Just off St. Mark's Square is this 1850 hotel—whose furnishings date from the 1940s—"removed enough to be quiet and close enough for...

"Staff will do anything for you" at this restored eighteenth-century palace on the Grand Canal. Carved stucco ceilings, Rubelli fabrics, and Murano...

This hotel earns a perfect score for its "brilliant position right on the water" and proximity to Bahnhofstrasse shopping. Decor in rooms, which have...

Upon arrival, guests proclaim this 1861 landmark "so splendid, it's like the mansions of Newport but on Lake Geneva." Public spaces demonstrate...

This Italianesque Strip hotel is "fun and glamorous." Rooms with custom furnishings, original art, and deep tubs face the cityscape, Spring Mountain,...

Just off the Potsdamer Platz, the sandstone facade masks an atrium with pillars and white marble floors, along which 28,000 LEDs create a cascade of...

Situated among vineyards, these adobe guesthouses "perfectly combine rusticity and luxury." Rooms have feather beds, limestone fireplaces, beamed...

Set on 12 acres of gardens on Sunset Boulevard, this stucco Mission Revival property is the "place to be seen." "Top-of-the-line treatments" include...

Celebrating its eightieth anniversary in 2008, the Renaissance hotel, at the intersection of Rodeo Drive and Wilshire Boulevard, has "shopping right...

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"A rare and incredible resort find" in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, staff at this 4,200-acre country estate prepare picnic lunches and...

The "gorgeous grounds" of this property, opened in 1991 by Francis Ford Coppola, have cabanas resting on jungle stilts and topped by thatched roofs....

The ivy-cloaked Tudor-style castle in the Berkshires is furnished with nineteenth-century antiques from France and England. Room touches include...

Thirty minutes from downtown Charleston, this inn on a barrier island has a private boardwalk, panoramic ocean views, and "a laid-back island vibe."...

The 12-acre property comprises three villages of Polynesian bungalows. Some rooms are over water—"I could hear the gentle lapping against the...