This is the biggest list of hotel recommendations we've ever seen. Readers of Condé Nast Traveller elected 681 (!) hotels that they deem the best in the world. Many of them are posted online, and it's been fun to click through the list for eye candy and inspiration…
From a design perspective, a few of the standouts include:
• Cradle Mountain Lodge, Tasmania (shown above)
• Mandarin Oriental, New York
• Four Seasons Chiang Mai, Thailand
• Taj Lake Palace, India
• Aman at Summer Palace, China
• Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, Vancouver Island, Canada
• Hotel Tresanton, Cornwall, England
• Grand Hotel Stockholm, Sweden
• Eagles Nest Retreat, New Zealand
• Soho Hotel London, England
• Beit Al Mamlouka, Syria
For the full list, with descriptions and photos of each hotel, click here.
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I love that pool!
One minor correction: the Clayoquot Wilderness Resort is not in Vancouver. It is located on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Two very different locations.
Umm... ya PrettyKitty said it: Clayoquot Wilderness Resort is not Vancouver. It's on the west coast near Tofino on Vancouver Island. Common mix-up but a HUGE difference!! Look it up, and fix please.
Vancouver, Canada? Um where's the province? Should read: "Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada".
But then again where you located this particular resort is geographically incorrect, as others have pointed out. Disappointing error on your part, AT. Do your background check before posting important information. A correction is in order asap.
The mistake has been corrected to read "Vancouver Island."