The best places to stay in the world, selected by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler
The top-scoring U.S. property (formerly the Lodge at Koele) is wrapping up a $50 million renovation in February 2007. Its perfect-scoring Design melds...
Perfect-scoring Service "epitomizes the aloha spirit": "Staff are fantastic from the moment you walk in until the time you leave."...
"Little touches" combine to produce a slew of perfect scores at this "beautifully landscaped" cliffside resort above Playa La Ropa. Rooms in adobe...
This resort on on Baie des Flamands comprises a plantation-style main building and bungalows and faces "the most beautiful beach you'll ever...
The hotel's large cottages climb the peninsula hillside like stairs. Every room has views of the sea, and guests are lulled to sleep by "waves...
"It's hard to imagine—never mind find—a more beautiful view." Atop a forested ridge overlooking the twin Pitons and the sea,...
"Everything is first-class" at this business-district high-rise across from the Plaza San Martín. Biedermeier-influenced rooms with Christofle silver...
"A unique contrast in architecture," this Recoleta district hotel marries a contemporary tower and an adjacent Belle Epoque mansion. Sleek modern...
This "Incan treasure" in the heart of the city features sixteenth-century colonial architecture. Flowers, stone cloisters, and artwork...
The top-scoring property in Europe, this thirteenth-century manor is in the Cotswolds countryside on ten acres of gardens with streams, waterfalls,...
"Quick and courteous across the board" describes the perfect-scoring service at this landmark on Inner Alster Lake. "Staff go above and...
This property, whose 1906 building originally housed an insurance company, gets perfect scores in four out of five categories, starting with that for...
Staff that are "gracious, accommodating, and eager to please," which explains the perfect Service score at this resort comprising a string...
"We've never been disappointed by a Four Seasons, and this was no exception." This 1983 low-rise on Rajadamri Road has a central lobby...
The century-old former prison near the Blue Mosque retains its late Ottoman exterior. Perfect-scoring rooms wrapped around a central courtyard are...
Located in the diplomatic heart of Cairo, this two-year-old tower is "a short walk from the Egyptian Museum." Perfect-scoring rooms,...
Built in 1990 by adventurers Ben Parker and the late Will Ruck-Keene, this lodge"popular with honeymooners"receives a perfect...
A welcome drink is delivered to your room at this 20-year-old hotel across from Hagley Park. Contemporary rooms are "nicely decorated with bright...
Formerly Le Meridien at Rialto, this top-scoring Australian property is a nineteenth-century twin-building Venetian-style former wool store designed...
"Beautiful, classic design" melds a modern business-district high-rise and Sydney's historic General Post Office. Aquamarine glass and...












