Hotel Grande Bretagne, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Athens
$$$$Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece
The most storied hotel in Greece — on Syntagma Square since 1874, facing the Parliament with Acropolis views from the rooftop.
Schloss Elmau Luxury Spa Retreat & Cultural Hideaway
$$$$Elmau, Bavarian Alps, Germany
A castle in the Bavarian Alps where world-class music meets world-class wellness.
King George, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Athens
$$$Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece
Built for King George II in 1936 — the most intimate luxury hotel on Syntagma Square, with Tudor Hall's panoramic Acropolis views.
Palacio del Inka, a Luxury Collection Hotel
$$$Plazoleta Santo Domingo, Cusco, Peru
Adjacent to the Qorikancha — the most sacred Inca temple — in a 16th-century colonial palace.
Labotessa Luxury Boutique Hotel
$$$Cape Town, South Africa
An urban oasis of sophisticated design on historic Church Square.
Virgin Hotels Edinburgh
$$$Edinburgh, UK
Victorian grandeur meets contemporary cool in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town.
Warren Street Hotel, Firmdale Hotels
$$$$New York City, NY, USA
Kit Kemp’s Firmdale hotels are practically a genre unto themselves — luxurious yet lively, they combine country and city aesthetics, and feel glamorous and cozy at the same time.
Esiweni Luxury Safari Lodge
$$$$Ladysmith, South Africa
The safari experience has changed in many ways since Hemingway’s day.
Weissenhaus Private Nature Luxury Resort
$$$$Weissenhaus, Germany
This luxury hideaway boasts 75ha of grounds with woodland and a natural beach, as well as an entire series of beautifully restored historic buildings including a palace!
Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo
$$$Shinjuku, Tokyo
A Shinjuku landmark since 1971 — one of Tokyo's largest luxury hotels, with sweeping city views and impeccable Japanese hospitality.
InterContinental Phuket Resort
$$$$Phuket Area, Thailand
Some luxury hotels, faced with a setting as heavily traveled as Phuket, might opt to shy away from the limelight, hiding their guests away inside something quietly luxe, low-profile, elegantly...
Zannier Bai San Ho
$$$$Xuan Canh Commune, Vietnam
We’ve written extensively about the lengths to which Arnaud Zannier goes to ensure that places like Omaanda and Phum Baitang are not just flawless small-scale luxury hotels but fully immersive...
Grand Hotel Victoria
$$$$Menaggio, Italy
The Grand Hotel Victoria, like many of Lake Como’s luxury hotels, begins with neoclassical architecture, with a touch of the Liberty style that was current at its 19th-century founding, as well as an...
Hotel Schloss Seefels
$$$$Techelsberg, Austria
Luxury hotels line the waterfront of Lake Wörthersee, but none have a swimming pool as remarkable as the one at Hotel Schloss Seefels.
The Imperial New Delhi
$$$$New Delhi, India
What India lacks in cutting-edge boutique hotels it more than makes up for in classic old-world luxury hotels.
The Jefferson
$$$$Washington D.C., DC, USA
As the capital city of the United States it’s only natural that Washington D.C. should be home to a fair number of grand, historic luxury hotels.
Cashel Palace
$$$$Cashel, Ireland
Irish luxury hotels don’t get much more lavish than Cashel Palace.
Beau-Rivage Genève
$$$$Geneva, Switzerland
Not many luxury hotels can claim to have been in operation for more than 160 years, and still fewer have remained independent and family-owned for all that time.
The Oberoi Beach Resort, Mauritius
$$$$Terre Rouge, Mauritius
If the Oberoi name conjures visions of very conventional luxury hotels, then you’re about to have your mind changed.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel de la Paix, Geneva
$$$$Geneva, Switzerland
One of Geneva’s original luxury hotels, the De La Paix has stood on this spot on the Quai du Mont Blanc since 1865.