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The World's 50 Best Hotels 2026

The hotels ranked in the 2026 list of The World’s 50 Best Hotels and its published 51 to 100 extension, in ranking order. The Luminari Collection holds 47 of the top 50 and 90 of the 100. Booked through Luminari at the hotel's own rate, most stays include breakfast for two, a hotel credit and an upgrade when available, with no fee. Ranking: The World's 50 Best Hotels 2026.

  1. 1Rosewood Hong Kong
  2. 2Capella Bangkok
  3. 3Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok
  4. 4Atlantis The Royal Dubai
  5. 5Passalacqua
  6. 6Rosewood Sao Paulo
  7. 7Mandarin Oriental Qianmen Beijing
  8. 8Upper House Hong Kong
  9. 9Chablé Yucatán
  10. 10Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
  11. 11Aman Tokyo
  12. 12Four Seasons Hotel Firenze
  13. 13Claridge's, London
  14. 14Hotel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel
  15. 15Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab Resort & Residences
  16. 16Capella Sydney
  17. 17Raffles Singapore
  18. 19Le Bristol Paris, Oetker Hotels
  19. 20Cheval Blanc Paris
  20. 21Desa Potato Head Bali
  21. 22San Ysidro Ranch
  22. 23One&Only Mandarina
  23. 24Bvlgari Hotel Tokyo
  24. 25Las Ventanas Al Paraiso, A Rosewood Resort
  25. 26Royal Mansour Marrakech
  26. 27Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens
  27. 28Raffles London at The OWO
  28. 29Copacabana Palace, A Belmond Hotel, Rio de Janeiro
  29. 30The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai
  30. 31The Peninsula Istanbul
  31. 32Bvlgari Hotel Roma
  32. 33Patina Osaka
  33. 34Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel, Cape Town
  34. 35Nihi Sumba
  35. 36Badrutt's Palace Hotel
  36. 37Park Hyatt Kyoto
  37. 38Hôtel du Couvent, Luxury Collection Hotel
  38. 39Portrait Milano
  39. 40Hotel de Paris Monte-Carlo
  40. 42Hotel Sacher Wien Vienna
  41. 43Estelle Manor
  42. 45Amangiri
  43. 46The Peninsula Hong Kong
  44. 47Maroma, A Belmond Hotel, Riviera Maya
  45. 48Aman Nai Lert Bangkok
  46. 49The Connaught, London
  47. 50San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel
  48. 51La Reserve Paris Hotel and Spa
  49. 52Janu Tokyo
  50. 53Park Hyatt Tokyo
  51. 54Palacio Nazarenas, A Belmond Hotel, Cusco
  52. 55Soneva Fushi
  53. 56Rosewood London
  54. 58Il San Pietro di Positano
  55. 59Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
  56. 60Splendido, A Belmond Hotel, Portofino
  57. 61Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve
  58. 62Castiglion del Bosco, A Rosewood Hotel
  59. 63Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo Panama
  60. 64Hotel Esencia
  61. 66Orient Express La Minerva
  62. 67Montage Los Cabos
  63. 69The Okura Tokyo
  64. 70Rosewood Bangkok
  65. 71Amangalla
  66. 72Ritz Paris
  67. 73Palace Hotel Tokyo
  68. 74Four Seasons Resort Tamarindo
  69. 75La Mamounia
  70. 76Macakizi
  71. 77Hotel das Cataratas, A Belmond Hotel
  72. 78The Fifth Avenue Hotel
  73. 79HOTEL THE MITSUI KYOTO, a Luxury Collection Hotel & Spa
  74. 80Carlton Cannes
  75. 81Capella Hanoi
  76. 82Huka Lodge
  77. 83The Calile Brisbane
  78. 84Borgo Santandrea
  79. 86Four Seasons Hong Kong
  80. 87Aman New York
  81. 88Borgo Egnazia
  82. 89Waldorf Astoria Osaka
  83. 91Villa Treville
  84. 92The Greenwich Hotel
  85. 93The Maybourne Riviera
  86. 95Reschio Hotel
  87. 97Capella Singapore
  88. 98The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur
  89. 99The Peninsula Shanghai
  90. 100Gleneagles, Scotland

By country: Italy (13), Japan (10), France (8), Mexico (7), China (6), United Kingdom (6), Thailand (5), United States (5), Brazil (3), Indonesia (3), Australia (2), India (2), Morocco (2), Singapore (2), Turkey (2), United Arab Emirates (2), Austria (1), Greece (1), Hong Kong (1), Maldives (1), Monaco (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), South Africa (1), Sri Lanka (1), Switzerland (1), Vietnam (1)

