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2011
Readers’
Choice
Awards
Three new hotels jump here
immediately from our 2011
Hot List, published in May
Hotels 665
Resorts 455
Cities 55
Islands 55
South Africa has 11
top resorts, the most
on the continent
Airlines 30
Cruise Lines 25
Charleston, South
Carolina, becomes
the top U.S. city for
the first time
Best in
the
World
Turkish Aegean
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Here they are, the final winners sifted from more than 8 million votes cast in our
annual Readers’ Choice Awards survey, swept up together to form travel’s apex of
excellence. Each cube represents one of the 1,285 top scorers who arrived at their
allotted place on the following pages (color coded by category).
These awards reflect the combined opinions of 28,876 Condé Nast Traveler readers
rating the cities, islands, and hotels they visited in the past year, and the airlines and
cruise ships they traveled with. For its range and depth, the Readers’ Choice Awards
are a unique and trusted source of advice globally, and that is thanks to America’s
most discerning and demanding travelers—you.
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U.S. city, Charleston grabs the No. 1 spot for the first time in a
list dominated by coastal cities. Chicago’s Elysian Hotel
and Williamsburg’s Colonial Houses each make their Readers’
Choice Awards debuts as our nation’s top hotels.
Resorts
Top 150
Mainland U.S.
1Resort at Pelican Hill, Newport Coast,
California’s Resort
at Pelican Hill
opened in 2008,
appeared on our
2009 Hot List,
emerged among
top U.S. Mainland
Resorts in 2010,
and rises to
No. 1 this year.
Calif. 96.3
2Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at
Beaver Creek Mountain, Avon, Colo. 96.1
3Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf
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Top 10 Cities
Top 10 islands
1Charleston, S.C. 84.7
2San Francisco83.7
3Santa Fe83.0
4Chicago82.2
5Honolulu80.9
6New York80.8
7Savannah 79.1
8Carmel, Calif. 78.5
9Seattle78.4
0Boston78.0
1Maui 92.1
2Kauai 90.0
3Kiawah, S.C. 86.6
4Big Island 85.8
4Oahu 85.8
6Lanai 84.6
7Nantucket 82.4
8Amelia Island, Fla. 81.1
9Cumberland Island, Ga. 80.2
9Hilton Head, S.C. 80.2
/Solage Calistoga, Napa Valley 89.1
@Waldorf Astoria Park City89.0
#Brazilian Court, Palm Beach 88.8
#The Little Nell, Aspen 88.8
#Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, Ponte Vedra
PBig Cedar Lodge, Ridgedale, Mo. 87.3
PChatham Bars Inn, Cape Cod 87.3
]Sanderling Resort & Spa, Duck, N.C. 87.2
\Costa d’Este, Vero Beach, Fla. 87.1
\Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa,
#Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach 88.8
&Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore,
wWaterColor Inn & Resort, Santa Rosa
&Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island 88.7
(Ocean House, Watch Hill, R.I. 88.6
)Inn at Bay Harbor, Little Traverse Bay,
SAmerican Club, Kohler, Wis. 87.0
SCheeca Lodge & Spa, Islamorada, Fla. 87.0
SWilliamsburg Inn, Va. 87.0
GSt. Regis Deer Valley Resort, Dana Point, Calif. 92.1
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iThe Breakers, Palm Beach 91.9
oThe Broadmoor, Colorado Springs 91.6
pMohonk Mountain House, 138
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4Hotel Terra, Jackson Hole 95.2
6Lodge at Pebble Beach95.0
7Lodge & Club, Ponte Vedra, Fla. 94.8
8Lodge at Woodloch, Hawley, Pa. 93.1
9Stowe Mountain Lodge, Vt. 93.0
0Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe 92.9
0Whiteface Lodge, Lake Placid 92.9
wLaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort, Beach, Fla. 92.6
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Resort, S.C. 95.9
rInn at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach 92.5
tArrabelle at Vail Square92.4
yMontage Laguna Beach, Calif. 92.1
yRitz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel,
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4CordeValle (Rosewood), San Martin,
Naples, Fla. 92.6
Jean-Michel Gathy
and Kelly Wearstler
contributed their
vision and skills to
Colorado’s Viceroy
Snowmass, which
achieves a design
score of 96.6, its
highest score in any
category.
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New Paltz, N.Y. 91.5
aMiraval Resort & Spa, Tucson 91.3
aWynn Las Vegas91.3
dEnchantment Resort, Sedona 91.2
dRitz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, Tucson 91.2
gFour Seasons Resort Jackson Hole 9 1.0
hRitz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, Calif. 90.8
hViceroy Snowmass, Colo. 90.8
hWequassett Resort and Golf Club,
Cape Cod 90.8
lThe Phoenician and Canyon Suites
(Luxury Collection), Scottsdale 90.4
;Ritz-Carlton, Naples, Fla. 90.3
'Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples, Fla. 90.2
'St. Regis Monarch Beach, Dana Point,
Calif. 90.2
xOcean Key Resort & Spa, Key West 90.0
xSanctuary on Camelback Mountain,
Scottsdale 90.0
vBarnsley Gardens Resort, Adairsville, Ga. 89.9
bStein Eriksen Lodge, Park City 89.7
nRitz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch, Avon, Colo. 89.6
mThe Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs,
W.Va. 89.5
,Palazzo Las Vegas 89.4
.Inn at Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton, S.C. 89.3
/Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort,
Golf Club & Spa, Fla. 89.1
Beach, Fla. 88.8
Santa Barbara 88.7
Mich. 88.4
-The Cloister, Sea Island, Ga. 88.3
-Inn at Harbour Town, Hilton Head 88.3
-Rancho Valencia Resort, Rancho Santa
Fe, Calif. 88.3
WAlderbrook Resort & Spa, Union, Wash. 88.1
WRitz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds
Plantation, Greensboro, Ga. 88.1
Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 87.1
Park City 86.8
GSundance Resort, Utah 86.8
JDisney’s Wilderness Lodge, Lake Buena
Vista, Fla. 86.7
JEl Monte Sagrado, Taos 86.7
JLa Torretta del Lago Resort & Spa,
Montgomery, Tex. 86.7
JThe Sagamore, Lake George, N.Y. 86.7
JSt. Regis Aspen Resort86.7
JTeton Mountain Lodge & Spa, Jackson Hole 86.7
WRoyal Palms Resort and Spa, Phoenix 88.1
WTulalip Resort Casino, Tulalip, Wash. 88.1
YWest Baden Springs Hotel, XHyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and
UCanyon Ranch, Lenox, Mass. 87.6
UWoodmark Hotel, Yacht Club & Spa,
VRenaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club,
French Lick, Ind. 87.9
Kirkland, Wash. 87.6
OFour Seasons Resort Scottsdale at
Troon North87.4
vintage glory Spanish revival at the
Four Seasons Biltmore, Santa Barbara.
Spa at Gainey Ranch86.6
XPark Hyatt Aviara Resort, Carlsbad,
Calif. 86.6
St. Petersburg, Fla. 86.5
BLodge at Torrey Pines, La Jolla 86.4
NWillows Lodge, Woodinville, Wash. 86.3
NW South Beach Hotel & Residences86.3
<ONE Bal Harbour Resort & Spa, Fla. 86.2
<Resort at Squaw Creek, Lake Tahoe 86.2
?Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite 86.1
{Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Mich. 86.0
{Omphoy Ocean Resort, Palm Beach 86.0
|Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 85.9
|Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort
and Spa85.9
`Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, Asheville, N.C. 85.8
_Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa, Jupiter, Fla. 85.7
_Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at
Universal, Orlando 85.7
_Pines Lodge, Beaver Creek 85.7
–Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota 85.5
—Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables 85.4
—Cave B Inn & Spa, Quincy, Wash. 85.4
Top 30
Small Resorts
1Keswick Hall at Monticello, Va. 94.7
2Mii Amo, Sedona 94.0
3Amangani, Jackson Hole 93.5
4New Sheridan Hotel, Telluride 92.9
5Kenwood Inn and Spa, Sonoma Valley 92.7
6Elizabeth Pointe Lodge, Amelia Island, Fla. 92.5
7Lake Austin Spa Resort, Austin 92.4
8Rabbit Hill Inn, Lower Waterford, Vt. 91.6
9Little Palm Island Resort & Spa, Virginia’s Keswick
Hall at Monticello
holds the No. 1
ranking for a
second year in a
row, earning its
best scores for
dining and design.
Little Torch Key 91.2
0Sunset Key Guest Cottages (Westin),
Key West 90.6
qCanoe Bay, Chetek, Wis. 87.3
qTriple Creek Ranch, Darby, Mont. 87.3
eCopperWynd Resort and Club,
Scottsdale 87.0
rLittle St. Simons Island, Ga. 86.8
tCalistoga Ranch, Napa Valley 86.6
yInn at Langley, Whidbey Island,
Wash. 85.7
uMirbeau Inn & Spa, Skaneateles,
N.Y. 85.4
iVail Mountain Lodge & Spa85.2
oLodge at Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island, Ga. 84.8
pInn at Thorn Hill & Spa, Jackson,
N.H. 84.3
ultimate utah The Sagestone Spa and an “adventure concierge”
make the 106-room Red Mountain Resort as healthy as luxury gets.
