By the sea

Beach resort · 5★

Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach

The marquee city-beach hotel — Coya, Nusr-Et, Scalini, Mercury Lounge in one block on the Jumeirah corniche.

Resort · 5★

One&Only The Palm

The 92-room Andalusian-style resort on the western tip of the Palm, the quietest credible beach hotel in the city.

Resort · 5★

Bulgari Resort Dubai

The Bulgari operation on Jumeirah Bay Island — the most discreet luxury booking in the city since 2017.

Palace · 5★ GL · since 1954

Marbella Club Hotel

Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe's 1954 invention on the Golden Mile — the hotel that put Marbella on the European map and still its most considered address.

Resort · 5★ GL

Puente Romano Beach Resort

The Marbella Club's sister resort on the same Golden Mile — the village format with sixteen restaurants and the city's most serious tennis academy.

The Cabell Robinson golf estate at Casares — Solheim Cup host 2023, Top-5 course in Spain, and the most considered hotel south of Marbella.

5★ · South Beach

The Setai Miami Beach

The all-suite Asian-coded operation on Collins — three pools, the longest beachfront in South Beach, the most adult hotel on the strip.

5★ · Surfside

Four Seasons at The Surf Club

The Richard Meier extension to the 1930 Russell Pancoast clubhouse — Surfside's only five-star, the Thomas Keller signature on the dining card.

5★ · Mid-Beach

The Miami Beach EDITION

The Ian Schrager × Marriott operation on Mid-Beach — Matador Room downstairs, the bowling alley and ice rink in the basement, the city's only true club-inside-a-hotel.

LVMH's Caribbean Maison on Flamands beach — the most consistently executed luxury on the island.

Christian Liaigre's beach hotel on Grand Cul-de-Sac — the quietest of the serious addresses, with the calmest swimming on the island.

Resort · 5★

Rosewood Le Guanahani

The 16-acre Grand Cul-de-Sac resort, fully rebuilt by Rosewood in 2020 — the largest plot of any hotel on the island.

Pablo Escobar's former 1992 beach mansion, bought by art dealer Lio Malca in 2012 and reopened as the 42-room art-filled hotel that is the cultural address in Tulum.

Beachfront · 5★

BE Tulum

The 64-suite beachfront property at Km 10 — plunge pools in every room, the Yaan Spa, and the Mare'zia beach club that anchors the hotel zone.

The 99-room wellness compound on Tulum Beach — treehouses, bungalows, the Gön spa, and the curated ceremonies that define the property.

The Antibes institution that has set the rules for Riviera summers since 1870 — still cash only at the bar, still the most discreet park on the coast.

The Art Deco grande dame of the Croisette, now Hyatt Unbound, and the chosen set for The White Lotus season four.

The Four Seasons across the bay — the White Lotus Season 3 location, the 20-day pan-resort itinerary May 2026, and the operating standard the show built on.

Beachfront resort · 5★

Anantara Lawana Koh Samui Resort

The Anantara on Chaweng Beach — relaunched November 2024, MICHELIN Guide One Key, the Sino-Thai design.

Resort · 5★

SO/ Sotogrande Spa & Golf Resort

Accor's SO/ brand on a restored 1960s cortijo at La Reserva — 152 rooms, four pools, the most ambitious thalassotherapy spa on the coast.

The serviced apartment tower on the marina — the right format for the family of six who want the polo season without the resort lobby.

Eco-Retreat · Larache, Atlantic Coast

La Fiermontina Ocean

The Filali family's Lecce sensibility transplanted to the Moroccan Atlantic — eleven suites, a village hammam, Barb horses on the shore, and a kitchen that knows its cooperatives.

The Bulgari clifftop at Uluwatu — sixty-four villas, Il Ristorante by Niko Romito, the Serpenti Pool Club.

Oceanfront · 5★

Gurney's Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa

The only true oceanfront resort in Montauk, with the Seawater Spa that gives the place its name.

Five-Star · 5★

Wynn Las Vegas · Tower Suites

The Tower Suites at Wynn — twentieth consecutive Forbes Five-Star rating, the longest-held in Las Vegas, and the most refined accommodation on the Strip.

Opens June 27, 2026 · 5★

Fouquet's Mykonos

The first Barrière property in Greece, opening at Paraga — indoor pool (rare on Mykonos), a Mediterranean signature room, and ROKA beach club from the Zuma family.

The original Saint-Tropez palace, opened 1967, still the address Caves du Roy points to at one in the morning.

Seafront · 5★

The Carlton Tel Aviv

The 282-room seafront hotel on the marina — the city's strongest pool deck and the rooftop bar with the longest sea view.