Hong Kong, China Rosewood Hong Kong

Rosewood Hong Kong occupies a 65-storey tower on the Kowloon waterfront, the centrepiece of the Victoria Dockside arts and…

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Bangkok, Thailand Capella Bangkok

Capella Bangkok sits directly on the Chao Phraya River along Charoenkrung Road, a riverside retreat of 101 suites and villas…

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Bangkok, Thailand Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok

The Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok, positioned elegantly on the Chao Phraya riverfront, presents a sophisticated contemporary…

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates Atlantis The Royal Dubai

Atlantis The Royal stands on the crescent of Palm Jumeirah, a resort of 43 storeys built around a central void that frames the…

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Como, Italy Passalacqua

Passalacqua occupies an 18th-century villa on the southwestern shore of Lake Como, near Moltrasio, once the private estate of…

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São Paulo, Brazil Rosewood Sao Paulo

Rosewood São Paulo opened in January 2022 within the historic Cidade Matarazzo complex near Avenida Paulista, combining a…

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Mandarin Oriental Qianmen, Beijing occupies just 42 restored courtyard houses within a working hutong neighbourhood on the…

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Hong Kong, China Upper House Hong Kong

Upper House occupies the top floors of Pacific Place in Admiralty, a boutique hotel of 117 studios and suites designed by Andre…

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Merida, Mexico Chablé Yucatán

Chablé Yucatán is a restored nineteenth-century hacienda set on 750 acres of jungle outside Mérida, built around Mayan ruins and…

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Bangkok, Thailand Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok

Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok traces its history to 1876, making it the country's first full service hotel and one of the oldest…

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Tokyo, Japan Aman Tokyo

Aman Tokyo occupies the top floors of Otemachi Tower, entered by an escalator that rises to a soaring 33rd floor lobby with a…

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Florence, Italy Four Seasons Hotel Firenze

The Four Seasons Hotel Firenze is an exquisite urban resort, occupying two Renaissance palaces and an expansive private garden…

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London, United Kingdom Claridge's, London

Claridge’s is a landmark London hotel whose story begins in 1812 and whose present life belongs to Maybourne.

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Hôtel de Crillon occupies one of two identical neoclassical palaces on the Place de la Concorde, built in 1758 to a design by…

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Sydney, Australia Capella Sydney

Capella Sydney occupies a former Department of Education and Department of Agriculture building in the CBD, its two Edwardian…

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Singapore Raffles Singapore

Raffles Singapore has stood since 1887, founded by the Sarkies brothers and named for the colonial official who founded modern…

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Le Bristol opened in 1925 in a mansion once owned by the dandy Jules de Castellane, taking its name from the Earl of Bristol, an…

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Paris, France Cheval Blanc Paris

Cheval Blanc Paris occupies a reimagined wing of La Samaritaine, the Art Deco department store on the right bank of the Seine,…

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Bali, Indonesia Desa Potato Head Bali

Desa Potato Head Bali is a creative village on Petitenget Beach in Seminyak, grown from a beach club into a resort with two…

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Santa Barbara, United States San Ysidro Ranch

San Ysidro Ranch traces its origins to a 1769 Spanish land grant and operated as a citrus ranch before welcoming its first…

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Lo de Marcos, Mexico One&Only Mandarina

One&Only Mandarina sits within 80 acres of jungle canopy on Mexico's Riviera Nayarit, a stretch of Pacific coast that has stayed…

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Tokyo, Japan Bvlgari Hotel Tokyo

Bvlgari Hotel Tokyo opened in April 2023 across the fortieth to forty fifth floors of Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, facing the Imperial…

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Marrakech, Morocco Royal Mansour Marrakech

Royal Mansour Marrakech was commissioned by King Mohammed VI and built by more than 1,200 Moroccan artisans, opening in 2010 as…

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London, United Kingdom Raffles London at The OWO

Raffles London at The OWO is the first UK Raffles hotel, opened in 2023 within the Grade II* Edwardian Baroque former Old War…

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The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai has stood opposite the Gateway of India since 1903, commissioned by Jamsetji Tata and now one of…

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Istanbul, Turkey The Peninsula Istanbul

The Peninsula Istanbul opened in early 2023 on the Karaköy waterfront, spread across four buildings of which three are restored…

