The best places to stay in the world, selected by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler
Enjoy "a feeling of privacy" in these thatch-roofed bungalows amid legions of Jamaican palm trees. Rooms have British colonial pieces but no phones,...
This 18-month-old Arts and Crafts resort is at the base of Blackcomb Mountain. The "simply enormous rooms" have cherry-stained woodwork, limestone...
These "difficult-to-leave" hillside cottages with private plunge pools and "inspirational views of the sunset every night" earn a perfect Rooms score....
This small hotel recalls the old plantations of the French West Indies but is equipped with twenty-first-century comforts. In the perfect-scoring...
A stay at the Gold List's highest-scoring property, which is set on a cliff above the port town of Soufrière, "feels like you are living out a dream."...
A restored early-1900s Belle Epoque mansion is the centerpiece of this "fabulous Recoleta hotel." Accommodations are split between the mansion and the...
This neoclassical building with Art Deco interiors is on "a quiet, tree-lined street." The rooms are furnished with mottled maple wood and leather,...
Situated in the fashionable El Golf district, the hotel has a glass-and-marble lobby rotunda. Rooms in earth tones with gold touches face the Andes;...
After several nights in one of the perfect-scoring rooms at this 800-year-old castle near Lyon, "going back to my boring bedroom at home was just...
"A holiday doesn't get any better" than at Europe's top-scoring property—a country house with a slew of perfect scores. Its 120 acres of...
More than 300 years of history characterize this "mansion dripping with opulence" that earns a perfect Design score. Interiors have carved-oak walls,...
On a cliff overlooking Lombok Strait, Amankila racks up multiple perfect scores. With thatched roofs and stone moldings, rooms have king-sized canopy...
At this "soaring glass tower" in the business district, "staff are very cordial and couldn't do more." Perfect-scoring rooms decorated in beige and...
This 1928 building on the Singapore River, once home to the General Post Office, retains many of the original touches, including neoclassical columns....
Comprising canvas, thatch, and mud dwellings under jackalberry trees, this camp has "a stunning home" on an island in the Okavango River....
Guests enjoy views of the neighboring Zoological and Botanical Gardens from this glass tower on the Nile. Design elements in the lobby flaunt Egyptian...
With Table Mountain as a backdrop and the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in the foreground, there are "no bad views" from this ten-year-old hotel,...
"The service and the views are consistently spectacular" at this 19-year-old Matira Point property. Overwater thatched fares have coconut wood...
Lounging on a private island 150 miles west of Tahiti, this property comprises overwater digs with pandanus roofs that "look small from the outside...












