Further afield
Around the world
Les Sources de Cheverny
An 18th-century Loire estate with Michelin dining, a Caudalie spa and its own vines.
Mount Juliet Estate
Eighteenth-century Kilkenny estate house with golf, equestrian facilities and river walks
Rambagh Palace
The former Jaipur royal residence, now a Taj palace hotel set in 47 acres of formal gardens.
Round Hill Hotel and Villas
Storied Montego Bay estate of privately owned hillside villas plus a Ralph Lauren-designed wing.
Royal Mansour Marrakech
Fifty-three individual riads, each with its own courtyard, plunge pool and rooftop terrace.
São Lourenço do Barrocal
A restored farming hamlet on a 780-hectare Alentejo estate beneath medieval Monsaraz.
Segera Retreat
Eight villas on a rewilded Laikipia ranch, with a serious African art collection and Mount Kenya views.
Silky Oaks Lodge
Rainforest lodge on the Mossman River at the edge of the Daintree, with treehouse suites and a river spa.
Sublime Comporta
A 68-hectare estate of cabanas and villas in the pine woods inland from Comporta beach.
Taj Lake Palace
Eighteenth-century marble island palace on Lake Pichola, reached only by boat from Udaipur.
The Lodge & Spa at Brush Creek Ranch
All-inclusive Wyoming ranch with its own creamery, distillery and vast private trout water.
The Oberoi Amarvilas
Moorish-Mughal hotel six hundred metres from the Taj Mahal, with the monument in every room view.
The Ranch at Rock Creek
Nineteenth-century cattle homestead in a private Montana valley, run as an all-inclusive ranch resort.
The Tryall Club
Villa-only estate west of Montego Bay with a championship golf course and full staff.
Trout Point Lodge
Remote hand-built timber lodge in the Nova Scotia interior, in a starlight reserve.
Umaid Bhawan Palace
Art deco palace above Jodhpur, part royal residence, part museum, part 70-room Taj hotel.
Villa d'Este
Sixteenth-century cardinal's villa on Lake Como, with topiary gardens and a lake-top pool.
Water Garden Sigiriya
An estate of moated villas in the Cultural Triangle, echoing Sigiriya's ancient water gardens.