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Rome, Italy Bvlgari Hotel Roma

Bvlgari Hotel Roma opened in 2023 on Piazza Augusto Imperatore, overlooking the Mausoleum of Augustus and set just steps from…

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Osaka, Japan Patina Osaka

Patina Osaka occupies a site looking directly over Osaka Castle and its surrounding park, the ultra-luxury hotel group's first…

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Sumba, Indonesia Nihi Sumba

NIHI Sumba is a 27-villa resort on the island of Sumba, fifty minutes by air from Bali, built around a 2.5-kilometre stretch of…

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St. Moritz, Switzerland Badrutt's Palace Hotel

Badrutt's Palace Hotel opened in 1896, built by Caspar Badrutt after he purchased and transformed the Hotel Beau Rivage in St…

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Kyoto, Japan Park Hyatt Kyoto

Park Hyatt Kyoto sits in the Higashiyama district a fifteen minute walk below Kiyomizu-dera, positioned so guests can step…

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Milan, Italy Portrait Milano

Occupies one of Europe's oldest seminaries, a building dating to 1565, reworked by the Lungarno Collection into 73 rooms and…

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Monte-Carlo, Monaco Hotel de Paris Monte-Carlo

Hotel de Paris Monte-Carlo stands as an enduring emblem of Belle Époque grandeur, commanding an unrivalled position in the heart…

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Vienna, Austria Hotel Sacher Wien Vienna

Hotel Sacher was founded in 1876 by Eduard Sacher, son of the confectioner Franz Sacher who created the Sachertorte for Prince…

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Eynsham, United Kingdom Estelle Manor

Estelle Manor occupies an Elizabethan-style mansion built in 1908 outside North Leigh in Oxfordshire, reopened as a country…

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Canyon Point at Lake Powell, United States Amangiri

Amangiri sits on nine hundred acres of red-rock desert in southern Utah, its low concrete forms built directly into a mesa in…

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Hong Kong, China The Peninsula Hong Kong

The Peninsula Hong Kong opened in 1928 at the tip of Kowloon, built by the Kadoorie family with the intention of being the…

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Bangkok, Thailand Aman Nai Lert Bangkok

Aman Nai Lert Bangkok occupies a 36-storey tower rising within the seven acre grounds of Nai Lert Park, a private green enclave…

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London, United Kingdom The Connaught, London

The Connaught is a five-star Mayfair hotel on Carlos Place, close to Mount Street.

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This nineteenth-century townhouse was built in 1854 for the Duc de Morny, half-brother of Napoleon III, and reopened as a hotel…

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Tokyo, Japan Janu Tokyo

Janu Tokyo opened in March 2024 as the debut property for Janu, Aman's sister brand, set within Azabudai Hills, the Mori…

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Tokyo, Japan Park Hyatt Tokyo

Park Hyatt Tokyo opened in 1994 at the apex of Kenzo Tange's Shinjuku Park Tower, one of the earliest hotels to make a…

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Baa Atoll, Maldives Soneva Fushi

Soneva Fushi is the original Soneva resort, set on a jungle island in the Baa Atoll UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the Maldives,…

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London, United Kingdom Rosewood London

Rosewood London is a five-star hotel in a restored 1914 Edwardian, Grade II-listed building on High Holborn.

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Positano, Italy Il San Pietro di Positano

Il San Pietro di Positano is built into a cliffside east of the town, designed and opened by Carlo Cinque in 1970 and still run…

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Hong Kong, China Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong opened in 1963 on the Central waterfront, the tallest building on the island at the time and the…

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Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve sits on the banks of the Ayung River outside Ubud, its villas and suites set among lush gardens…

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Panama City, Panama Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo Panama

Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo occupies the former Club Union, a social club founded in 1871 that once hosted Panama's aristocracy…

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Playa del Carmen, Mexico Hotel Esencia

Hotel Esencia, once a private estate for an Italian duchess, is a discreet beachfront haven on Mexico's Riviera Maya.

