Le Commandant Charcot
Ponant's Polar Class 2 icebreaker, which goes deep into the Weddell Sea ice with Alain Ducasse on the menu.
Places to stay we know well
76 hotels, camps, villas and ships, each described by the specialist who recommends it, including who it does not suit.
35 places to stay match your filters.
Ultramarine
A 199-guest polar ship with two helicopters on board, built to take you beyond the landing sites every other ship shares.
Amandari
The original Ubud retreat, built like a Balinese village on the lip of the Ayung River Gorge and still woven into the life of Kedewatan.
Amankila
Stilted pavilions on a hillside above the Lombok Strait, below Mount Agung, with a three-tier pool and a private black-sand beach.
COMO Shambhala Estate
A 22-acre forest estate above the Ayung River, built around wellness programmes led by resident practitioners and a sacred spring.
Raffles Bali
Thirty-two pool villas stepping down a hillside to Jimbaran Bay, 20 minutes from the airport, each with a butler and its own garden.
Duba Plains Camp
Five tented suites on a private concession of palm islands and floodplain, famous for the lions that hunt buffalo through the water.
King's Pool Camp
Thatch-and-canvas suites on a lagoon in the Linyanti, with a hide at elephant eye level and dry-season herds at the river.
Mombo Camp
Wilderness's flagship camp on the north-eastern tip of Chief's Island, where the game density is the whole point of the trip.
Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai
Private-pool suites inside the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, with Arabian oryx and gazelle on the dunes around you.
Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab
Jumeirah's newest Dubai resort, on the water between the Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel, with a marina and 11 restaurants.
Amanzoe
Stone pavilions on a Peloponnese hilltop, each with its own pool, and a beach club ten minutes down the hill.