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Hotels worth knowing.

Every property in our index is independently visited, editorially reviewed, and scored against the same ten criteria. Filter by category, region, or score — or simply browse what our editors have checked into lately.

Reviews across the world's best stays Updated regularly By the editorial team

9.3/10

Sydney, Australia

Park Hyatt Sydney

The only hotel in Sydney where the Opera House is the wall opposite your bed.

Reviewed independentlyCityRomantic

9.2/10

Brisbane, Australia

The Calile

Australia's most influential hotel of the decade — the case study every operator references.

Reviewed independentlyCityDesign

9.1/10

Byron Bay, Australia

Raes on Wategos

The white-walled headland that gave Australia its grown-up beach hotel.

Reviewed independentlyBeachDesign

9.0/10

Sydney, Australia

The Eve Hotel

Sydney's first genuinely confident design hotel in a generation.

Reviewed independentlyCityDesign

9.6/10

Tokyo, Japan

Aman Tokyo

A vertical retreat above Otemachi — the most composed urban hotel in Asia.

Reviewed independentlyCityDesign

9.5/10

Lake Como, Italy

Passalacqua

A villa, a garden, and the lake — restored with a level of taste competitors should study.

Reviewed independentlyRomanticDesign

9.4/10

Porto Ercole, Italy

Il Pellicano

A coastal classic that hasn't aged because it never tried to be modern.

Reviewed independentlyBeachRomantic

9.1/10

Noonu Atoll, Maldives

Cheval Blanc Randheli

The Maldives without the Maldives clichés — quietly excellent, properly grown-up.

Reviewed independentlyBeachWellness

9.0/10

Kyoto, Japan

Aman Kyoto

A forest hotel where service is so quiet you forget it's there. Which is the point.

Reviewed independentlyWellnessDesign

8.9/10

London, United Kingdom

The Connaught

A Mayfair institution that has earned the right to charge what it charges.

Reviewed independentlyCityRomantic

8.7/10

Mexico City, Mexico

Casa Polanco

A townhouse hotel that has read the room — Latin American design, properly considered.

Reviewed independentlyCityDesign

8.7/10

Medhufaru, Maldives

Soneva Jani

Sand-floor restaurants done seriously — the Maldives stay we keep returning to.

Reviewed independentlyBeachWellness

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Hotels worth knowing.

Park Hyatt Sydney

The Calile

Raes on Wategos

The Eve Hotel

Aman Tokyo

Passalacqua

Il Pellicano

Cheval Blanc Randheli

Aman Kyoto

The Connaught

Casa Polanco

Soneva Jani

Independent reviews, scored against ten criteria.

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