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Orient Express La Minerva opened in April 2025 on Piazza della Minerva, a three minute walk from the Pantheon, as the first…

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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Montage Los Cabos

Montage Los Cabos spans 39 acres along Santa Maria Bay, one of the few protected, genuinely swimmable coves on the Los Cabos…

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Tokyo, Japan The Okura Tokyo

The Okura Tokyo traces to the original Hotel Okura, opened in 1962 ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and long regarded as a…

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Bangkok, Thailand Rosewood Bangkok

Rosewood Bangkok stands 30 storeys over Ploenchit Road, its silhouette drawn from the wai, the Thai gesture of greeting, and…

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Galle, Sri Lanka Amangalla

Amangalla occupies a colonial-era building inside Galle Fort, the Dutch fortification on Sri Lanka's south coast that is now a…

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Paris, France Ritz Paris

The Ritz was founded in 1898 by Swiss hotelier César Ritz with chef Auguste Escoffier, built behind the facade of an…

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Tokyo, Japan Palace Hotel Tokyo

Palace Hotel Tokyo stands at 1-1-1 Marunouchi across from the Otemon Gate of the Imperial Palace, on a site that has held a…

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La Huerta, Mexico Four Seasons Resort Tamarindo

The Four Seasons Resort Tamarindo, nestled on Mexico's Pacific coast, offers a serene escape where contemporary design meets the…

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Marrakech, Morocco La Mamounia

La Mamounia has stood on its thirteen hectare garden estate in Marrakech since 1923, when French architects Henri Prost and…

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Bodrum, Turkey Macakizi

Founded in 1977 by Ayla Emiroğlu on Bodrum's Turkbuku peninsula, Macakizi grew from a modest sixteen-room retreat into a…

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Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil Hotel das Cataratas, A Belmond Hotel

Hotel das Cataratas, A Belmond Hotel, offers a unique opportunity to experience the awe-inspiring Iguaçu Falls from within the…

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New York, United States The Fifth Avenue Hotel

The Fifth Avenue Hotel is an independent 153-room hotel at 1 West 28th Street in NoMad, set across a restored McKim, Mead &…

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Cannes, France Carlton Cannes

The Carlton Cannes has stood on La Croisette since 1911, its twin cupolas among the most photographed silhouettes on the French…

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Hanoi, Vietnam Capella Hanoi

Capella Hanoi is a 47-room hotel designed by Bill Bensley around an operatic theme, its art nouveau and art deco facade standing…

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Lake Taupo, New Zealand Huka Lodge

Huka Lodge began in 1924 as a fisherman's camp of white canvas tents along the Waikato River, growing over a century into one of…

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Fortitude Valley, Australia The Calile Brisbane

The Calile occupies a purpose-built site on James Street in Fortitude Valley, one of Brisbane's leading fashion and dining…

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Amalfi, Italy Borgo Santandrea

Borgo Santandrea sits on the cliffs between Amalfi and Conca dei Marini, ninety metres above the Mediterranean and looking along…

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Rising above Victoria Harbour in Central, Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong provides a refined waterfront stay within the…

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New York, United States Aman New York

Aman New York is an 83-suite urban Aman in the restored Crown Building at 730 Fifth Avenue, designed by Jean-Michel Gathy.

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Savelletri, Italy Borgo Egnazia

Borgo Egnazia is a purpose-built village on Puglia's Adriatic coast between Bari and Brindisi, opened in 2010 but designed to…

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Osaka, Japan Waldorf Astoria Osaka

Waldorf Astoria Osaka occupies the top floors of the South Park Tower at Grand Green Osaka, adjacent to Osaka Station in the…

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Positano, Italy Villa Treville

Villa Treville occupies the former summer residence of director Franco Zeffirelli, set across four independent houses on the…

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New York, United States The Greenwich Hotel

The Greenwich Hotel is an 86-room Tribeca hotel where no two guest rooms or suites are alike.

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Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France The Maybourne Riviera

The Maybourne Riviera is perched on a rocky peninsula above Roquebrune Cap Martin, looking out over Monaco and the Mediterranean…

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Perugia, Italy Reschio Hotel

Reschio Hotel occupies a thousand-year-old castle at the heart of a 1,500-hectare private estate in the Umbrian countryside, its…

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Singapore Capella Singapore

Capella Singapore sits on Sentosa Island, built around two restored colonial bungalows dating to the 1880s and set in gardens…

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The Oberoi Udaivilas sits on the banks of Lake Pichola, its domed pavilions and extensive gardens designed in the manner of an…

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Shanghai, China The Peninsula Shanghai

The Peninsula Shanghai opened in 2009 on part of the former British Consulate grounds, giving it a rare direct address on the…

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Auchterarder, United Kingdom Gleneagles, Scotland

Gleneagles is a magnificent country estate in the heart of Perthshire, offering a quintessential Scottish experience.

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