Further afield
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98 Acres Resort & Spa
A working tea estate turned boutique retreat, minutes from Little Adam's Peak.
Abbaye de la Bussière
A restored Cistercian abbey between Dijon and Beaune, with parkland and fine dining.
Adare Manor
Nineteenth-century Limerick manor with a championship golf course and famously polished service
Airelles Gordes, La Bastide
Palace-rated hilltop retreat in Gordes with a vast spa and sweeping Luberon views.
Ashford Castle
Ireland's most famous castle hotel, with falconry, lake cruises and 350 acres of parkland
Ballynahinch Castle Hotel
Unstuffy riverside castle in Connemara built around salmon fishing, woodland and turf fires
Cape Lodge
Cape Dutch-style country estate with 22 rooms, a private lake and one of Margaret River's best kitchens.
Chable Yucatan
Casitas in the grounds of a 19th-century Yucatán hacienda, half an hour from Mérida.
Gregans Castle Hotel
Quiet 250-year-old manor at the foot of Corkscrew Hill in the heart of the Burren
Hayfield Manor
Family-owned five-star manor house hidden behind high walls in Cork's university quarter
La Ferme Saint-Siméon
Half-timbered Honfleur landmark above the Seine estuary, with a walled-garden spa.
Langdon Hall Country House Hotel & Spa
Relais & Chateaux country house in Ontario, with a celebrated kitchen and walled gardens.
Lough Eske Castle
Restored lakeside castle in 43 acres of Donegal woodland, gateway to the Wild Atlantic Way
Manoir Hovey
Relais & Chateaux manor house on Lake Massawippi, an hour and a quarter south of Montreal.
Mas de Torrent Hotel & Spa
A restored masia near Pals and Begur, inland from the Costa Brava's best coves.
Montage Palmetto Bluff
Twenty thousand Lowcountry acres of oak forest and marsh between Savannah and Hilton Head.
Powerscourt Hotel Resort & Spa
Large five-star resort on the Powerscourt estate, half an hour from Dublin
Rosewood Cape Kidnappers
Farm lodge on 6,000 clifftop acres in Hawke's Bay wine country, above a gannet colony.
Sheen Falls Lodge
Former Lansdowne hunting lodge above the Sheen waterfalls, near Kenmare Bay
Strawberry Hill
Blue Mountains retreat of white Georgian-style cottages looking down over Kingston.
The Wallawwa
A garden retreat near Negombo that turns the first or last night of a trip into an occasion.
Valverde Sintra Palácio de Seteais
A neoclassical palace hotel in Sintra's UNESCO landscape, now under the Valverde group.
Vestige Son Vell
A restored aristocratic estate near Ciutadella, all shuttered rooms, gardens and olive groves.
Wildflower Farms, Auberge Resorts Collection
Farm-led Hudson Valley retreat of standalone cabins facing the cliffs of the Shawangunk Ridge.