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Andrew Harper’s
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AndrewHarper.com
2013
READERS’
CHOICE
AWARDS
TOP 20 HIDEAWAYS, CITY HOTELS AND
SAFARI LODGES, PLUS BEACH,FOOD AND
WINE, SPA, GOLF AND FAMILY RESORTS
{ tr aveling the world in search of truly enchanting places }
2013 Reader Survey Results
FROM ANDREW HARPER
U.S. HIDEAWAYS
INTERNATIONAL HIDEAWAYS
CITY HOTELS
BEACH RESORTS
FOOD AND WINE RESORTS
SPA RESORTS
SAFARI LODGES
GOLF RESORTS
FAMILY RESORTS
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COVER Zarafa Camp, Botswana, is new to the survey this year
OPP OSITE Blackberry Farm, Tennessee, appears in three categories
© BEALL AND THOMAS PHOTGRAPHY
I am the editor of Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report, a luxury
travel newsletter that first appeared in 1979. I travel anonymously and pay full rate. Hotels have no idea who I am, or that
I am there to write a review. In other words, I am treated exactly
as you might be. Today, this approach is extremely unusual.
Most other travel publications and websites, even well-known
and well-respected ones, accept discounted rates or free
accommodations, which can color their judgment.
Each year, I conduct a survey of my subscribers’ favorite
hotels. Hideaway Report readers are the most enthusiastic and
knowledgeable luxury travelers in the world; they vacation an
average of 35 days a year, and 33 percent plan to travel more
in the coming year. Their favorite countries are Italy, France
and England, but I also learned of travel plans that ranged
from Australia to Zambia. Every year, the survey offers some
surprises in addition to perennial favorites.
This year, perhaps the most astonishing result was that
California’s Post Ranch Inn was voted No. 1 U.S. Hideaway for
the sixth time in a row! Two of my personal favorites — Ireland’s
Ballyfin Demesne and Zarafa Camp in Botswana — made it
onto the list of top International Hideaways for the first time. As
was the case in 2012, the favorite new discovery was Amangiri
in Utah. In addition to classic hideaways with fewer than 99
rooms in the United States and abroad, here you will find lists
of favorite beach resorts, city hotels, family escapes, food and
wine properties, golf destinations and spas.
More information about each hotel is available by clicking on its
name in green.
© WILDERNESS SAFARIS
Ballyfin Demesne,
County Laois, Ireland; Zarafa Camp,
Selinda Reserve, Botswana; Amangiri,
Canyon Point, Utah
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READERS’
CHOICE
hideaways (UNITED STATES)
1
BLACKBERRY FARM
2
TWIN FARMS
3
SAN YSIDRO RANCH
4
AUBERGE DU SOLEIL
5
THE INN AT LITTLE WASHINGTON
6
TRIPLE CREEK RANCH
7
AMANGIRI
8
AMANGANI
9
BLANTYRE
10
6
POST RANCH INN
11
THE INN AT PALMETTO BLUFF
12
RANCHO VALENCIA
13
THE SWAG
14
THE LOWELL
15
THE WHITE BARN INN
16
LAKE PLACID LODGE
17
LITTLE PALM ISLAND
18
MEADOWOOD NAPA VALLEY
19
POETRY INN
20
VENTANA
Big Sur, California
Big Sur, California
Walland, Tennessee
Bluffton, South Carolina
Woodstock, Vermont
Rancho Santa Fe, California Montecito, California Waynesville, North Carolina Rutherford, California
New York City, New York
Washington, Virginia Kennebunk Beach, Maine
Darby, Montana
Lake Placid, New York
Canyon Point, Utah
Little Torch Key, Florida
Jackson, Wyoming
