark opposite the Opera House and forever linked to Graham Greene's The Quiet American.
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