¶Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel &
Spa, Anaheim 85.3
¶Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach,
Calif. 85.3
1Cranwell Resort, Spa and Golf Club,
Lenox, Mass. 85.2
2L’Auberge Del Mar, Calif. 85.1
2Loews Royal Pacific Resort at
Universal, Orlando 85.1
2Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne 85.1
5JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort &
Spa, Phoenix 85.0
5Williamsburg Lodge, Va. 85.0
7Boulders Resort & Golden Door Spa,
Scottsdale 84.9
7Grand View Lodge, Nisswa, Minn. 84.9
7The Homestead, Hot Springs, Va. 84.9
0Hotel Telluride84.8
0Rancho de los Caballeros,
Wickenburg, Ariz. 84.8
=Meadowood Napa Valley, St. Helena 84.7
qFour Seasons Resort and Club Dallas
at Las Colinas84.6
qHotel del Coronado, San Diego 84.6
qLoews Ventana Canyon Resort,
Tucson 84.6
rGasparilla Inn & Club, Boca Grande, Fla. 84.5
rSonnenalp Resort of Vail84.5
rTerranea Resort, Palos Verdes, Calif. 84.5
uDisney’s BoardWalk Inn, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 84.4
uRenaissance Lodge at Sonoma84.4
oFairmont Scottsdale Princess84.3
oGrand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf
Club & Spa, Point Clear, Ala. 84.3
oRitz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale 84.3
oWestin Monache Resort, Mammoth Lakes, Calif. 84.3
oWild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms,
S.C. 84.3
aRitz-Carlton Orlando, Grande
Lakes 84.2
sBacara Resort & Spa, Santa Barbara 84.1
sCanyon Ranch, Tucson 84.1
sLegacy Golf Resort, Phoenix 84.1
gHyatt Regency Hill Country, San Antonio 84.0
gMarco Beach Ocean Resort, Fla. 84.0
jGrand Del Mar, San Diego 83.9
jJW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa,
Tucson 83.9
lBeau Rivage, Biloxi 83.8
lHyatt Regency Tamaya Resort, Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M. 83.8
lMirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa, Lake Placid 83.8
zOjai Valley Inn & Spa, Calif. 83.7
zOsthoff Resort, Elkhart Lake, Wis. 83.7
zRed Mountain Resort, Ivins, Utah 83.7
vHilton Orlando Bonnet Creek83.6
bDisney’s Vero Beach Resort, Fla. 83.4
nHilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort &
Spa, Fla. 83.3
nHyatt Regency Grand Cypress,
Orlando 83.3
nJW Marriott Desert Springs Resort &
Spa, Palm Desert, Calif. 83.3
nWestin Kierland Resort & Spa,
Scottsdale 83.3
/Sandia Resort & Casino, Albuquerque 83.2
`JW Marriott Camelback Inn,
Scottsdale 83.1
`Tortuga Beach Club Resort, Sanibel Island 83.1
`Westin Key West Resort & Marina83.1
@Falling Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands
Resort, Farmington, Pa. 83.0
@Pinehurst Resort, N.C. 83.0
@Woodstock Inn & Resort, Vt. 83.0
aRusty Parrot Lodge, Jackson Hole 84.1
sWinvian, Litchfield Hills, Conn. 83.9
dCharlotte Inn, Martha’s Vineyard 83.6
fJenny Lake Lodge, Grand Teton
National Park 83.4
gOsprey at Beaver Creek82.1
hLitchfield Plantation, Pawley’s Island, S.C. 82.0
jHermosa Inn, Paradise Valley, Ariz. 81.0
kGreystone Inn, Lake Toxaway, N.C. 80.9
lMission Ranch, Carmel 80.5
;Ten Thousand Waves, Santa Fe 80.4
Top 20
Hawaii Resorts
1Travaasa Hana (formerly Hotel
Hana-Maui) 95.0
2Four Seasons Resort Maui
at Wailea93.9
3Trump International Hotel Waikiki
Beach Walk93.7
4Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, Big Island 93.4
4Four Seasons Resort Lana‘i at
Manele Bay93.4
6Four Seasons Resort Lana‘i,
The Lodge at Koele93.1
7Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa92.6
8St. Regis Princeville Resort, Kauai 91.8
9Fairmont Orchid, Big Island 91.2
0Kahala Hotel & Resort, Oahu 89.8
qGrand Wailea, Maui 89.3
wFairmont Kea Lani, Maui 89.0
eHyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa87.8
rRitz-Carlton, Kapalua, Maui 86.9
tJW Marriott Ihilani Resort and Spa,
Oahu 86.8
yMauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows,
Big Island 86.7
uKauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club84.7
iHilton Waikoloa Village, Big Island 83.7
oHyatt Regency Waikiki Resort
& Spa83.3
pMauna Kea Beach Hotel, Big Island 83.2
A newcomer to the
list of Hawaiian
resorts, the Trump
International Hotel
in Honolulu, which
opened in 2009,
was the first new
luxury property on
Waikiki Beach in
over a decade.
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Hotels
Top 200
The Elysian, Chicago’s
60-story Gold Coast
skyscraper, emerges
at No. 1 just two years
after opening.
The 188 guest rooms
are joined by 52
private residences.
Custom fabrics,
hardwood floors,
Audubon prints—
classic decor helps
The Carlyle earn
a 93.6 for rooms
and the highest
overall score, 92.3,
in New York’s
competitive market.
1Elysian Hotel, Chicago 98.2
221c Museum Hotel, Louisville 97.8
3The Peninsula, Chicago 95.9
4Mandarin Oriental, Boston 95.3
5Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte, N.C. 95.2
6Auberge du Soleil, Napa Valley 95.0
7The Peninsula, Beverly Hills 94.7
8Eliot Hotel, Boston 94.6
9Rosewood Crescent Hotel, Dallas 94.3
0Iron Horse Hotel, Milwaukee 94.2
qPark Hyatt Chicago93.4
wHotel Sorella CityCentre, Houston 93.2
eRosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek,
Dallas 93.1
rHotel 1000, Seattle 92.7
tFrench Quarter Inn, Charleston, S.C. 92.6
tHotel Burnham, Chicago 92.6
uBardessono Hotel, Restaurant & Spa,
Napa Valley 92.3
uThe Carlyle (Rosewood), New York 92.3
uHotel Murano, Tacoma 92.3
uInn on Biltmore Estate, Asheville, N.C. 92.3
uWaldorf Astoria Orlando92.3
sRitz-Carlton New York,
Central Park92.1
dBlackberry Farm, Great Smoky
Mountains, Tenn. 92.0
dMokara Hotel & Spa, San Antonio 92.0
gFour Seasons, New York 91.9
gWentworth by the Sea Hotel and Spa,
New Castle, N.H. 91.9
jInn and Spa at Loretto, Santa Fe 91.4
jThe Peninsula, New York 91.4
jRenaissance Pittsburgh Hotel91.4
;Charleston Place, S.C. 91.3
;Four Seasons, Chicago 91.3
zThe Setai, Miami Beach 91.1
zTrump International Hotel & Tower,
New York 91.1
cBeverly Hills Hotel & Bungalows91.0
cFour Seasons, Las Vegas 91.0
bHalekulani Hotel, Honolulu 90.9
bRenaissance Blackstone Chicago
Hotel90.9
mMandarin Oriental, New York 90.7
mSt. Regis, New York 90.7
.Inn at the Market, Seattle 90.4
/Inn at Perry Cabin, St. Michaels,
Md. 90.2
/Umstead Hotel and Spa,
Raleigh-Durham 90.2
@Omni La Mansión del Rio, San Antonio 90.1
@St. Regis, Washington, D.C. 90.1
$Encore Hotel, Las Vegas 90.0
$The Nines (Luxury Collection),
Portland, Ore. 90.0
^Oxford Hotel, Denver 89.9
^Ritz-Carlton (Four Seasons), Chicago 89.9
^Ritz-Carlton Georgetown,
Washington, D.C.89.9
(Epic Hotel, Miami 89.8
(Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles 89.8
-Planters Inn, Charleston, S.C. 89.7
-Ventana Inn & Spa, Big Sur 89.7
QBeverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills 89.6
QHotel Valencia Riverwalk, San Antonio 89.6
EAllison Inn & Spa, Willamette Valley,
Ore. 89.5
EAndaz Wall Street, New York 89.5
EBellagio, Las Vegas 89.5
ECosmopolitan of Las Vegas89.5
UHotel Contessa, San Antonio 89.4
UThe Plaza, New York 89.4
OFairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle 89.2
OMarket Pavilion Hotel, Charleston, S.C. 89.2
ORitz-Carlton, San Francisco 89.2
ORosewood Sand Hill, Menlo Park,
Calif. 89.2
\Four Seasons, Philadelphia 89.1
\Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead, Atlanta 89.1
\The Venetian, Las Vegas 89.1
\Willard InterContinental, Washington, D.C. 89.1
FSt. Regis, San Francisco 89.0
GL’Auberge de Sedona, Sedona 88.9
HHotel Modera, Portland, Ore. 88.8
HSofitel Chicago Water Tower88.8
KFour Seasons, Boston 88.6
LMandarin Oriental, Miami 88.4
LSalish Lodge & Spa, Snoqualmie,
Wash. 88.4
"Langham Huntington, Pasadena 88.3
"Liberty Hotel (Luxury Collection),
Boston 88.3
Afterglow
Paul Housberg’s
multicolored
stained glass
installation in the
lobby of The
Peninsula Chicago
greets hotel guests.
"Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas 88.3
CCavallo Point, Sausalito 88.2
CHotel Vitale, San Francisco 88.2
CInn at the Ballpark, Houston 88.2
CMansion on Peachtree (Rosewood),
Atlanta 88.2
CWindsor Court Hotel, New Orleans 88.2
<Trump International Hotel & Tower,
Chicago 88.0
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?Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville87.8
?Omni Royal Orleans, New Orleans 87.8
}Four Seasons, Washington, D.C. 87.7
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Hotels (Continued)
One of the oldest
hotels on the
United States list,
and located in our
oldest city, Casa
Monica first
opened its doors
in 1888, and
reopened them in
1999 after an
epic renovation.
}Hotel Palomar, Philadelphia 87.7
~Alluvian Hotel, Greenwood, Miss. 87.6
~Avia Savannah87.6
~Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at
rInterContinental Boston86.5
rRitz-Carlton, Philadelphia 86.5
uCarneros Inn, Napa Valley 86.4
uRoyal Hawaiian (Luxury Collection),
~Four Seasons, San Francisco 87.6
~Hyatt at Olive 8, Seattle 87.6
~Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco 87.6
~The Rittenhouse, Philadelphia 87.6
µBattle House Renaissance Mobile
oDriskill Hotel, Austin 86.2
oMansion on Forsyth Park, Beverly Hills 87.6
Hotel & Spa, Ala. 87.5
µHotel Healdsburg, Sonoma County 87.5
¿Sunset Marquis, West Hollywood 87.4
1Bohemian Hotel Savannah
Riverfront87.2
Romanian-born
architect and
designer Adam
Tihany is the man
behind the rooms
at Dallas’s Joule,
which debuts
on the U.S. list
with a lofty rooms
score of 91.1.
1Graves 601 Hotel, Minneapolis 87.2
3Encantado, Santa Fe 87.1
3The Hay-Adams, Washington, D.C. 87.1
5MacArthur Place, Sonoma 87.0
6Four Seasons, Miami 86.9
6Montage Beverly Hills86.9
6Saint Paul Hotel86.9
6Shutters on the Beach,
Santa Monica 86.9
0Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, Va. 86.8
0Trump SoHo, New York 86.8
=La Bellasera Hotel & Suites, Paso Robles, Calif. 86.7
=Omni Chicago Hotel86.7
=Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans 86.7
=St Julien Hotel & Spa, Boulder 86.7
rFour Seasons, Seattle 86.5
Honolulu 86.4
Savannah 86.2
oNine Zero Hotel, Boston 86.2
oRitz-Carlton, Boston Common86.2
\Four Seasons, Austin 86.1
\JW Marriott Denver Cherry Creek86.1
sHotel Commonwealth, Boston 86.0
sSherry-Netherland, New York 86.0
fInterContinental Buckhead, Atlanta 85.9
fL’Ermitage Beverly Hills Hotel85.9
fRitz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. 85.9
jThe Jefferson, Washington, D.C. 85.8
jThe Mark, New York 85.8
jThe Pierre (Taj), New York 85.8
;Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi, Santa Fe 85.7
‘Hermitage Hotel, Nashville 85.5
‘Renaissance Atlanta Midtown
Hotel85.5
xCasa Monica Hotel, St. Augustine 85.4
xRitz-Carlton, Atlanta 85.4
xRitz-Carlton New York,
Battery Park85.4
bBohemian Hotel Celebration,
Celebration, Fla. 85.3
bLa Valencia Hotel, La Jolla, Calif. 85.3
bOmni San Diego Hotel85.3
bSt. Regis, Atlanta 85.3
bThe Blackwell, Columbus, Ohio 85.3
/Fairmont Miramar Hotel &
Bungalows, Santa Monica 85.2
/Four Seasons, Atlanta 85.2
/The Lowell, New York 85.2
/New York Palace85.2
@Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City 85.0
@Loews Atlanta Hotel85.0
@Orchard Hotel, San Francisco 85.0
%Eventi Hotel, New York 84.9
%London West Hollywood84.9
&Avia Napa84.8
&Fairmont San Francisco84.8
&Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, Me. 84.8
)Omni Corpus Christi Hotel
Marina Tower84.7
_Omni Fort Worth Hotel84.6
+Boston Harbor Hotel84.5
QThe Joule (Luxury Collection), Dallas 84.4
QW Fort Lauderdale84.4
EHotel Monaco Baltimore84.3
ERitz-Carlton, Dallas 84.3
TRenaissance Montgomery
Hotel & Spa84.2
TRitz-Carlton, Cleveland 84.2
TRitz-Carlton, Miami Beach 84.2
IHeathman Hotel, Portland, Ore. 84.1
IInn on the Alameda, Santa Fe 84.1
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bed & Banquet
The Alice Waters
suite at Virginia’s
Inn at Little
Washington is
an homage to the
founder of the
Edible Schoolyard.
best
World
2011
in the
United States
Hotels (Continued)
Top 50
Small Hotels
1Colonial Houses, Williamsburg, Va. 96.8
2Fairbanks House, Amelia Island 95.1
3Fearrington House Inn, SEE SHELLS Marine life in the
restaurant La Marea at the 45-suite
Tides in Miami Beach.
IInterContinental New York Times
Square84.1
{Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette
Square 84.0
}Dana Hotel & Spa, Chicago 83.9
}Davenport Hotel and Tower, Formerly the
Vanderbilt Hall
hotel, Newport’s
33-room Vanderbilt
Grace debuts on
Readers’ Choice
this year, after
opening in April as
the first U.S.
property from
Grace Hotels.
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Spokane 83.9
}St. Regis, Houston 83.9
SInterContinental Mark Hopkins
San Francisco83.8
SLondon NYC83.8
SRenaissance Chicago Downtown
Hotel83.8
GLorien Hotel & Spa, Alexandria 83.7
GSeagate Hotel & Spa, Delray Beach, Fla. 83.7
JVanderbilt Grace, Newport 83.6
KHotel deLuxe, Portland, Ore. 83.3
KHotel Palomar, Washington, D.C. 83.3
:Bellasera Hotel, Naples, Fla. 83.1
:The Jefferson, Richmond, Va. 83.1
:JW Marriott Santa Monica
Le Merigot83.1
:Vero Beach Hotel & Spa, Fla. 83.1
:White Elephant, Nantucket 83.1
:W Washington D.C.83.1
BHotel Max, Seattle 83.0
BLe Pavillon Hotel, New Orleans 83.0
BTHEhotel at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas 83.0
BTides Inn, Irvington, Va. 83.0
>The Curtis, Denver 82.9
>Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey, Calif. 82.9
¡The Roosevelt New Orleans82.8
™Hotel Monaco, Portland, Ore. 82.7
£Aria Resort and Casino, Las Vegas 82.6
£La Posada Hotel & Gardens, Winslow, Ariz. 82.6
£Westin Austin at The Domain82.6
¶Conrad Indianapolis82.5
¶Hotel ZaZa, Dallas 82.5
Pittsboro, N.C. 94.9
3Moorings Village, Islamorada, Fla. 94.9
5The Swag, Great Smoky
Mountains, N.C. 94.5
6The Wauwinet, Nantucket 94.0
7Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur 93.9
8San Ysidro Ranch, Santa Barbara 93.2
9Stephanie Inn, Cannon Beach, Ore. 93.0
0Blantyre, Lenox, Mass. 92.8
qChebeague Island Inn, Maine 92.7
wChanler at Cliff Walk, Newport, R.I. 92.0
wTu Tu’ Tun Lodge, Gold Beach, Ore. 92.0
rPillars Hotel, Fort Lauderdale 91.9
tThe Tides, Miami Beach91.8
yJohn Rutledge House Inn, Charleston, S.C. 91.6
uWentworth Mansion, Charleston,
S.C. 91.3
iWhite Barn Inn & Spa, Kennebunkport 89.9
oTwin Farms, Barnard, Vt. 89.5
pPitcher Inn, Warren, Vt. 89.1
aLa Mer Hotel & Dewey House, Key West 88.8
sMarquesa Hotel, Key West 88.4
dHyatt Carmel Highlands, Carmel 87.8
dSundy House, Delray Beach, Fla. 87.8
gThe Cottages, Nantucket 87.6
gMayflower Inn & Spa, Washington,
Conn. 87.6
jHotel Iroquois on the Beach, Mackinac Island 87.2
kL’Auberge Carmel86.5
lMilliken Creek Inn and Spa,
Napa Valley 86.2
;Greyfield Inn, Cumberland Island,
Ga. 86.1
'Castle Hill Inn, Newport, R.I. 86.0
zMonmouth Plantation, Natchez,
Miss. 85.7
xWaters Edge Hotel, Marin County 85.6
cInn at Little Washington, Washington, Va. 85.4
cInn at Montchanin Village, Del. 85.4
bOld Edwards Inn and Spa, Highlands, N.C. 85.1
nCaptain Lord Mansion, Inn & Spa,
Kennebunkport 85.0
mLavender, Napa Valley 84.8
,Adobe Grand Villas, Sedona 84.3
.Green Gables Inn, Pacific Grove,
Calif. 84.0
/Gardens Hotel, Key West 83.8
!Gaige House, Sonoma Valley 83.7
@Hotel Havana, San Antonio 83.3
#Scripps Inn, La Jolla 83.2
$El Portal Sedona83.1
%Simpson House Inn, Santa Barbara 82.6
^The Willcox, Aiken, S.C. 82.4
&Inns & Spa at Mill Falls, Meredith,
N.H. 82.1
*The Gastonian, Savannah 82.0
*Inn on Mt. Ada, Catalina Island 82.0
Cruise
Lines
River cruises have never
been so popular. Uniworld
leads our first-ever
list of the five top lines.
