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Every stay in our database, with what it actually costs, how long it takes to reach and what's worth doing once you're there. Answer the eight questions and we'll tell you which of these is yours.
Coast & islands
Nobu Hotel Ibiza Bay
Talamanca Bay, Ibiza, Spain
A low-slung beachfront resort with lagoon pools, a serious spa and Nobu's kitchen on site.
$450 – $900 / night
City breaks
Ace Hotel New Orleans
Warehouse District, New Orleans, USA
A 1928 art deco building turned music-first hotel, five minutes' walk from the French Quarter edge.
Under $200 / night
Desert & big skies
Amangiri
Canyon Point, Utah, USA
Concrete and desert rock on 900 acres, built around a natural escarpment and a floating pool.
$900+ / night
Mountains & alpine
Hotel Jerome, Auberge Resorts Collection
Aspen, Colorado, USA
An 1889 landmark at the base of Aspen Mountain — ski-in energy, fireplaces, and a legendary bar.
$900+ / night
City breaks
citizenM Tower of London
Tower Hill, London, UK
Compact, well-designed rooms with a view of the Tower, and a 24-hour canteen downstairs.
Under $200 / night
Mountains & alpine
Six Senses Douro Valley
Lamego, Douro Valley, Portugal
A restored 19th-century manor above the terraced vineyards, with a wine library and long spa menu.
$450 – $900 / night
Coast & islands
The Scarlet
Mawgan Porth, Cornwall, UK
An adults-only clifftop eco-hotel above a surf beach, with outdoor hot tubs facing the Atlantic.
$200 – $450 / night
Mountains & alpine
HOSHINOYA Fuji
Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, Japan
Japan's first glamping resort — cabins stepped down a forested slope facing Mount Fuji and the lake.
$450 – $900 / night
Coast & islands
Casa Cook Kos
Marmari, Kos, Greece
Bohemian low-rise blocks around long shared pools, a short walk from a wide, quiet beach.
$200 – $450 / night
Coast & islands
Hotel Esencia
Xpu-Ha, Riviera Maya, Mexico
A former duchess's estate on a private stretch of Caribbean beach, with 50 acres of jungle behind it.
$900+ / night
City breaks
Freehand Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles, USA
A 1924 tower with private rooms and shared rooms, a rooftop pool bar, and a good ground-floor diner.
Under $200 / night
Desert & big skies
Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara
Liwa Desert, Abu Dhabi, UAE
A fortress-style resort deep in the Empty Quarter dunes, with camel treks and dune drives from the door.
$200 – $450 / night
City breaks
The Hoxton, Rome
Salario, Rome, Italy
A 1970s office block reworked into a warm, terrazzo-heavy hotel with a courtyard bar locals actually use.
$200 – $450 / night
Mountains & alpine
Capella Ubud
Keliki Valley, Bali, Indonesia
Explorer-style tented suites hidden in the rainforest above the Wos river, each with its own plunge pool.
$900+ / night
Mountains & alpine
Sun Mountain Lodge
Winthrop, Washington, USA
A timber lodge on a ridge above the Methow Valley, with 200km of trails leaving straight from the door.
$200 – $450 / night
Coast & islands
Cap Rocat
Cala Blava, Mallorca, Spain
A 19th-century military fortress cut into the cliffs of Palma Bay, converted into 30 stone suites.
$450 – $900 / night
Coast & islands
Borgo Egnazia
Savelletri, Puglia, Italy
A whitewashed village built from scratch in Puglian style, with four pools, a spa and a beach club.
$450 – $900 / night
City breaks
Hotel Sanders
Copenhagen, Denmark
A 54-room townhouse hotel behind the Royal Theatre, all rattan, bamboo and low light.
$200 – $450 / night
City breaks
The Standard London
King's Cross, London, UK
A brutalist former council building opposite St Pancras, reworked with red exterior lifts and a tenth-floor restaurant.
$200 – $450 / night
Mountains & alpine
The Fife Arms
Braemar, Cairngorms, Scotland
A Victorian coaching inn in the Cairngorms filled with a genuinely serious art collection.
$450 – $900 / night
Mountains & alpine
Forestis
Brixen, Dolomites, Italy
A minimal spruce-and-glass retreat at 1,800m facing the Plose massif, built around a spa and silence.
$450 – $900 / night
Mountains & alpine
Explora Patagonia
Torres del Paine, Chile
An all-inclusive lodge on Lake Pehoé inside the national park, with guided exploration built into the rate.
$900+ / night
Coast & islands
Hotel San Cristóbal
Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
A 32-room surf hotel on a wide Pacific beach an hour north of Cabo, with a saltwater pool and a taco bar.
$200 – $450 / night
City breaks
The LINE Austin
Downtown Austin, Texas, USA
A 1960s tower on Lady Bird Lake with a pool deck over the water and a good Texan kitchen.
Under $200 / night
Coast & islands
Bawah Reserve
Anambas Islands, Indonesia
Six islands and three lagoons reachable only by seaplane, with 35 bamboo suites and everything included.
$900+ / night
Coast & islands
Sri Panwa
Cape Panwa, Phuket, Thailand
Pool villas scattered down a private headland on Phuket's quiet south-eastern tip.
$450 – $900 / night
City breaks
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi
Hanoi, Vietnam
A 1901 French colonial landmark by Hoan Kiem Lake, with a wartime bomb shelter under the courtyard.
$200 – $450 / night
Desert & big skies
Scarabeo Stone Camp
Agafay Desert, Marrakech, Morocco
Canvas tents on the stone desert 45 minutes from Marrakech, with the Atlas on the horizon.
$200 – $450 / night
City breaks
HOSHINOYA Tokyo
Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan
A ryokan stacked seventeen floors up in the financial district, with a rooftop hot spring fed from 1,500m down.
$450 – $900 / night
City breaks
Generator Madrid
Gran Vía, Madrid, Spain
A design-led hostel-hotel hybrid off Gran Vía with private rooms and a rooftop terrace.
Under $200 / night