Worth the table

Palace · 5★

Cheval Blanc Courchevel

The first Cheval Blanc, opened in 2006, and still the only true ski-in ski-out palace in 1850.

Palace · 5★

Les Airelles

The original Airelles on the front-de-neige — the Tyrolean fantasy palace, Pierre Gagnaire upstairs, Le Sarkara two stars, the most theatrical alpine hospitality of the resort.

5★ · 1850

Hôtel Le Chabichou

The Rochedy family hotel — the two-star dining room downstairs, the village location, the alpine palace at a more familial scale.

5★ · 1850

Les Grandes Alpes Private Hotel

The small private hotel in the village — Sylvestre Wahid two stars in-house, the discreet entrance, the alpine palace at a more intimate scale.

Palace · 5★

Le Bristol Paris

The Oetker palace on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré — Eric Frechon's three-star kitchen, the rooftop pool, and the city's most consistent service.

Palace · 5★

Cheval Blanc Paris

LVMH's flagship inside the restored Samaritaine, with the city's only true Seine-facing palace pool.

Palace · 5★

Hôtel Plaza Athénée

The Dorchester palace on Avenue Montaigne — geraniums on the façade, Alain Ducasse upstairs, and the most cinematic courtyard in the city.

Palace · 5★

Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris

The Philippe Starck palace on avenue Hoche — the Cinéma room, Il Carpaccio, Matsuhisa Paris, and the most cinematic late dinner of the 8e palaces.

Palace · 5★ GL

Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid

The Belle Époque icon on Plaza de la Lealtad, restored by Mandarin in 2021 — the most polished room in the capital.

Luxury · 5★ GL

Rosewood Villa Magna

The Salamanca address that re-opened under Rosewood in October 2021 — the residential five-star with the longest reception desk in the city.

Lifestyle · 5★ GL

Bless Hotel Madrid

The Palladium Group's lifestyle five-star on Velázquez — the rooftop pool that the rest of Salamanca uses for the long summer lunch.

Five-Star · 5★

The Little Nell

Aspen's only Five-Star, Five-Diamond, ski-in/ski-out hotel — 92 rooms at the base of the gondola, opened 1989.

Historic · 5★

Hotel Jerome, Auberge Collection

The 1889 silver-mining-era landmark on Main Street, run by Auberge, with the J-Bar that has been the town's living room for a hundred and thirty-five years.

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.

Beachfront resort · 5★

Anantara Lawana Koh Samui Resort

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

Pool villa resort · 5★

Banyan Tree Samui

The eighty-eight-villa Banyan Tree on Lamai Bay — Best Spa Resort Thailand 2026, the Banyan Tree Connections wellbeing programme.

Luxury Ranch · 5★

The Resort at Paws Up

Thirty-seven thousand acres in the Blackfoot Valley — the all-inclusive Montana ranch that defined modern glamping.

Adults · Relais & Châteaux

Triple Creek Ranch

The 25-cabin Relais & Châteaux ranch in the Bitterroot — adults-only (16+), all-inclusive, and once Travel + Leisure's number-one hotel in the world.

Palace · 5★

Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, A Four Seasons Hotel

The Four Seasons palace at the tip of Cap-Ferrat — seventy-one rooms, an Olympic infinity pool, and the Riviera's most secluded peninsula.

Palace · 5★

Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo

The Société des Bains de Mer flagship on Place du Casino — the address Monaco was built around, fully reborn after the 2014-2019 renovation.

Palace · 5★

Cheval Blanc Saint-Tropez

The LVMH operation on the quai, now in its seventh year and the most polished room in the village.

5★ · Design

Hôtel Sezz Saint-Tropez

The Christophe Pillet design hotel on Route des Salins, with Colette (1★ Michelin) and a long pool in the pines.

Icon · 5★

Park Hyatt Tokyo

The Lost in Translation tower, reopened December 2025 after a nineteen-month renewal — restored, not replaced.

Design · 5★

The Tokyo EDITION, Toranomon

Kengo Kuma for Ian Schrager, 206 rooms with Tokyo Tower views — the design hotel for the design-led week.

Resort · 5★

Four Seasons Bali at Sayan

The Four Seasons over the Ayung River near Ubud — the lotus-pond rooftop arrival, the seven-suite refresh launching July 2026.

Palace · 5★

Capri Palace Jumeirah

The Anacapri property with the only serious medical spa on the island and the gallery of contemporary art Tonino Cacace built over forty years.

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.

Palace · 5★

Beau-Rivage Geneva

Family-owned since 1865, still the address on the Quai du Mont-Blanc and still the one the old Geneva houses choose.

Palace · 53 riads

Royal Mansour Marrakech

The King of Morocco's private hotel — 53 individual riads behind the medina walls, each with a plunge pool, a butler and a roof terrace.

South Beach · Icon · Ennismore

Delano Miami Beach

Six years of silence, one full renovation. The Starck building on Collins is back — and Paris Society just made it the most interesting hotel dining stack in South Beach.

Palace · 5★ · Gordes

La Bastide de Gordes

The Sireh family palace on the cliff of Gordes — the long pool with the Luberon valley in the front, the Tigrr restaurant, the most ambitious Provence palace of the last decade.

Oetker Collection · 5★

Eden Rock Saint-Barth

The Matthews family hotel on the volcanic rock at the centre of Saint-Jean bay — the social hub of the island since 1953.

Palace · Four Seasons · Taormina, Sicily

San Domenico Palace, Taormina

A 14th-century Dominican convent, a Four Seasons since 2021, and the most structurally honest luxury conversion in the Mediterranean — the bones refused to be made generic.

Palace · 5★

Raffles Singapore

The 1887 colonial palace at Beach Road — 115 all-suite, the only hotel marked a National Monument in the country.