Top 25
Small-ship Lines
(Fewer than 600 passengers)
1Seabourn91.8
2Silversea88.5
3Windstar85.8
4SeaDream Yacht Club84.5
5Lindblad Expeditions78.0
Medium-ship Lines
(600–2,500 passengers)
1Crystal Cruises93.0
2Regent Seven Seas Cruises91.6
3Disney89.8
4Oceania Cruises86.0
5Azamara Club Cruises84.7
6Cunard84.2
7Holland America81.5
8Celebrity79.9
9Princess79.8
0Royal Caribbean76.3
Large-ship Lines
(More than 2,500 passengers)
1Celebrity87.7
2Princess80.9
3Royal Caribbean78.9
4Carnival70.9
5Norwegian Cruise Line
(NCL) 64.3
River Cruises
1Uniworld Boutique River
Cruises 90.3
2Grand Circle Travel 86.1
3Viking River Cruises 84.8
4Avalon Waterways78.9
5AmaWaterways 68.5
dream streams The Viking
Schumann sails the Elbe from
Magdeburg in Germany to its
confluence with the Vltava River at
Mĕlník, an important Czech port.
1
Canada
On the radar of
readers since it
opened in 2007,
the trendy 77-room
Hazelton Hotel
joins the list of
Canada’s best
hotels this year,
with Toronto’s
highest score.
In the heart of
Niagara-on-theLake and blocks
from Lake Ontario,
the Prince of
Wales Hotel earns
Canada’s only
perfect score for
its location.
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Top 5 cities
Top 5 islands
1Quebec City83.0
2Vancouver82.5
3Victoria, British
1Vancouver81.5
2Prince Edward Island78.1
3Cape Breton76.2
4Gulf Islands, British
Columbia 81.4
4Montreal78.1
5Toronto72.5
2
5
3
Columbia 74.6
5Newfoundland73.8
Resorts
Top 40
Top 20
1Langdon Hall Country House Hotel &
1King Pacific Lodge (Rosewood), B.C. 97.0
2Emerald Lake Lodge, B.C. 94.9
3Long Beach Lodge Resort,
Spa, Cambridge, Ontario 95.7
2Auberge Saint-Antoine, Quebec City 94.6
3Hôtel Nelligan, Montreal 93.8
4Hôtel Le Germain-Dominion, Quebec City 91.6
5Sooke Harbour House, Vancouver Island 91.4
6Hazelton Hotel, Toronto 90.8
7Auberge du Vieux-Port, Montreal 90.4
7Queen’s Landing,
Niagara-on-the-Lake 90.4
9Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver 90.3
0Opus Hotel, Montreal 88.8
qSofitel Montréal88.4
wFairmont Vancouver Airport88.1
wFairmont Waterfront, Vancouver 88.1
rShangri-La Hotel, Vancouver 88.0
tOpus Hotel, Vancouver 87.9
yFairmont Empress, Victoria, B.C. 87.7
yHôtel Le St-James, Montreal 87.7
yVictoria Regent Hotel, Victoria,
B.C. 87.7
oLe Saint-Sulpice, Montreal 87.6
pPrince of Wales Hotel,
Niagara-on-the-Lake 87.3
aWedgewood Hotel & Spa, Vancouver 87.1
sPan Pacific, Vancouver 86.8
dFour Seasons, Vancouver 86.6
fFairmont Château Laurier, Ottawa 86.4
gSt. Paul Hotel, Montreal 86.2
hFairmont Hotel Macdonald, Edmonton, Alberta 86.0
jFairmont Hotel Vancouver84.9
jFour Seasons, Toronto 84.9
lMetropolitan Hotel, Vancouver 84.8
;W Montréal84.4
'Windsor Arms Hotel, Toronto 84.0
zShaw Club Hotel & Spa,
Niagara-on-the-Lake 83.9
xSutton Place Hotel, Vancouver 83.8
cInterContinental Montreal83.7
vToronto Marriott Downtown Eaton
Centre Hotel 83.6
bLoews Hôtel Le Concorde,
Quebec City 83.2
nVancouver Marriott Pinnacle
Downtown Hotel 82.6
mLoews Hôtel Vogue, Montreal 82.5
,Loden Hotel, Vancouver 82.4
.Pillar and Post Inn, Niagara-on-the-Lake 82.1
4
5
For the first time, Canada merits its own lists of
islands and cities, reflecting your interest in our
culturally and geographically diverse northern
neighbor. British Columbia’s loyal following vaulted
27 hotels and resorts into the country’s healthy top
60, and Francophiles added 16 from Quebec.
Hotels
3
Vancouver Island 92.2
4Wickaninnish Inn, Vancouver Island 91.8
5Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre,
B.C. 91.6
6Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta 91.1
7Four Seasons, Whistler, B.C. 91.0
8Fairmont Chateau Whistler, B.C. 89.9
8Fairmont Le Château Montebello,
Quebec 89.9
0Post Hotel & Spa, Lake Louise,
Alberta 89.8
qFairmont Banff Springs, Alberta 87.9
qFairmont Le Château Frontenac,
Quebec City 87.9
eFairmont Le Manoir Richelieu, La Malbaie, Quebec 87.4
rWestin Trillium House, Blue Mountain,
Collingwood, Ontario 85.9
tWestin Bear Mountain Golf Resort &
Spa, Vancouver Island 85.4
yMoraine Lake Lodge, Banff National
Park, Alberta 85.1
uWestin Resort & Spa, Whistler, B.C. 84.2
iPan Pacific Whistler Mountainside,
B.C. 83.9
oRimrock Resort Hotel, Banff National
Park, Alberta 83.3
pFairmont Jasper Park Lodge, Alberta 83.0
french twist Quebec City’s 95-room
Auberge Saint-Antoine occupies a former
warehouse in the Old Port.
Methodology The Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Survey, begun in 1988, is available to all readers
through a secure Web site. This year’s final tabulations of 28,876 responses were done by Global Market
Insite, Inc., of Boston. Organization: The online questionnaire contains lists of candidates in various
categories (Cities, Hotels, etc.). Individual candidates are judged by relevant criteria for each. Those that
receive a required minimum number of responses are deemed eligible for a Readers’ Choice Award.
Evaluation: Each candidate is rated, criterion by criterion, on a five-point scale: excellent, very good,
good, fair, and poor. Those scores, which represent the percentage of respondents rating a candidate
excellent or very good, are averaged to determine the final score published here. For example, the Park
Hyatt Seoul’s rating, 95.2, is the average of its scores for all hotel criteria: Food/Dining, Location, Overall
Design, Rooms, and Service.
best
World
2011
in the
Top 5 cities
4
Mexico
5
3
1
2
Long a favorite of American travelers and not just
because it’s friendly and handy, Mexico has
emerged as a destination with hotels and resorts
that are among the world’s best—and a lot of
them. In 2006, four properties on the Top 100
were in Mexico; this year features ten. ¡Olé!
1San Miguel de
Allende79.8
2Oaxaca72.9
3Mérida70.4
4Los Cabos69.5
5Guadalajara66.4
Resorts
Top 50
Two resorts that
debut on Mexico’s
lengthening lists,
the Capella
Pedregal and
Capella Ixtapa,
were introduced to
readers in annual
Hot List issues, in
2010 and 2009,
respectively.
1One&Only Palmilla, Los Cabos 96.8
2Rancho La Puerta, Tecate 96.7
3The Tides, Riviera Maya 95.9
4Capella Pedregal, Cabo San Lucas 95.2
5Capella Ixtapa94.8
6Zoëtry Paraiso de la Bonita Riviera
Maya94.7
7Grand Solmar Land’s End Resort and
Spa, Los Cabos 94.6
7Maroma Resort and Spa, Riviera Maya 94.6
7Rosewood Mayakobá, Riviera Maya94.6
0Omni Puerto Aventuras Hotel Beach
Resort, Cancún 94.4
qPueblo Bonito Pacifica Resort & Spa,
Cabo San Lucas 93.2
wFour Seasons, Punta Mita 93.0
eEsperanza, Cabo San Lucas 92.5
rRitz-Carlton, Cancún 92.2
tCeiba del Mar Beach & Spa Resort,
Riviera Maya 92.0
tGrand Velas Riviera Nayarit, Nuevo Vallarta 92.0
tSecrets Maroma Beach Riviera
Cancun92.0
iBanyan Tree Mayakoba, Riviera Maya 91.8
oPueblo Bonito Emerald Bay, All three resorts in
the Mayakobá
development on
the Riviera Maya—
Banyan Tree,
Fairmont, and
Rosewood—help
the Yucatán add
fully 27 properties
to the Top 50.