St. Helena, California
Lenox, Massachusetts
Napa, California
hideaway report | 2013 Reader Survey Results
© KODIAK GREENWOOD
© JIM WESTPHALEN
Post Ranch Inn,
Big Sur, California; Twin Farms, Woodstock,
Vermont; Blackberry Farm, Walland,
Tennessee
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2013
READERS’
CHOICE
hideaways (INTERNATIONAL)
1
SOUTHERN OCEAN LODGE
2
SINGITA BOULDERS LODGE
3
LAS VENTANAS AL PARAISO
4
HUKA LODGE
5
AMANSARA
6
THE WAKAYA CLUB & SPA
7
LE SIRENUSE
8
LIZARD ISLAND
9
AMANDARI
10
8
GRAND HOTEL A VILLA FELTRINELLI
11
ZARAFA CAMP
12
HOTEL SPLENDIDO
13
HOTEL SAN REGIS
14
RELAIS CHRISTINE
15
MOMBO CAMP
16
MAROMA RESORT AND SPA
17
LA SCALINATELLA
18
BALLYFIN DEMESNE
19
BUCKLAND MANOR
20
AMAN-I-KHAS
Gargnano, Italy
Kangaroo Island, Australia Selinda Reserve, Botswana
Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa
Portofino, Italy
San José del Cabo, Mexico Paris, France
Taupo, New Zealand
Paris, France
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Okavango Delta, Botswana
Wakaya Island, Fiji Riviera Maya, Mexico Positano, Italy Capri, Italy
Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia County Laois, Ireland
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Worcestershire, England
hideaway report | 2013 Reader Survey Results
Ranthambhore National Park, India
Southern Ocean
Lodge, Kangaroo Island, Australia; Singita
Boulders Lodge, Sabi Sand Game Reserve,
South Africa; Grand Hotel à Villa Feltrinelli,
Gargnano, Italy
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READERS’
CHOICE
city hotels
1
THE PENINSULA
2
THE LOWELL
3
MANDARIN ORIENTAL
4
FOUR SEASONS
5
THE PENINSULA
6
FOUR SEASONS HOTEL GEORGE V
7
THE CARLYLE
8
THE STAFFORD
9
LE BRISTOL
10
10
THE PENINSULA
11
MANDARIN ORIENTAL
12
MANDARIN ORIENTAL
13
THE ST. REGIS
14
HOTEL BEL-AIR
15
FOUR SEASONS
16
PARK HYATT
17
THE PENINSULA
18
THE RITZ-CARLTON
19
THE MARK
20
THE PENINSULA
Beverly Hills, California
New York City, New York
Chicago, Illinois
New York City, New York
New York City, New York
San Francisco, California
Bangkok, Thailand
New York City, New York
Chicago, Illinois
Los Angeles, California
Hong Kong, China
New York City, New York
Paris, France
Sydney, Australia
New York City, New York
Shanghai, China
London, England
San Francisco, California
Paris, France
New York City, New York
hideaway report | 2013 Reader Survey Results
The Peninsula, Beverly
Hills, California; The Peninsula, Chicago,
Illinois; The Lowell, New York City, New York
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beach resorts
1
ROSEWOOD LITTLE DIX BAY
2
MONTAGE LAGUNA BEACH
3
CANEEL BAY
4
MAUNA KEA BEACH HOTEL
5
ESPERANZA
6
FOUR SEASONS HUALALAI
7
FOUR SEASONS
8
LAS VENTANAS AL PARAISO
9
MAROMA RESORT AND SPA
10
12
CAP JULUCA
11
ONE&ONLY PALMILLA
12
HOTEL DU CAP-EDEN-ROC
13
LITTLE PALM ISLAND
14
THE SANCTUARY
15
WATERCOLOR INN & RESORT
16
HALEKULANI
17
ONE&ONLY OCEAN CLUB
18
AMANPURI
19
THE CLOISTER
20
LIZARD ISLAND
Maundays Bay, Anguilla
Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia
Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
San José del Cabo, Mexico
Laguna Beach, California
Antibes, France
St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Little Torch Key, Florida
Kohala Coast, Hawaii
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Wailea, Maui, Hawaii
Paradise Island, Bahamas
