Bermuda

From the editors of Condé Nast Traveler:

Perched high over historic Castle Harbour, this newcomer fits its tony surroundings to a tee. (Residents of the exclusive Tucker's Point enclave include Michael Bloomberg and Ross Perot.) The 88-room hotel (whose guests get golf privileges at the private Mid-Ocean course) is tastefully accoutered with a British manor meets Palm Beach look: Horse prints and porcelain china are displayed on walls, floral draperies frame tall windows, chairs are plump with fringed cushions. An aura of formality shrouds this hotel, with its chandeliered public rooms and palm tree–lined courtyard complete with a croquet lawn. Dining is a high point, ranging from casual but well-prepared noshes poolside to jackets-required affairs at The Point, whose wall murals depicting nineteenth-century ports were transplanted from the Sky Club in New York City's Pan Am building. The well-designed rooms, equipped with a built-in desk, a big terrace overlooking Castle Harbour, a soaking tub separated by a sliding door from the bedroom, and a free minibar stocked daily with water and soft drinks, are finished with preppy details such as a cotton gingham bed skirt, an armchair upholstered in houndstooth fabric, and a padded foot stool. There's a small spa and four swimming pools of various sizes, including two that front the resort's stunning private beach whose distance from the hotel is its only drawback, requiring a ten-minute trolley ride. —2010 Hot List

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