Mazatlán 91.6
pLas Ventanas al Paraíso (Rosewood),
Los Cabos 91.0
pMarquis Los Cabos91.0
sValentin Imperial Maya, Riviera Maya 90.9
dPueblo Bonito Sunset Beach
Resort & Spa, Cabo San Lucas 90.8
fGrand Velas Riviera Maya90.4
gExcellence Playa Mujeres90.1
hFairmont Mayakoba, Riviera Maya 89.5
jBeach Palace, Cancún 89.2
jLe Méridien Cancun Resort & Spa89.2
lSecrets Capri Riviera Cancún, Playa del Carmen 89.1
;Vallarta Palace, Nuevo Vallarta 89.0
'St. Regis Punta Mita Resort88.9
zRoyal Playa del Carmen88.8
xPlaya Grande Resort & Grand Spa,
Cabo San Lucas 88.7
cPlayacar Palace, Playa del Carmen 88.5
vBarceló Los Cabos Palace Deluxe88.3
bIberostar Grand Hotel Paraíso, Riviera Maya 88.2
nCancun Palace87.4
mThe Tides, Zihuatanejo 87.3
,Royal Hideaway Playacar, Playa del
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Carmen 86.5
.Sun Palace, Cancún 86.1
/Hilton Los Cabos Beach &
Golf Resort85.8
floral arrangement Bougainvillea
blooms year-round at Las Mañanitas in
Cuernavaca, where temperatures rarely
drop below 60 degrees.
Hotels
Top 10
!Cabo Azul Resort & Spa, Los Cabos 85.0
@Excellence Riviera Cancún84.2
@Villa Rolandi Thalasso Spa, Gourmet &
1Las Mañanitas, Cuernavaca 93.8
2La Casa Que Canta, Zihuatanejo 91.6
3Casa de Sierra Nevada, $ME by Meliá, Cancún 84.1
%Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort,
4JW Marriott Hotel Mexico City85.3
5Quinta Real, Monterrey 84.8
6Quinta Real, Guadalajara 84.4
7Villa Premiere Hotel & Spa, Beach Club, Isla Mujeres 84.2
Cancún 84.0
^Las Hadas, Manzanillo 83.8
&Isla Mujeres Palace83.7
*Barceló Maya Palace,
Riviera Maya 83.6
(Pueblo Bonito Mazatlán83.2
(Riu Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta 83.2
San Miguel de Allende 88.8
Puerto Vallarta 84.3
8Four Seasons Hotel México, D.F.,
Mexico City 84.2
9Casa Velas Hotel & Ocean Club, Puerto Vallarta 81.6
0Camino Real, Oaxaca 81.1
Top 10 islands
1
Caribbean/Atlantic
9
Bermuda holds on to the top spot in the
Caribbean and Atlantic islands among
an array of saints—including St. Lucia, which
is displaying serious luxury chops: Five
resorts and one hotel make the lists, four of
them with scores in the stratospheric 90s.
7 4
2
10
6
5
3
7
1Bermuda87.4
2St. John84.9
3Nevis83.0
4British Virgin Islands80.6
5St. Barts79.0
6Anguilla77.3
7Culebra, Puerto Rico 76.6
7St. Lucia76.6
9Cayman Islands74.6
0St. Martin74.2
Resorts
Top 40
B.V.I. 90.6
9Couples Swept Away, Jamaica 90.4
0BodyHoliday, St. Lucia 89.4
qSandals Whitehouse European Village
& Spa, Jamaica 89.1
wPeter Island Resort & Spa, B.V.I. 89.0
eCap Juluca, Anguilla 88.8
eHotel Kura Hulanda Spa & Casino,
Curaçao 88.8
eRosewood Little Dix Bay, Virgin Gorda,
B.V.I. 88.8
yViceroy Anguilla88.7
uJamaica Inn, Ocho Rios 88.1
iSpice Island Beach Resort, Grenada 87.9
oGalley Bay, Antigua 87.4
pCaneel Bay (Rosewood), St. John,
U.S.V.I. 87.3
aBitter End Yacht Club, Virgin Gorda,
B.V.I. 86.9
sRitz-Carlton, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 86.7
dRiu Palace Aruba86.5
fCouples Sans Souci Resort, Jamaica 86.3
gThe Landings St. Lucia 8 6.1
hFour Seasons, Nevis 86.0
jLas Casitas Village, Puerto Rico 85.2
kRound Hill Hotel and Villas, Jamaica 85.0
grand strand
The Amanyara sits
next to Malcolm’s
Beach on the
northwest coast of
Provo, as everyone
calls Providenciales,
the most populous
island in the
Turks and Caicos.
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lSandals Royal Plantation, Jamaica 84.9
;CuisinArt Resort & Spa, Anguilla 84.7
;Fairmont Royal Pavilion, Barbados 84.7
;Half Moon, Rose Hall, Jamaica 84.7
xYoung Island, St. Vincent 84.6
cHyatt Regency Aruba Resort &
Casino83.9
vHard Rock Hotel & Casino,
Dominican Republic 83.3
vHôtel Guanahani & Spa, St. Barts 83.3
nBucuti Beach Resort, Aruba 82.9
mPetit St. Vincent Resort 82.7
,Rockhouse, Jamaica 82.3
.Turtle Beach, Barbados 82.2
Top 15
Atlantic
1The Reefs, Bermuda 94.9
2Parrot Cay, Turks and Caicos 92.1
3One&Only Ocean Club, Bahamas 91.3
4Amanyara, Turks and Caicos 90.4
4Rosewood Tucker’s Point, Bermuda 90.4
6Grace Bay Club, Turks and Caicos 89.1
7Gansevoort, Turks and Caicos 88.5
8Reef Atlantis, Bahamas 86.1
8Regent Palms, Turks and Caicos 86.1
0Pink Beach Club, Bermuda 85.8
qFairmont Southampton, Bermuda 82.9
wCove Atlantis, Bahamas 82.3
eSandals Grande Emerald Bay, Bahamas 82.2
rBeaches Turks & Caicos Resort
Villages & Spa 81.9
rCambridge Beaches, Bermuda 81.9
Good spirits Seon Athill mixes it up behind
the bar at Jumby Bay, off Antigua.
Hotels
Top 10
Caribbean/Atlantic
1Peninsula House, Dominican
Republic 98.8
2The Caves, Jamaica 94.4
3Eden Rock, St. Barts 92.9
4Hôtel Saint-Barth Isle de France92.5
5Ladera, St. Lucia 90.6
6Jakes, Treasure Beach, J amaica 87.1
7Hotel El Convento, San Juan,
Puerto Rico 84.6
8Rock House, Bahamas 84.0
9Horned Dorset Primavera Hotel, Puerto Rico 83.8
0Sugar Mill, Tortola, B.V.I. 83.2
bottom: photograph by dan kullberg
On 100 acres of
rain forest facing
Sugar Beach,
St. Lucia’s Jalousie
Plantation is the
only resort in
the Caribbean to
earn a perfect
location score.
Caribbean
1Nisbet Plantation Beach Club, Nevis 96.1
2Jade Mountain, St. Lucia 94.7
3Anse Chastanet, St. Lucia 94.4
4Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman 93.7
5Jumby Bay (Rosewood), Antigua 91.9
6Curtain Bluff, Antigua 91.8
7Jalousie Plantation, St. Lucia 91.4
8Biras Creek Resort, Virgin Gorda,
Oceania
Sydney enjoys the lead as the top-scoring city
in the world. Australia also has 13 of the region’s
top hotels and four of the top resorts—all along
its eastern coast. New Zealand and French
Polynesia step forward grandly with a quintet
of resorts with scores in the 90s.
Top 10 islands
Top 5 cities
1Bora Bora87.0
2Great Barrier Reef85.9
3Moorea84.9
4Huahine, French
1Sydney85.1
2Queenstown77.9
3Melbourne77.5
4Christchurch73.9
5Auckland73.5
2
Polynesia 82.1
5Galápagos 80.6
6Fiji79.5
7Rangiroa and the
Tuamotus79.4
8Tasmania79.3
9Cook Islands79.0
0Raiatea, French
Polynesia 78.5
6
5
3
5
8
2
4
Resorts
Top 15
Top 10
1Observatory Hotel, Sydney 91.1
2Sydney Harbour Marriott Hotel at
1Lodge at Kauri Cliffs, New Zealand 98.4
2Four Seasons, Bora Bora 96.6
3Le Taha‘a Island Resort & Spa, Circular Quay89.9
3The Langham, Auckland 87.0
3Westin Sydney87.0
5Establishment Hotel, Sydney 86.8
6Westin Melbourne86.2
7InterContinental Sydney85.7
8Hilton Sydney84.6
9Four Seasons, Sydney 84.5
0Sheraton on the Park, Sydney 81.8
qHilton Brisbane81.5
qShangri-La Hotel, Sydney 81.5
eSofitel Sydney Wentworth 80.2
rSir Stamford at Circular Quay, Sydney 80.0
tSofitel Queenstown Hotel and Spa79.2
Central &
South America
French Polynesia 92.0
4Te Tiare Beach Resort, Huahine,
French Polynesia 91.5
5Bora Bora Pearl Beach Resort
& Spa91.3
6Sea Temple Resort & Spa, Port Douglas, Queensland 88.8
7Palazzo Versace, Gold Coast 88.2
8Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef 86.5
9Sheraton Moorea Lagoon
Resort & Spa83.2
0Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort &
Spa, Gold Coast 83.0
3
5
Some of the most eclectic lists are Latin America’s, with a lazy
beach resort in Uruguay, eco-camps in Costa Rica, a high-design
hotel in one of the world’s largest megalopolises, and golf,
ski, and wine country resorts all jockeying to be number one.
Resorts
Top 5 cities
1Buenos Aires79.7
2Cuzco77.8
3Antigua de Guatemala73.3
4Rio de Janeiro70.3
5Medellín69.0
2
Six countries are
represented on the
list of top properties
in South and
Central America,
but little Costa Rica
is home to almost
one-third of them,
led by Xandari
and Lapa Rios.
