Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills, A Four Seasons Hotel
The Rodeo Drive landmark that opened in 1928 and has hosted celebrities and royalty ever since, with a Mediterranean-style pool and balcony suites.
Four Seasons, Aman, Rosewood, Six Senses & Belmond hotels in historic buildings, from Renaissance palaces in Florence and a Grand Canal palazzo in Venice to an Ottoman-era palace on the Bosphorus and a 15th-century village on the Adriatic.
The Rodeo Drive landmark that opened in 1928 and has hosted celebrities and royalty ever since, with a Mediterranean-style pool and balcony suites.
Built around the 1930 Surf Club, with oceanfront pools, a row of beach cabanas and Lido Restaurant; it holds two Michelin Keys.
A 1927 Spanish Colonial estate of villas and bungalows on 22 acres between the Pacific and the Santa Ynez Mountains, facing Butterfly Beach.
A Paradise Island landmark since 1962, set on a long white-sand beach with 35 acres of Versailles-inspired gardens, Balinese-style spa villas and its own golf course.
Facing Copacabana Beach since 1923, with 140 rooms and suites, a half-Olympic pool, rooftop tennis courts, a spa and Michelin-starred Mee and Ristorante Hotel Cipriani.
Set in restored landmarks next to Cartagena's walled old city, including a 16th-century church and a 1920s Beaux-Arts club, with a rooftop pool and eight bars and restaurants.
In Recoleta, pairing the early-1900s Álzaga Unzué mansion with a modern tower, with Argentine grills at Elena and Sunday asados in the garden.
A 1946 landmark by architect Santiago Medina Mejía, now a protected cultural monument, with beamed ceilings, hand-carved wood and fireplaces in Zona G.
A former 16th-century monastery on Inca palace foundations in Cusco, with 117 rooms and suites, a baroque chapel, Cusco School art and a 300-year-old cedar courtyard.
A former Inca site, palace and convent in central Cusco with 55 oxygen-enriched suites, a heated outdoor pool, Hypnôze Spa and Pía León's Mauka restaurant.
Restored 15th-century stone cottages on the fortified islet of Sveti Stefan, open seasonally, plus year-round Villa Miločer on the mainland, with Adriatic beaches and a sea-view spa.
In Palazzo Papadopoli on the Grand Canal in San Polo, with rococo interiors, Jean-Michel Gathy design, rare private gardens and Arva restaurant, walking distance from Piazza San Marco.
An 11th-century palace on a Ravello cliff over the Tyrrhenian Sea with 50 rooms and suites, La Piscina pool club, gardens and a wellness centre.
A castle dating to 998 on a 3,200-acre Tuscan estate with vineyards, 39 suites, two villas, an infinity pool and Essere Spa in a former wine cellar.
A 5,000-acre Tuscan estate around a medieval borgo near Montalcino with 42 suites, 11 villas with private pools, Michelin-starred Campo del Drago and Italy's only private golf club.
Three connected palaces on the lagoon steps from Piazza San Marco, with a rooftop terrace restaurant and views over the lagoon and toward the Grand Canal.
A Beaux-Arts landmark on the Caspian waterfront beside Baku's UNESCO-listed Old City, with a penthouse spa and a vaulted indoor pool.
A lakefront landmark since 1834 facing the Alps across Lake Geneva, with the Michelin-starred Il Lago and a rooftop spa and pool.
Two Renaissance palaces set in one of Florence's largest private gardens, with frescoed rooms, Duomo views and the Michelin-starred Il Palagio.
The 1928 Art Deco landmark off the Champs-Élysées, whose three restaurants, Le Cinq, Le George and L'Orangerie, hold six Michelin stars between them.
An Art Nouveau palace on the Danube facing the Chain Bridge and Buda Castle, with more than two million mosaic tiles in the lobby and afternoon tea at MÚZSA.
A restored 18th-century manor on 500 acres of English countryside, about 40 minutes from London, with horse riding and clay pigeon shooting on the estate.
A former prison built in the early 1900s, now a neoclassical hotel steps from Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque, with a courtyard garden and a hammam spa.
A restored Ottoman-era palace on the edge of the Bosphorus, with indoor and outdoor pools and Sunday brunch by the water.
In the former Port of London Authority building beside the Tower of London, with Tower Bridge views, the Rotunda bar and private Thames cruises.
Seven historic buildings joined into one at Centro Canalejas near Puerta del Sol, with the city's largest urban spa, a rooftop pool and about 1,500 artworks.
A 15th-century convent in the Quadrilatero fashion district, with frescoed ceilings, Renaissance stucco and a quiet garden courtyard.
Four historic buildings, the oldest from 1568, on the Vltava steps from Charles Bridge, with a spa overlooking Prague Castle.
A 1929 modernist hotel on a 1,200-acre private estate on the Formentor peninsula, with a kilometer-long beach and dinners among the estate's vineyards.
Set in about 15 acres of gardens on Cap-Ferrat, with Le Club Dauphin's heated seawater pool, suites with private pools and Michelin-starred dining.
On the Place de la Concorde in Paris with ten signature suites, Sense, A Rosewood Spa with a pool, Nonos par Paul Pairet and Bar Les Ambassadeurs.
On a clifftop in Funchal since 1891 with 126 rooms and suites, subtropical gardens, three outdoor pools, sea access, Maré Spa and Michelin-starred William.
In the former Palace of Justice on the Prinsengracht, with 134 rooms and suites, a Piet Oudolf garden, Eeuwen restaurant and an Asaya Spa with pool.
A lakeside castle estate on Lake Fuschl near Salzburg with chalets, Asaya Spa with an indoor pool, the Schloss Restaurant, Seeterrasse and Sisi Teesalon.
A converted 14th-century convent on a rocky point above the Ionian Sea, with Italian gardens, a cliffside infinity pool and Michelin-starred dining.
A restored 19th-century manor above vineyard terraces and the Douro river, with kitchen gardens, valley wines and a spa with 10 treatment rooms and heated pool.
In The Whiteley, a reimagined Bayswater landmark, with 109 rooms and suites, a spa inspired by an old underground station, Whiteley's Kitchen and the first Six Senses Place.
A former Benedictine monastery above Portofino harbour with 53 rooms and suites, private Villa Beatrice, a heated pool, tennis court and Dior Spa.
In the former US Embassy on Grosvenor Square in Mayfair, an all-suite hotel with eight restaurants and bars, a rooftop Eagle Bar and an Asaya Spa with 25-metre pool.
A 15th-century former monastery in the Fiesole hills with 39 rooms and suites, terraced gardens, a panoramic pool and Villa San Michele Spa by Guerlain.
A restored 18th-century palace of domes, arches and fountained courtyards on Rabat's Atlantic coast, spread across 11 buildings on 12 acres.
Ten minutes from Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, a 1960s New Khmer former royal guest residence with 24 suites, private plunge pools, a circular dining room and a spa.
A converted 14th-century fort in Rajasthan with two palaces and two temples within its walls, three restaurants, an Ayurveda-based wellness center and lake views.
Best-month suggestions are general climate guidance. Details checked against each brand’s official website (Four Seasons in September 2026; Aman, Rosewood, Six Senses and Belmond in October 2026).
Book at the same rate as booking direct, with daily breakfast, a hotel credit of $100 or more and an upgrade when available.