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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Southeast Asia
Island villas, river sanctuaries and Bangkok's grand addresses.
31 hotels profiled in Southeast Asia
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
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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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
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
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
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
Chiang Mai, Thailand
9.2
Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai
Lanna-style pavilions and pool villas arranged around working rice terraces in the Mae Rim valley, with water buffalo and mountain mist as neighbours.
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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
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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Beach Resort
Phuket, Thailand
9.1
Trisara Phuket
A private-bay villa estate on Phuket's quiet north-west coast whose name means 'the garden in the third heaven', crowned by tasting-menu dining at PRU.
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Beach Resort
Phuket, Thailand
9.1
The Nai Harn
Phuket's original grande dame reborn — 120 rooms and suites terraced above Nai Harn Bay's white crescent at the island's serene southern tip, where world-class sleep, Michelin Key-recognised luxury and front-row sunsets meet far from the crowds.
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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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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
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
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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Resort
Jerudong, Brunei
8.6
The Empire Brunei
Brunei's palatial oceanfront landmark at Jerudong: marble halls, a Jack Nicklaus golf course and lagoon pools on the South China Sea.
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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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City Hotel
Yangon, Myanmar
8.0
Sule Shangri-La, Yangon
Downtown Yangon's polished mainstay opposite Bogyoke Aung San Market, with Shangri-La service and the colonial core on foot.
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City Hotel
Yangon, Myanmar
7.8
Chatrium Hotel Royal Lake Yangon
A garden-set lakeside hotel above Kandawgyi Lake, trading downtown bustle for Shwedagon views, lawns and one of Yangon's best pools.
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City Hotel
Dili, Timor-Leste
7.8
Palm Springs Hotel Dili
Dili's new flagship: a contemporary hotel in the commercial district with a rooftop bar, pool and the sharpest rooms in Timor-Leste.
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City Hotel
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
7.5
The Rizqun International Hotel
A polished business-and-shopping hotel above The Mall in Gadong, Bandar Seri Begawan's liveliest commercial district.
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City Hotel
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
7.4
Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam
A long-established garden-fringed hotel in central Bandar Seri Begawan, walking distance from Tasek Lama park and the city's museums.
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Resort
Dili, Timor-Leste
7.3
Novo Turismo Resort & Spa
A garden resort on Dili's Lecidere seafront, rebuilt on the site of the storied old Hotel Turismo with pool, spa and bay views.
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City Hotel
Dili, Timor-Leste
7.1
Hotel Timor
Dili's grand old institution opposite the port: a Portuguese-flavoured landmark that has hosted every era of Timor-Leste's story.
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