The best places to stay in the world, selected by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler
This Nantucket Shingle-style lodge with Atlantic views and a perfect location score is "the quintessential beach getaway," replete with sweeping...
This property on a peninsula overlooking a glacial lake in Yoho National Park, west of Banff, is in "a completely phenomenal setting," hence the...
The perfect-scoring location of this coastal-style inn is an undeveloped island where horses run wild. The narrow four-story property has a wide porch...
"Everything is pure luxury and quality" at the top-scoring property in the Americas, an ecolodge on a floating former U.S. Navy barge off the Great...
This resort gets a perfect score for its location minutes from the base of Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. Contemporary-chalet style means...
The cottages at this resort, in "a remote location that's so Old Hawaii," have views of gardens or "the wild Hana coast." The Sea Ranch Cottages...
The perfect-scoring location on a tree-lined street in the Palermo district is "very convenient to wonderful restaurants." All rooms are individually...
With a perfect location score, the property comprises four buildings in a fishing village on the Estoril Coast. "The setting is just magnificent." The...
The location of this 1844 former aristocratic residence next to Bahnhofstrasse shopping scores perfectly. "Small elevators, elaborate woodwork, and...
This stone hotel earns a perfect location score for its setting in a spa town at the foot of the Black Forest Mountains. It overlooks Lichtentaler...
This seventeenth-century hotel gets a perfect location score: "It's right near a medieval square that has flower vendors and a fountain." The dining...
Closed until May 2009 as part of a $90 million revamp, this Belle Époque hotel with a perfect location score sits on the French Riviera in 17...
This pale-pink hotel high above the Mediterranean and the Faraglioni Rocks garners a perfect score for location. Interiors mix tapestries and antique...
The top-scoring property in Europe is a Tuscan-style coastal complex tucked amid olive and cypress trees in "an extraordinary seaside setting." Rooms...
"One of my favorite places in the world" is carved into the hillside above the Bay of Positano, hence the perfect location score. Rooms have bright...
The silver-domed former palace on the Croissette affords "fabulous views of the sea," hence the perfect location score. The lobby and common areas are...
Built for royalty in 1709, this Baroque structure has interiors showcasing oak floors, Italian drapes, and French mirrors. The perfect-scoring...
This "lovely but expensive" former summer residence of local nobility has a perfect-scoring fishing-village location. It showcases a Moorish Baroque...
This Belle Époque ski chalet is "ideally located in the center of a clean, beautiful town." The exterior has a roof with turrets, while interior...
This medieval hospital gets a perfect location score for its setting on the main town square, adjacent to the Romanesque and Baroque cathedral: "It's...
This seventeenth-century property in the Old Town scores perfectly for location and has decor that is "filled to the brim with nautical things." The...
This slate-clad, bungalow-style newcomer with a perfect-scoring location offers views of cedar and pine forests, as well as the snowcapped Himalayas....
The perfect-scoring location of this hotel with a French colonial facade is at the crossroads of Chang An Avenue and the Wangfujing shopping district....
"You won't wear shoes once during your stay." Dense vegetation separates villas, where the furniture is built from renewable or sustainable sources,...
This property in a mangosteen grove near the source of the Savute Channel earns three perfect scores. "It is a beautiful place morning, noon, and...
"One of the most romantic hotels in the world," this property secures a perfect location score for its mountain backdrop in the Western Cape wine...
"You enter via a timber walkway with hand-carved railings, and the adventure immediately begins." The thatched-roof tents are spread across an island...
The harborside setting, "almost exactly on the spot where Hobart was founded," earns this former jam factory named for a local 1800s entrepreneur a...











