The best places to stay in the world, selected by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler
A stay at the French-inspired buildingpitched roofs, corrugated shinglesputs visitors "at the base of the mountain and a stone's throw...
The top-scoring property in the Americas "instills the feeling of relaxation." From rooms with iron-studded doors, travertine floors, and painted...
Rooms at the top-scoring property in the United States have a contemporary Hawaiian design that includes white bed linens set against dark wood and...
"The location is great if you want to be on the beach" at this barrier-island brick-and-shingle resort. Decor is "full of Southern charm," with jewel...
This resort, owned by the family of a pencil magnate, lies on a barrier island accessible only by boat. Perfect-scoring rooms are divided among...
Rooms with rattan furniture, louvered windows, and granite bathrooms occupy a bluff overlooking water on three sides at the southern tip of the...
The Old Course"the home of golf"separates this market-town hotel from the North Sea. Rooms differ in style but have "lovely bathrooms with...
Eight hundred and fifty landscaped acres enclose this French château that "reminds you of an old royal estate." Patrons come for "excellent...
Set on 1,500 acres of meadows, rivers, and woodlands, this Georgian mansion 40 miles from the Rock of Cashel has rooms decorated with period...
Surrounded by gardens and water courts, this Bang Tao Bay resort includes Thai village architecture and peaked thatched roofs. The perfect-scoring...
Perfect-scoring staff place "nightly hot water bottles in bed to warm up your feet." The main building re-creates a hunting palace with murals of...
The perfect-scoring location of this two-part camp near bush, plains, and wetlands means that "at every turn, you come upon herds of giraffe,...
At this camp on a delta island, "unheated but well equipped and elegant" tents with private sundecks are on raised teak platforms. Leopards and...
A herd of perfect scores for this camp bordering a fig-tree forest includes one for a location that's "truly in the middle of the bush." The...
At this two-year-old camp, the simple decor "works with the environment of a floodplain." Rooms have pine-plank interiors and carpets of bridle...
Eucalyptus trees surround accommodations outfitted with pine furnishings, blue and white accents, and daybeds that overlook the Coral Sea"the...