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Uruguay 94.8
2Xandari Resort & Spa, Costa Rica 93.0
3Kanantik Reef & Jungle Resort, Belize 92.9
4Hotel Salto Chico, Torres del Paine
National Park, Chile 90.4
5El Silencio Lodge & Spa, Costa Rica 90.1
6Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at
Peninsula Papagayo89.7
7Llao Llao Hotel & Resort, Argentina 88.5
8Park Hyatt Mendoza Hotel, Casino &
Spa, Argentina 87.7
9Hotel Punta Islita, Costa Rica 86.8
0Turtle Inn, Belize 85.4
qChaa Creek, Belize 85.0
wFinca Rosa Blanca Coffee Plantation &
Inn, Costa Rica 83.9
eLos Suenos Marriott Ocean & Golf
Resort, Costa Rica 83.6
rRoyal Palm Hotel, Galápagos 82.4
tArenas del Mar, Costa Rica 81.9
4
1
Top 15
Central & South
America
1Four Seasons Resort Carmelo, 4 7
3
10
9
1
Hotels
glass house The
Conservatory Bar
at Sydney’s
Sheraton on the
Park has menus of
cocktails, wines
(long on Australia),
global tapas, and
Cuban cigars,
including the $52
Cohiba Siglo II.
1
Hotels
Top 5
Central America
1Lapa Rios Ecolodge, Costa Rica 92.7
2Casa Santo Domingo, Antigua
Guatemala 91.4
3Inn at Robert’s Grove, Belize 83.2
4Villa Caletas, Costa Rica 82.2
5Hotel Grano de Oro, San José,
Costa Rica 80.8
southern hospitality With villas measuring nearly 1,000 square feet and majestic
Andes views, Argentina’s Cavas Wine Lodge
gets its highest score for rooms.
Top 15
South America
1Hotel Fasano, São Paulo 96.6
2Alvear Palace Hotel, Buenos Aires 94.6
3Palacio Duhau-Park Hyatt, Buenos Aires 94.4
4Four Seasons, Buenos Aires 94.0
5Sofitel Cartagena Santa Clara92.5
6Hotel Monasterio, Cuzco 91.9
7Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo
Hotel89.8
8Libertador Palacio del Inka Hotel
Cusco89.7
9Cavas Wine Lodge, Argentina 89.5
0Sofitel Buenos Aires87.0
qRitz-Carlton, Santiago 86.9
wJW Marriott Hotel Lima85.6
eCopacabana Palace, Rio de Janeiro 85.0
rLoi Suites Recoleta Hotel, Buenos Aires 84.2
tJW Marriott Hotel Quito83.9
Asia
Kyoto takes the number one spot on Asia’s
list of top cities for the first time. On the
mainland, China’s building boom continues
to produce superior hotels: Properties
with scores over 90 have almost tripled
(from 8 to 23) since 2006.
Resorts
6Amanpuri, Phuket 93.2
7Sofitel Angkor Phokeethra Golf and
Spa Resort, Siem Reap, Cambodia 92.7
8Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra 92.6
9Life Heritage Resort, Vietnam 92.1
0Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden
Triangle, Chiang Rai 90.7
qBanyan Tree Phuket88.6
wJW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa87.2
eVivanta by Taj–Fort Aguada, Goa 86.0
rShangri-La’s Mactan Resort and Spa,
(Luxury Collection), Bali 84.7
Jimbaran Bay84.1
uShangri-La’s Boracay Resort and Spa,
Philippines 83.8
iNam Hai, Hoi An, Vietnam 83.0
oVictoria Angkor Resort & Spa, Siem Reap, Cambodia 82.6
pLa Résidence Hôtel & Spa,
Hue, Vietnam 82.1
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Philippines 77.9
3
4 8
6
2
8
10
3
9
1
7Mauritius77.4
8Cebu, Philippines 77.2
9Langkawi, Malaysia 76.1
0Koh Samui, Thailand 73.7
6
4
7
5
5
2
Hotels
Top 125
yFour Seasons Resort Bali at
pg:
Bhutan 75.1
0Shanghai74.9
9
Borneo79.2
1Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong99.2
2Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok 97.9
3The Peninsula, Tokyo 97.7
4Kyoto Hotel Okura97.2
5Sofitel Forebase Chongqing 97.1
6Oberoi Udaivilas, Rajasthan 96.8
7Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai 96.5
8Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong 96.1
8Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur96.1
8The Peninsula, Hong Kong 96.1
qRitz-Carlton Beijing,
Cebu, Philippines 84.8
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Laos 76.4
9Thimphu, 1
10
6Luzon, 1Ayana Resort & Spa, Bali 95.7
2Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan94.9
3Four Seasons, Chiang Mai 94.8
3Oberoi Vanyavilas, Rajasthan 94.8
5Evason Ana Mandara & Six Senses
tLaguna Resort & Spa OM LAND Guests
at Bali’s Four
Seasons at Sayan
assume lotus
positions beside
the resort’s
lotus pond.
Top 10 islands
1Maldives87.5
2Bali84.3
3Phuket80.0
4Seychelles79.9
5Malaysian
Top 20
Spa, Vietnam 94.2
The Amanpuri, on
Phuket’s Andaman
Coast, the flagship
of the Aman group,
is one of just three
Asian resorts to
receive perfect
scores for design.
Top 10 cities
1Kyoto82.3
2Bangkok81.6
3Hong Kong81.1
4Chiang Mai80.8
5Ubud, Bali 80.0
6Singapore78.4
7Tokyo76.8
8Luang Prabang,
Financial Street95.9
wMandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai 95.7
ePark Hyatt Seoul95.2
rRaffles Beijing94.9
tVivanta by Taj—Hari Mahal Jodhpur 94.7
yAmandari, Bali 94.5
uThe Peninsula, Bangkok 94.2
iOpposite House, Beijing 94.1
oTaj Lake Palace, Rajasthan 94.0
pAmansara, Siem Reap, Cambodia 93.1
pWestin Bund Center, Shanghai 93.1
sLeela Palace Bangalore92.6
dMakati Shangri-La, Manila 92.5
fConrad Hong Kong92.4
fKowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong 92.4
fRegent Beijing92.4
jShangri-La Hotel, Bangkok 92.3
kSofitel Wanda Beijing92.2
lHilton Beijing Wangfujing92.1
lThe Langham, Hong Kong 92.1
'Shangri-La Hotel, Changchun,
China 91.9
zPark Plaza Beijing Wangfujing91.4
xInterContinental Hong Kong91.3
cRambagh Palace (Taj), Jaipur 91.2
vWestin Beijing Chaoyang91.0
bPark Hyatt Saigon90.6
nPortman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai 90.5
nRitz-Carlton, Beijing 90.5
,St. Regis, Beijing 90.4
.Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo 90.3
/Four Seasons, Hong Kong 90.1
/Grand Hyatt Tokyo90.1
@Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at
Marunouchi90.0
@Regent Taipei90.0
@Umaid Bhawan Palace (Taj),
Rajasthan 90.0
%Langham Place, Hong Kong 89.9
^Mandarin Oriental, Singapore 89.7
&Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong 89.5
&Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore89.5
&Taj Exotica, Goa 89.5
)Grand Hyatt Beijing89.4
)Hôtel de la Paix, Siem Reap,
Cambodia 89.4
)Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing 89.4
QEdsa Shangri-La, Manila 89.3
WGrand Hyatt Shanghai89.2
EJai Mahal Palace (Taj), Jaipur 89.0
RChina World Hotel, Beijing 88.9
RSt. Regis, Singapore88.9
YThe Peninsula, Beijing 88.8
YRitz-Carlton, Kuala Lumpur 88.8
IJW Marriott Bangkok88.4
OSofitel Shanghai Hyland88.2
PThe Oberoi, New Delhi 88.1
[Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok88.0
]The Sukhothai, Bangkok 87.8
\Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor87.4
ALe Méridien Chiang Mai87.2
ASt. Regis, Shanghai 87.2
AShangri-La Hotel, Singapore 87.2
FWestin Beijing Financial Street87.1
7
namaste! Elephants in stone and receptionists in saris greet guests
with marigold garlands at the Oberoi Udaivilas in Rajasthan.
