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.
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.
24 places to stay match your filters.
COMO Shambhala Estate
A 22-acre forest estate above the Ayung River, built around wellness programmes led by resident practitioners and a sacred spring.
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.
Mandarin Oriental Downtown, Dubai
A sleek new tower hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road, for two or three nights of restaurants, rooftop swims and skyline views.
The Romanos, a Luxury Collection Resort, Costa Navarino
A large seafront resort among Messinian olive groves, with golf, tennis, a 4,000 square metre spa and a kilometre of beach.
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.
Verdura Resort
A seafront resort on 230 hectares of Sicily's south-west coast, with 45 holes of golf, a large thalassotherapy spa and sea-view rooms.
Amanemu
Hot spring suites and villas above Ago Bay in Ise-Shima National Park, close to the Ise Grand Shrine.
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.
Zaborin
Fifteen villas in the forest near Hanazono, each with its own indoor and outdoor hot spring bath, and a northern take on kaiseki.