San José del Cabo, Mexico
Phuket, Thailand
Riviera Maya, Mexico
Sea Island, Georgia
hideaway report | 2013 Reader Survey Results
Cap Juluca, Maundays
Bay, Anguilla; Montage Laguna Beach, Laguna
Beach, California; Rosewood Little Dix Bay,
Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
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READERS’
CHOICE
food and wine resorts
1
BLACKBERRY FARM
2
AUBERGE DU SOLEIL
3
TWIN FARMS
4
THE INN AT LITTLE WASHINGTON
5
POST RANCH INN
6
THE WHITE BARN INN
7
THE ALLISON INN & SPA
8
CALISTOGA RANCH
9
BERNARDUS LODGE
10
14
MEADOWOOD NAPA VALLEY
11
HOTEL LES MARS
12
HUKA LODGE
13
LE MANOIR AUX QUAT’SAISONS
14
MONTAGE LAGUNA BEACH
15
POETRY INN
16
SOLAGE CALISTOGA
17
SOUTHERN OCEAN LODGE
18
VILLA D’ESTE
19
BARDESSONO
20
CAVAS WINE LODGE
St. Helena, California
Walland, Tennessee
Healdsburg, California
Rutherford, California
Taupo, New Zealand
Woodstock, Vermont
Oxfordshire, England
Washington, Virginia
Laguna Beach, California
Big Sur, California
Napa, California
Kennebunk Beach, Maine
Calistoga, California
Newberg, Oregon
Kangaroo Island, Australia
Calistoga, California
Carmel Valley, California
hideaway report | 2013 Reader Survey Results
Lujan de Cuyo, Argentina
Cernobbio, Italy
Yountville, California
The Restaurant at
Meadowood, St. Helena, California; mussels
at the Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil,
Rutherford, California; fall picnic tables at
Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tennessee
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2013
READERS’
CHOICE
spa resorts
1
CANYON RANCH
2
CANYON RANCH
3
MONTAGE LAGUNA BEACH
4
CAL-A-VIE
5
ESPERANZA
6
CANYON RANCH
7
ENCHANTMENT RESORT
8
TWIN FARMS
9
AMANSARA
10
16
MIRAVAL
11
LAKE AUSTIN SPA RESORT
12
MAROMA RESORT AND SPA
13
MAYFLOWER INN & SPA
14
MANDARIN ORIENTAL
15
RANCHO LA PUERTA
16
BERNARDUS LODGE
17
FOUR SEASONS
18
FOUR SEASONS HUALALAI
19
FOUR SEASONS
20
BLACKBERRY FARM
Tucson, Arizona
Walland, Tennessee
Lenox, Massachusetts
Austin, Texas
Tucson, Arizona
Riviera Maya, Mexico
Laguna Beach, California
Washington, Connecticut
Vista, California
Bangkok, Thailand
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Baja California, Mexico
Miami Beach, Florida
Carmel Valley, California
Sedona, Arizona
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Woodstock, Vermont
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Wailea, Maui, Hawaii
hideaway report | 2013 Reader Survey Results
Spa outdoor relaxation
deck at Miraval, Tucson, Arizona; Sonoran
Desert surrounding Canyon Ranch, Tucson,
Arizona; indoor pool at Canyon Ranch, Lenox,
Massachusetts
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READERS’
CHOICE
safari lodges
1
MOMBO CAMP
2
NGORONGORO CRATER LODGE
3
SANCTUARY CHIEF’S CAMP
4
ZARAFA CAMP
5
LONDOLOZI
6
SINGITA LEBOMBO LODGE
7
ROYAL MALEWANE
8
VUMBURA PLAINS CAMP
9
JAO CAMP
10
18
SINGITA BOULDERS LODGE
11
PHINDA PRIVATE GAME RESERVE
12
SINGITA EBONY LODGE
13
TSWALU KALAHARI 14
SANCTUARY BAINES’ CAMP
15
ELSA’S KOPJE
16
JACK’S CAMP
17
KLEIN’S CAMP
18
SINGITA GRUMETI RESERVES
19
SANCTUARY OLONANA 20
OL DONYO LODGE
Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa
Okavango Delta, Botswana
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa
Okavango Delta, Botswana
Northern Cape, South Africa
Selinda Reserve, Botswana