photograph by dinesh khanna
GSofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi87.0
HBanyan Tree Bangkok86.7
HGrand Hyatt Mumbai86.7
HHotel Okura Tokyo86.7
HITC Maurya (Luxury Collection),
New Delhi 86.7
:Raffles Hotel, Singapore 86.5
:Taj Lands End, Mumbai 86.5
ZLe Méridien Bangkok86.3
ZMillennium Hilton Bangkok86.3
CPark Hyatt Tokyo86.2
VFullerton Hotel, Singapore 86.1
VNew Otani, Tokyo 86.1
VUma Paro, Bhutan 86.1
VW Hong Kong86.1
<Sheraton Shanghai Hotel &
Residences85.8
>Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo 85.7
?Conrad Centennial Singapore85.6
?InterContinental Beijing Beichen85.6
?InterContinental Grand Stanford
Hong Kong85.6
|Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong 85.5
~The Peninsula, Shanghai 85.4
`JW Marriott Shanghai at Tomorrow
Square85.3
_Conrad Bangkok85.1
_Lebua at State Tower, Bangkok 85.1
•Sofitel Xi’an on Renmin Square84.9
–Shangri-La Hotel, Hangzhou 84.8
—Four Seasons, Bangkok 84.6
—Park Hyatt Beijing84.6
—Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi 84.6
¿Hilton Chongqing84.5
¿Hotel Nikko Princess Kyoto84.5
2Conrad Tokyo84.4
2Grand Hyatt Singapore84.4
2La Résidence Phou Vao, Luang Prabang, Laos 84.4
5Vivanta by Taj President, Mumbai 84.3
6JW Marriott, Hong Kong 84.1
7ANA InterContinental Tokyo84.0
7Hyatt Regency Hangzhou84.0
7Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Mumbai 84.0
0Grand Hyatt Hong Kong83.9
-The Peninsula, Manila 83.7
=Four Seasons, Singapore83.6
=Le Royal Méridien Shanghai83.6
=Shangri-La Hotel, Guilin,
China 83.6
eThe Imperial, New Delhi 83.5
rKempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa
Center83.4
tHyatt on the Bund, Shanghai 83.2
yHotel Majestic, Ho Chi Minh City 83.1
uGrand Hyatt Taipei83.0
iFour Seasons, Shanghai 82.9
oImperial Hotel, Tokyo 82.8
oLa Résidence d’Angkor82.8
[Dusit Thani, Bangkok 82.7
]Park Hyatt Shanghai82.6
\Taj West End, Bangalore 82.5
\Westin Guangzhou82.5
The Park Hyatt
Shanghai is one
of 16 hotels in
that city to score
above 80—up
from 7 just five
years ago.
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Top 5 Cities
1Cape Town83.9
2Beirut75.0
3Byblos74.7
4Jerusalem73.2
5Marrakech71.5
Africa &
the Middle East
Through the ongoing “Arab spring,” many of
you traveled undeterred, finding favorite
hotels in Amman, Dubai, and Jerusalem.
South Africa and Egypt together are home to
17 of Africa’s 20 top-scoring hotels.
Resorts
Top 35
Africa
1Four Seasons Sharm El Sheikh, Creature comforts
Candles and lanterns
illuminate the
walkways at Pioneer
Camp, one of five
winners in South
Africa’s Londolozi, in
the Sabi Sand
Game Reserve.
Egypt 98.6
1Safari Lodges at Phinda Private Game
Reserve, South Africa 98.6
3Kirawira Luxury Tented Camp,
Tanzania 98.5
4Mombo and Little Mombo Camps,
Botswana 97.8
5Londolozi, South Africa 96.4
5Singita Sabi Sand, South Africa 96.4
7Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, South Africa 96.3
8MalaMala Game Reserve, South Africa 94.4
9Le Franschhoek Hotel & Spa, South Africa 94.3
Hotels
Top 20
0Savuti Camp, Botswana 94.0
qLittle Vumbura Camp, Botswana 93.3
wFairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club,
Kenya 93.2
eGovernors’ Camp Masai Mara, Kenya 92.9
eSanctuary Chief’s Camp, Botswana 92.9
tJack’s Camp, Botswana 91.3
ySingita Kruger National Park, South Africa 90.9
uLion Sands, South Africa 90.4
iSanctuary Olonana, Kenya 90.1
oSanctuary Chobe Chilwero, Botswana 89.8
pSerengeti Serena Safari Lodge,
Tanzania 89.7
aRoyal Livingstone, Zambia 89.2
sLake Manyara Tree Lodge, Tanzania 88.9
dFairmont Mara Safari Club, Kenya 88.0
fVictoria Falls Safari Lodge, Zimbabwe 87.6
gSweetwaters Tented Camp, Kenya 86.6
hSerena Mountain Lodge, Mount Kenya 85.9
jAmboseli Serena Safari Lodge, Kenya 85.8
kShamwari Game Lodges, South Africa 84.2
lChobe Game Lodge, Botswana 83.7
;Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, Tanzania 83.5
'Palace of the Lost City, South Africa 83.3
zOl Tukai Lodge, Kenya 83.2
zOne&Only Cape Town83.2
cNgorongoro Serena Safari Lodge,
Tanzania 82.7
vMara Serena Safari Lodge, Kenya 82.6
Middle East
1Burj Al Arab, Dubai 94.0
2Ritz-Carlton, Dubai 89.7
3Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi 87.8
4Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and
Spa, Muscat 87.1
5Mövenpick Resort & Spa Dead Sea,
Jordan 86.4
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Africa
1Steenberg Hotel, Cape Town 95.7
2The Saxon, Johannesburg 92.5
3Cape Grace, Cape Town 90.7
4Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa, Cape Town 90.5
5Table Bay Hotel, Cape Town 90.4
6Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at
The First Residence89.7
7Arusha Mountain Village, Tanzania 88.8
8Sofitel Cairo El Gezirah88.7
9Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at
Nile Plaza88.0
0Westin Cape Town87.1
qFour Seasons Hotel Alexandria at
San Stefano, Egypt 86.2
qSemiramis InterContinental
Cairo86.2
qVictoria & Alfred Hotel, Cape Town 86.2
rSofitel Fès Palais Jamaï, Fez 85.9
tMena House Oberoi, Cairo 85.8
yGibb’s Farm, Ngorongoro,
Tanzania 84.7
yMount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town 84.7
iLe Quartier Français, Franschhoek,
South Africa 84.2
oCairo Marriott Hotel & Omar Khayyam
Casino84.0
oThe Westcliff, Johannesburg 84.0
Top 10
Middle East
1Park Hyatt Dubai 95.5
2Al Faisaliah Hotel (Rosewood),
Riyadh 93.6
3Four Seasons, Doha 88.3
4Inbal Jerusalem Hotel87.5
5Four Seasons, Amman 86.7
6David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem 86.0
6Grand Hyatt Amman86.0
8Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai 84.0
9Grand Hyatt Dubai83.2
0Beach Rotana Abu Dhabi82.9
Top 30
Foreign Airlines
U.S. Airlines
Small Airlines
The new “Small Airlines”
category is topped by
OpenSkies, which won you
over with its all-business-class
service to Paris.
1Singapore Airlines88.1
2Virgin Atlantic81.3
3Emirates80.4
4Cathay Pacific78.1
5Air New Zealand77.4
6Etihad Airways77.2
7Korean Air76.1
8Asiana Airlines75.0
9ANA (All Nippon
1Virgin America79.7
2JetBlue Airways71.0
3Hawaiian Airlines66.5
4Continental Airlines55.2
5Delta Air Lines50.9
6Frontier Airlines50.3
7Southwest Airlines49.5
8United Airlines49.3
9Alaska Airlines48.3
0American Airlines47.0
1OpenSkies90.8
2Porter Airlines78.2
3Air Tahiti Nui66.6
4Volaris65.7
5SilkAir58.0
6WestJet 57.8
7Air Pacific52.0
8Aeroméxico
Airlines
158
3
4
1
Top 5
pg:
2
5
Airways) 73.9
0JAL (Japan Airlines) 71.6
Connect50.4
9KLM Cityhopper 50.0
0Virgin Australia
(formerly Virgin Blue) 49.6
best
World
2011
in the
Europe
European winners have changed little
since last year, with familiar favorites
appearing in top spots. Estonia, however,
is represented for the first time (by
the Swissôtel in Tallinn), while reader
enthusiasm for hospitality in the British
Isles has boosted their top hotel list
from 25 to 40, with Scotland’s Culloden
House at number one.
Top 10 cities
Top 10 islands
1Florence85.0
2Barcelona82.8
3Rome82.4
4Paris81.9
5Bruges81.7
5Venice81.7
7Salzburg81.4
8Vienna81.0
9Prague79.7
9Siena79.7
1Bozcaada and
5
the Turkish Aegean
Islands84.2
2Mykonos and the
Cyclades79.2
3Madeira78.8
3Mallorca and the
Balearics78.8
5Shetlands77.9
6Capri77.4
7Isle of Skye74.9
8Hvar and the
Dalmatians74.8
9Elba and the Tuscan
Archipelago74.2
0Gotland, Sweden 74.0
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Hotels
Top 50
Prague’s Mandarin
Oriental, with both
period and
contemporary
interior design, is
the only hotel in
northern Europe to
receive a perfect
score for rooms.
Facing Vienna’s
Opera House and
just a few hundred
yards from the
Hofburg complex,
the Hotel Sacher
earned its highest
score (95.4) for its
central location.
