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Boutique Hotel
Akelarre
A cliff-top hotel on Monte Igueldo built around Pedro Subijana's three-Michelin-star restaurant.
Amalinda Lodge
A small lodge built into granite boulders in the Matobo Hills, near rhino and rock art.
Aman Tokyo
Aman's first urban hotel, occupying the top floors of the Otemachi Tower above the palace moat.
Amangalla
Twenty-eight high-ceilinged chambers in a 1684 building at the heart of a UNESCO fort.
Amansara
Twenty-four modernist suites behind a wall in Siem Reap, with private temple guiding.
Bairro Alto Hotel
A small luxury hotel on Praca Luis de Camoes between Chiado and Bairro Alto.
Belvedere Mykonos
Whitewashed buildings on a hill above Mykonos Town, with a famous pool scene and Matsuhisa dining.
Capella Hanoi
A jewel-box Bensley hotel on a quiet street steps from Hanoi's colonial opera house.
Château de la Chèvre d'Or
Perched in the walled village of Èze with Michelin dining and vertiginous sea views.
Cobblers Cove
Relais & Chateaux hideaway near Speightstown, forty suites around a quiet private cove.
Coruisk House
Four rooms and a serious kitchen at the far end of Skye's Strathaird peninsula.
Craigellachie Hotel
An 1893 Speyside hotel whose Quaich Bar holds one of Scotland's great malt collections.
Desert Nights Camp
Tented suites and rooms in the Wahiba dune belt, two hours from Muscat by road.
Eden Rock - St Barths
Iconic hotel straddling a rocky outcrop in St Jean Bay, owned by the Matthews family.
Eleven Deplar Farm
All-inclusive adventure lodge on the Troll Peninsula, with heli-skiing and a geothermal pool
Ellerman House
Thirteen rooms in a clifftop Bantry Bay mansion with a major South African art collection.
Enchantment Resort
Low adobe casitas set deep in a Sedona box canyon, with the Five-Star Mii amo spa alongside.
Erg Chigaga Luxury Desert Camp
A small permanent camp in the Erg Chigaga dunes, reached by 4x4 across open desert.
Heritage Cruises Binh Chuan
A twenty-suite boutique ship exploring the quieter karst channels beyond the Ha Long crowds.
Hermitage Bay
All-inclusive hideaway of thirty standalone suites above an isolated west-coast beach.
Highland Base Kerlingarfjöll
Remote highland lodge with geothermal baths in the coloured Kerlingarfjöll mountains
Hiiragiya Ryokan
Kyoto's most storied traditional ryokan, family-run since 1818, near the Imperial Palace.
Hotel 1001 Nótt
Family-owned boutique hotel above Lake Lagarfljót, the best base in the East Fjords
Hotel Barrière Le Carl Gustaf
Small hillside hotel above Gustavia with private pools and harbour views from every suite.