Resort
Iguazú, Brazil
9.4
Belmond Hotel das Cataratas
The only hotel inside Brazil's Iguassu National Park, a rose-pink Portuguese-colonial retreat with the falls to itself before the gates open.
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Region
South America
Patagonian lodges and beachfront legends.
27 hotels profiled in South America
Lakeside Hotel
Bariloche, Argentina
9.2
Llao Llao Resort, Golf & Spa
Argentina's alpine icon of 1940, a log-and-stone grand hotel on a rise between two Patagonian lakes in Nahuel Huapi National Park.
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City Hotel
Buenos Aires, Argentina
9.1
Palacio Duhau – Park Hyatt Buenos Aires
A 1930s aristocratic palace and a sleek modern tower joined by terraced gardens on Avenida Alvear, with one of the continent's great cheese cellars.
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Country House
Mashpi, Ecuador
9.1
Mashpi Lodge
A glass-walled biology station of a luxury lodge suspended in Ecuador's Chocó cloud forest, three hours from Quito and a world away.
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City Hotel
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9.0
Copacabana Palace, A Belmond Hotel
Rio's white Art Deco monument on Copacabana beach, hosting a century of carnival glamour around South America's most famous hotel pool.
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City Hotel
Buenos Aires, Argentina
9.0
Alvear Palace Hotel
Recoleta's French-classical grande dame of 1932, the ceremonial heart of Buenos Aires society and its most celebrated afternoon tea.
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Desert Resort
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
9.0
Tierra Atacama Hotel & Spa
A design-led adventure lodge outside San Pedro de Atacama, facing Licancabur volcano across the driest desert on earth.
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Resort
Urubamba, Peru
8.9
Tambo del Inka, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa
The Sacred Valley's flagship resort on the Urubamba River, with its own train station for Machu Picchu and the region's finest spa.
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City Hotel
Lima, Peru
8.8
Country Club Lima Hotel
A 1927 hacienda-style landmark in leafy San Isidro, hung with museum-loaned colonial art and facing the fairways of Lima's grandest golf club.
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Country House
José Ignacio, Uruguay
8.8
Estancia Vik José Ignacio
An art-filled contemporary estancia on rolling pampas behind José Ignacio, where Uruguayan artists shaped every suite.
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City Hotel
Santiago, Chile
8.8
The Singular Santiago, Lastarria Hotel
A Belle Époque-styled boutique in the Lastarria arts quarter, pairing Chilean heritage interiors with a rooftop bar over Cerro Santa Lucía.
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Resort
Carmelo, Uruguay
8.8
Carmelo Resort & Spa, The Unbound Collection by Hyatt
Uruguay's great countryside resort — eucalyptus forest, vineyard air and lodge-style suites on the Río de la Plata, an hour from Buenos Aires by boat.
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Beach Resort
Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
8.6
Finch Bay Galapagos Hotel
The Galápagos's leading land-based hotel, on a quiet beach across the bay from Puerto Ayora with its own yacht for island expeditions.
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City Hotel
La Paz, Bolivia
8.5
Atix Hotel
La Paz's design-led boutique in the Calacoto district, built of Comanche granite and Bolivian art with Illimani views from the rooftop pool.
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City Hotel
Caracas, Venezuela
8.4
Hotel Cayena-Caracas
Caracas's discreet boutique benchmark in Altamira, favoured by diplomats and executives for its intimacy, service and serious kitchen.
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Desert Resort
Uyuni, Bolivia
8.2
Palacio de Sal
The world's original salt hotel on the shore of the Salar de Uyuni, built entirely of salt blocks at the edge of the great white void.
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City Hotel
Asunción, Paraguay
8.2
La Misión Hotel Boutique
Asunción's most characterful stay: a mission-inspired boutique in the Villa Morra district with Jesuit-Guaraní art and a rooftop pool.
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City Hotel
Paramaribo, Suriname
8.2
Royal Torarica
Paramaribo's most refined address: the Torarica group's boutique flagship in riverside gardens near the UNESCO-listed old town.
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City Hotel
Georgetown, Guyana
8.1
Guyana Marriott Hotel Georgetown
Georgetown's international flagship on the Kingston seawall, the operational hub of Guyana's oil-boom capital.
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City Hotel
Caracas, Venezuela
8.1
JW Marriott Hotel Caracas
The international flag in Caracas's El Rosal financial district, delivering full-service business luxury with Ávila views.
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Desert Resort
Uyuni, Bolivia
8.0
Hotel de Sal Luna Salada
A hillside salt hotel above the Salar de Uyuni whose panoramic lounges hold the best fixed view of the salt flat from any bed in Bolivia.
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City Hotel
Asunción, Paraguay
8.0
Esplendor Asunción, A Wyndham Grand Hotel
A glass tower above the Paseo La Galería complex pairing design-hotel interiors with skyline views over Asunción's new business district.
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City Hotel
Caracas, Venezuela
8.0
Renaissance Caracas La Castellana Hotel
A design-conscious Marriott flag on Plaza La Castellana, the livelier and more contemporary of the capital's international hotels.
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City Hotel
Georgetown, Guyana
7.9
Cara Lodge
A Victorian timber mansion on Quamina Street whose verandas and mango-shaded courtyard preserve old Georgetown's grace.
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City Hotel
Georgetown, Guyana
7.8
Pegasus Hotel & Suites Georgetown
Georgetown's landmark round tower on the seawall, renewed with a modern suites wing for the capital's corporate boom.
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City Hotel
Paramaribo, Suriname
7.8
Courtyard by Marriott Paramaribo
Suriname's international brand entry beside the Anthony Nesty stadium, pairing dependable modern rooms with a garden pool.
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City Hotel
Asunción, Paraguay
7.8
Sheraton Asunción Hotel
Asunción's long-serving international anchor on Avenida Aviadores del Chaco, prized for its consistency, club lounge and event capacity.
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