Okavango Delta, Botswana
Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa
Meru National Park, Kenya
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Makgadikgadi Pan, Botswana
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Okavango Delta, Botswana
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Okavango Delta, Botswana
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
hideaway report | 2013 Reader Survey Results
Chyulu Hills, Kenya
© &BEYOND
Singita Boulders
Lodge, Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South
Africa; Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, Ngorongoro
Conservation Area, Tanzania; Mombo Camp,
Okavango Delta, Botswana
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© WILDERNESS SAFARIS AND DANA ALLEN
2013
READERS’
CHOICE
golf resorts
1
BANDON DUNES
2
THE RESORT AT PELICAN HILL
3
THE SANCTUARY
4
THE LODGE
5
FOUR SEASONS
6
THE BROADMOOR
7
THE GREENBRIER
8
PINEHURST RESORT
9
THE LODGE AT TORREY PINES
10
20
THE LODGE AT PEBBLE BEACH
11
THE BOULDERS
12
THE GLENEAGLES HOTEL
13
THE LODGE AT KAURI CLIFFS
14
THE FARM, CAPE KIDNAPPERS
15
FOUR SEASONS HUALALAI
16
THE INN AT SPANISH BAY
17
THE RITZ-CARLTON
18
THE INN AT PALMETTO BLUFF
19
TURNBERRY RESORT
20
MAUNA KEA BEACH HOTEL
Pebble Beach, California
Kohala Coast, Hawaii
Bandon, Oregon
Carefree, Arizona
Newport Beach, California
Perthshire, Scotland
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Matauri Bay, North Island, New Zealand
Sea Island, Georgia
Hawke’s Bay, North Island, New Zealand
Scottsdale, Arizona
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Pebble Beach, California
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
Pinehurst, North Carolina
Bluffton, South Carolina
La Jolla, California
Ayrshire, Scotland
hideaway report | 2013 Reader Survey Results
Seventh hole, Pebble
Beach Golf Links at Pebble Beach Resorts,
Pebble Beach, California; 17th hole, Ocean
North Course at The Resort at Pelican Hill,
Newport Beach, California; 11th hole, Pacific
Dunes course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort,
Bandon, Oregon
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© WOOD SABOLD
2013
READERS’
CHOICE
family resorts
1
THE BROADMOOR
2
THE GREENBRIER
3
MAUNA KEA BEACH HOTEL
4
WALT DISNEY WORLD
5
FOUR SEASONS
6
FOUR SEASONS
7
WEQUASSETT
8
ATLANTIS
9
BLACKBERRY FARM
10
22
THE CLOISTER
Sea Island, Georgia
Colorado Springs, Colorado
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Kohala Coast, Hawaii
Orlando, Florida
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Wailea, Maui, Hawaii
Chatham, Massachusetts
Paradise Island, Bahamas
Walland, Tennessee
hideaway report | 2013 Reader Survey Results
11
FOUR SEASONS
12
ROSEWOOD LITTLE DIX BAY
13
MONTAGE DEER VALLEY
14
OCEAN HOUSE
15
THE INN AT PALMETTO BLUFF
16
THE RESORT AT PAWS UP
17
ROSEWOOD MAYAKOBA
18
THE SANCTUARY
19
WATERCOLOR INN & RESORT
20
CHATHAM BARS INN
Chatham, Massachusetts
Punta Mita, Mexico
Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
Deer Valley, Utah
Watch Hill, Rhode Island
Bluffton, South Carolina
Greenough, Montana
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
The Broadmoor,
Colorado Springs, Colorado; The Greenbrier,
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia; The
Cloister, Sea Island, Georgia
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