Further afield
Around the world
Villa d'Este
Sixteenth-century cardinal's villa on Lake Como, with topiary gardens and a lake-top pool.
Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi
A large, lavish South Male Atoll resort with unusually broad dining and its own private-island annexe.
Water Garden Sigiriya
An estate of moated villas in the Cultural Triangle, echoing Sigiriya's ancient water gardens.
Whare Kea Lodge
Six-bedroom exclusive-use lodge on the western shore of Lake Wanaka, plus a fly-in mountain chalet.
White Exclusive Suites & Villas
A tiny design hotel of nine suites and two villas on the volcanic coast of São Miguel.
Wild Coast Tented Lodge
Bubble-shaped luxury tents on the boundary of Yala, home to a famous leopard population.
Wilderness Bisate Lodge
Six thatched dome villas in an amphitheatre-shaped crater facing the Virunga volcanoes.
Wilderness DumaTau
A solar-powered camp on the Osprey Lagoon in the private Linyanti Wildlife Reserve.
Wilderness Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp
Eight tented rooms deep in the Kaokoveld, reached by light aircraft over bare mountains.
Wilderness Linkwasha Camp
Private-concession camp in southern Hwange, overlooking a waterhole on the Ngamo Plains.
Wilderness Little Kulala
Eleven pale desert villas on a private reserve with its own back gate to the Namib dunes.
Wilderness Magashi Camp
Six tents on Lake Rwanyakazinga in northern Akagera, Rwanda's only Big Five park.
Wilderness Mombo Camp
Nine tented suites on Chief's Island in the Okavango, in Africa's densest predator territory.
Wilderness Ruckomechi Camp
Riverfront camp at the western end of Mana Pools, rebuilt in 2020, walking-safari focused.
Wilderness Shumba Camp
Six raised suites on a tree island in the Busanga Plains, open only in the dry months.
Wildflower Farms, Auberge Resorts Collection
Farm-led Hudson Valley retreat of standalone cabins facing the cliffs of the Shawangunk Ridge.
Xigera Safari Lodge
A design-led twelve-suite lodge on Paradise Island in the western Moremi Game Reserve.
Zaborin
Modernist ryokan in the Hanazono birch woods at Niseko, every villa with twin private onsen.
Zarafa Camp
A four-suite camp on a private 320,000-acre reserve linking the Okavango and Linyanti.
Zemi Beach House
Boutique beach house hotel on Shoal Bay East with a spa built from a Thai teak house.
Zuri Zanzibar
Fifty-five villas and bungalows in tropical gardens on Kendwa beach, with reliable swimming water.