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.

Resort · 5★ GL

Finca Cortesín

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.

Palace · 5★

Cheval Blanc St-Barth Isle de France

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

Boutique · 5★

Le Sereno

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.

Art hotel · Boutique

Casa Malca

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.

Wellness · Beachfront

Nômade Temple Tulum

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

Palace · 5★

Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc

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.

Palace · 5★ · Hyatt Unbound

Hôtel Martinez Cannes

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

Hillside villa resort · 5★

Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui

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.

Apartments · Marina

The Beach Tower at Sotogrande Marina

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.

Cliff resort · 5★

Bulgari Resort Bali

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.

Palace · 5★

Hôtel Byblos Saint-Tropez

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.