Hot List Hotels 2005
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Four Seasons opened its second North American ski resort at a quiet remove from the central chairlift and frat-party hubbub in Village Square. A ski...
In the historic heart of Campeche, a UNESCO World Heritage Site 250 miles southeast of Cancún, the Hacienda Puerta Campeche marries...
Located in the Condesa district, Mexico City's neighborhood of the moment, the 40-room Condesa is that rarest of breeds: a happening hot spot with...
A Valentine's Day gift from actor Richard Burton to wife Susan Hunt, Hacienda San Angel retains the romance of that gesture. American Janice...
A seventeenth-century sisal plantation built atop Mayan ruins, the Hacienda Petac ("House of the Turtle Catcher") has been transformed into...
This collection of 47 high-luxe cottages at the north end of the valley will be even better once the plantings mature; at the moment, they impart a...
The fiction behind the Parkercooked up by vasemaker Jonathan Adler in this makeover of the Givenchy Hotel & Spais that you are staying...
The hacienda-style Estancia sprawls along the bluffs north of La Jolla. Setting the Spanish Mission mood are red-tile roofs, faux-adobe walls, and 210...
The Mandarin Oriental is arguably away from the action, nestled between the Tidal Basin and the Mall, but the location is more serene than remote....
Three cheers for the Hard Rock, which gave new life to the old Carbide and Carbon Building, whose unusual dark-green and gold facade adds credence to...
A 21-story green-glass tower soaring above a sea of worn-brick low-rises, the Hotel on Rivington blends into Manhattan's Lower East Side about as well...
With the arrival last fall of the Kimpton group's first New York property, Park Avenue appears to be lightening up. How else to explain a nightly wine...
For a ticket to the epicenter of Portland's indie-rock scene, head to the burgeoning east side and the Jupiter Hotel. The 80-room converted motel's...
Truth be told, the Inn at Palmetto Bluff was built as bait. It's the centerpiece of an upscale housing development (imagine Mayberry with...
Ten years and $125 million in the making, the Sanctuary is designed to look like an obscenely large centuries-old seaside mansion, from the oak-lined...
Unlike most Marfa establishments, the Thunderbird has no movie posters on the walls from Giant, the western saga famously filmed in this small West...
During the dot-com boom, Seattle's Belltown neighborhood went from a low-rent commercial stretch to a hot restaurant and retail epicenter. Now, it's...