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1Mandarin Oriental, Prague 95.7
2Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne 95.1
3Regent Berlin95.0
4Swissôtel Tallinn94.9
5Four Seasons, Prague 93.8
6Four Seasons Gresham Palace
Budapest93.4
7Fairmont Le Montreux Palace93.3
8Baur au Lac, Zurich 93.1
9Park Hyatt Hamburg92.7
0Mandarin Oriental, Munich 92.6
qPark Hyatt Zurich92.5
wHotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin91.7
eLausanne Palace & Spa89.9
rGrand Hotel Wien, Vienna 89.8
tRitz-Carlton, Berlin 89.5
yLe Méridien Grand Hotel
Nuremberg89.3
uBrenners Park-Hotel & Spa, Baden-Baden 89.0
uVictoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa,
Interlaken 89.0
oGrand Hyatt Berlin88.9
oHotel Sacher, Vienna 88.9
aInterContinental Budapest88.3
sHotel Sacher, Salzburg87.9
dArt Deco Imperial Hotel87.5
dHotel Imperial (Luxury Collection),
Vienna 87.5
gHilton Budapest87.1
hRadisson Blu Hotel, Berlin 86.9
jGrand Hotel Esplanade, Berlin 86.3
kHotel Bristol (Luxury Collection),
Vienna 86.1
lHotel Schweizerhof Luzern 8 6.0
;Ritz-Carlton, Moscow 85.9
'Hotel Kämp (Luxury Collection),
Helsinki 85.8
zSofitel Munich Bayerpost85.7
xHotel Goldener Hirsch (Luxury Collection), Salzburg 85.5
cPalace Luzern, Lucerne 85.1
vGrand Hôtel, Stockholm 84.9
bLe Méridien Budapest84.6
nMoscow Marriott Royal
Aurora Hotel84.3
mHotel Josef, Prague 84.0
,Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest83.7
,Mandarin Oriental, Geneva 83.7
/Aria Hotel, Prague 83.5
/Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge83.5
@Hotel Amigo, Brussels 83.1
#InterContinental Warszawa, Warsaw 83.0
$Berlin Marriott Hotel82.9
%Budapest Marriott Hotel82.3
^Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten,
Hamburg 82.2
^Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski
Munich82.2
*Corinthia Hotel Budapest82.1
(Hilton Prague Old Town81.7
Top 75
Southern Europe
1Hôtel de Paris, Monte Carlo 96.7
2Il San Pietro di Positano96.4
3Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at
Sultanahmet95.6
4Swissôtel Ankara95.0
5Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris94.7
6Park Hyatt Paris–Vendôme94.6
7Ciragan Palace Kempinski Istanbul94.4
8Hassler Roma94.0
9Hotel Splendido & Splendido Mare,
Portofino 93.9
9Park Hyatt Milan93.9
qGrand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, Lake Como 93.7
wParador Hostal dos Reis Católicos,
Santiago de Compostela 93.6
eSwissôtel Grand Efes, Izmir, Turkey 93.5
rFour Seasons Hotel Firenze93.3
tLe Sirenuse, Positano 93.2
yHotel Métropole Monte-Carlo93.1
uWestin Excelsior, Florence 92.8
iLe Meurice, Paris 92.5
oLondra Palace, Venice 92.4
pSt. Regis (Luxury Collection), Florence 92.1
aAldrovandi Villa Borghese, Rome 91.8
sHôtel de Crillon, Paris 91.6
dHôtel Plaza Athénée, Paris 91.2
fHôtel Ritz Paris90.9
gOlissippo Lapa Palace, Lisbon 90.8
hBauer Il Palazzo, Venice 90.7
hSwissôtel The Bosphorus, Istanbul 90.7
kHôtel de la Cité, Carcassonne 90.5
lBauer Hotel, Venice 90.4
;Hotel Gritti Palace (Luxury Collection),
Venice 90.3
'Hotel Alfonso XIII (Luxury Collection),
Seville 90.2
zHotel Santa Caterina, Amalfi 89.9
xGrand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria,
Sorrento 89.7
xHotel Arts, Barcelona 89.7
vFour Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the
Bosphorus89.3
vFour Seasons Hotel Milano89.3
nHotel Grande Bretagne
(Luxury Collection), Athens 89.2
mGrand Hotel Quisisana, Capri 89.1
,Hotel Ritz, Madrid88.5
.Sofitel Rome Villa Borghese88.4
/ME Madrid88.2
!Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, Côte d’Azur 88.0
!Hotel Urban, Madrid 88.0
!Rome Cavalieri88.0
$Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon87.7
$Renaissance Paris Vendome
Hotel87.7
^Hotel Principe di Savoia, Milan 87.6
^Regent Esplanade Zagreb87.6
*Hotel Eden, Rome 87.5
*Hotel Savoy, Florence 87.5
)Grand Hotel Miramare, Portofino 86.8
)Hôtel Hermitage, Monte Carlo 86.8
=K&K Hôtel Cayré, Paris 86.6
QLuna Hotel Baglioni, Venice 86.4
WRenaissance Paris Arc de Triomphe
Hotel86.3
ESan Domenico Palace Hotel,
Taormina, Sicily 86.1
RGrand Hotel Continental, Siena 86.0
RHotel Maria Cristina (Luxury Collection),
San Sebastián 86.0
YHotel Helvetia & Bristol, Florence 85.9
UHotel Gran Meliá Fénix, Madrid 85.4
USilken Gran Hotel Domine Bilbao85.4
OInterContinental Madrid85.3
OWestin Palace, Madrid 85.3
[Westin Excelsior, Rome 85.2
]Hotel Danieli (Luxury Collection),
Venice 85.1
]Hotel Raphael, Paris 85.1
]InterContinental Paris Le Grand85.1
SHotel Cipriani, Venice 85.0
DHotel Majestic, Rome 84.9
FCapri Palace Hotel & Spa84.8
FHotel Jazz, Barcelona 84.8
FPrince de Galles (Luxury Collection),
Paris 84.8
FSan Clemente Palace Hotel & Resort,
Venice 84.8
KHotel de Russie, Rome 84.7
LHôtel Le Bristol, Paris 84.6
1
2
roman Revival
The renovated
Trinità dei Monti
suite at the
Hotel Hassler.
Resorts
Top 20
Small Hotels
1Palazzo Sasso, Ravello 95.8
2Château de la Chèvre d’Or, Côte d’Azur 95.6
3Villa San Michele, Fiesole,
Tuscany 93.9
4Domaine des Hauts de Loire, Onzain 92.0
5Hôtel d’Aubusson, Paris 91.8
5Hotel König von Ungarn, Vienna 91.8
7Hotel Villa Cipriani, Asolo, Italy 91.3
8La Mirande, Avignon 91.1
9Alchymist Grand Hotel & Spa, Prague 90.4
0La Villa Gallici, Aix-en-Provence 90.3
qCa’Sagredo Hotel, Venice 90.0
wIl Falconiere, Cortona, Tuscany 87.7
eJ. K. Place, Florence 87.2
rVila Bled, Slovenia 86.4
tParador de Granada, Andalusia 85.7
yKatikies Hotel, Santorini 85.0
uChâteau Eza, Côte d’Azur 84.8
iDomaine Les Crayères, Reims 84.5
oHôtel d’Europe, Avignon 81.2
pChâteau La Chenevière, Normandy 80.4
photograph by mikkel vang
Top 40
British Isles
1Culloden House, Inverness,
Scotland 97.7
2Chewton Glen, Hampshire 96.0
3The Halkin, London 94.9
4The Goring, London 94.7
5Haymarket Hotel, London 93.9
6Milestone Hotel, London 93.8
7The Lanesborough, London 92.9
8One Aldwych, London 92.6
Top 25
941 Hotel, London 91.6
0The Connaught, London 91.5
qSoho Hotel, London 91.0
wBallynahinch Castle Hotel, 1Hotel Caesar Augustus, eShelbourne Dublin90.4
rEgerton House Hotel, London 89.8
tThe Dorchester, London 89.4
yDukes Hotel, London 89.0
uThe Merrion, Dublin 88.4
iBallymaloe House, County Cork 88.0
oThe Berkeley, London 87.9
pFour Seasons, Dublin 87.4
aConrad Dublin87.2
sChancery Court Hotel, London 87.1
dSofitel London St James86.8
fRoyal Crescent Hotel, Bath 86.2
gThe Balmoral, Edinburgh 86.1
hRoyal Horseguards Hotel, 4Ashford Castle, County Mayo 93.0
5Sheen Falls Lodge, County Kerry 92.9
6Villa d’Este, Lake Como 92.5
7Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort,
hThe Savoy, London 85.9
kClaridge’s, London 85.8
l51 Buckingham Gate, Taj Suites and
tMount Juliet Estate, County Galway 90.5
London 85.9
Residences, London 85.7
;Buckland Manor, The Cotswolds 85.6
'The Scotsman, Edinburgh 85.5
zStafford Hotel, London 85.4
xThe Metropolitan, London 84.6
cLandmark London Hotel 84.3
vSofitel London Heathrow84.2
bFour Seasons Hotel London at Park
Lane83.5
bHotel Portmeirion, Wales 83.5
mWestbury Hotel, Dublin 83.2
,The Langham, London 83.0
.Rubens at the Palace, London 82.9
Capri 97.1
2Perivolas, Santorini 96.8
3Park Hotel Kenmare, County Kerry 95.0
County Limerick 92.4
7Westin Athens Astir Palace Beach
Resort92.4
9Mykonos Grand Hotel &
One of the few
hotels to receive
perfect scores in
more than one
category, Ireland’s
Park Hotel Kenmare
scored 100 for
both service and
location.
Resort92.3
0Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Côte d’Azur 91.6
qHôtel du Palais, Biarritz 90.7
wDromoland Castle, County Clare 90.6
eOld Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa,
St. Andrews 90.4
rRitz-Carlton Powerscourt, County Wicklow 90.1
County Kilkenny 88.9
yDolder Grand Hotel, Zurich 88.4
uCapri Tiberio Palace, Capri 87.1
iFour Seasons, Hampshire 86.7
oK Club Golf and Spa Resort, County Kildare 85.7
pBadrutt’s Palace Hotel, St. Moritz 85.6
aGrand Hotel Zermatterhof, Zermatt 85.0
sTurnberry (Luxury Collection),
Scotland 84.4
dMarriott’s Village d’Ile-de-France82.3
fWaterford Castle, County Waterford 81.8
gHotel Excelsior, Venice Lido 80.5
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