Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Dubai
A beach resort in old Jumeira, minutes from Downtown, with a line-up of restaurants good enough to keep you in for the week.
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Amanzoe
Stone pavilions on a Peloponnese hilltop, each with its own pool, and a beach club ten minutes down the hill.
Bill & Coo Mykonos
Sea-view suites with plunge pools and jetted tubs at Megali Ammos, a short stroll from Mykonos Town but out of its noise.
Katikies Santorini
Whitewashed suites stepped down the Oia cliff, with caldera views from every veranda and the village lanes on the doorstep.
The Dolli at Acropolis
A small hotel in a restored early 20th-century building, with a rooftop pool and restaurant looking straight at the Parthenon.
Borgo Santo Pietro
A 22-room villa hotel on a 300-acre organic farm in southern Tuscany, where the sheep, kitchen gardens and vineyards feed two restaurants.
Il San Pietro di Positano
A family-run hotel built down the cliff east of Positano, where every room has a sea-view terrace and a lift runs through the rock to a private cove.
Passalacqua
An 18th-century villa above Lake Como with 24 rooms spread across the Villa, the Palazz and a house on the water, and terraced gardens down to the shore.
Aman Tokyo
Large, calm suites on the top floors of an Otemachi tower, a short walk from Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace Gardens.
Beniya Mukayu
A 16-room ryokan in the Yamashiro Onsen hot spring town, where every room has its own open-air bath facing the garden.
Gora Kadan
A hot spring ryokan in the former summer villa of an Imperial prince, high in the Hakone hills and an easy run from Tokyo.
Hoshinoya Kyoto
A 25-room riverside ryokan up the Oi River from Arashiyama, reached by the hotel’s own boat.