Jack Johns
Gold List 2023 hotels
The best hotels in 2023, as reviewed by our editors and contributors. We've stayed at some of the finest properties around the world, and these made the top of our list.
59 Hotels in Gold List 2023
Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel
$$$ | France, Paris, 10 Pl. de la Concorde
One of Paris’s best-loved palace hotels has been utterly transformed, and its sass and zing have pulses racing.
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Raffles Singapore
$$ | Singapore, Singapore, 1 Beach Road
The Queen Mother of luxury hotels in Singapore is as legendary as ever.
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1 Hotel South Beach
$$ | USA, Miami Beach, 2341 Collins Ave.
Eco-conscious 1 Hotel is gloriously beautiful, beachfront, and gives you very little reason to leave.
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Wilderness Vumbura Plains
$$$ | Botswana, Okavango Delta, Lechomos
A contemporary retreat perched on decks over the floodplain from which to watch the ebb and flow of life on the Okavango Delta.
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Jumby Bay
$$$ | Antigua, Jumby Bay,
An upscale island paradise with Taittinger Champagne and water sports on tap.
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Beau-Rivage Palace
$$$ | Switzerland, Géneve, Place-su-Port 17-19
This gem on Lake Geneva is a hotel you might’ve dreamt of when you were little.
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La Mamounia
$$$ | Morocco, Marrakech, Avenue Bab Jdid،
Few hotels are as synonymous with their destination as La Mamounia is with Marrakech.
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Hotel Cipriani, A Belmond Hotel, Venice
$$$ | Italy, Venice, Giudecca, 10
Super-attentive service, manicured greenery, and an air of sophistication combine into a pampered world all its own.
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Grand Hotel Tremezzo
$$$ | Italy, Lake Como, Via Provinciale Regina, 8
Few hotels on Lake Como match the glamour of century-old Grand Hotel Tremezzo.
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The Upper House
$$$ | China, Hong Kong, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway
The Upper House leaves guests wanting for nothing.
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The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur
$$$ | India, Udaipur, Badi-Gorela-Mulla Talai Rd.
Of all the Oberois, this is the mothership.
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Ocean House
$$$ | United States, Watch Hill, 1 Bluff Ave.
It doesn't get much more iconic New England than this.
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The Newt in Somerset
$$ | United Kingdom, Bruton, A359, Hadspen
You just can’t go wrong with a stay at this West Country idyll.
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Santa Marina, a Luxury Collection Resort, Mykonos
$$$ | Greece, Mykonos, Ornos Bay
A respite from Mykonos’s party-till-dawn ethos, and the only private stretch of sandy beach on the island.
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Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
$$$ | Thailand, Bangkok, 48 Oriental Ave.
Bangkok’s first hotel is still, despite some extremely stiff competition from more recent arrivals, its best.
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Caruso, A Belmond Hotel, Amalfi Coast
$$$ | Italy, Ravello,
People talk about old classics, but this one has roots dating back to the 11th century and it remains a timeless place.
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One & Only Royal Mirage
$$$ | United Arab Emirates, Dubai, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud St - Dubai Marina
You’ll be in awe of the Royal Mirage from the moment you drive up the long palm-lined road and into the stunning courtyard.
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Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam
$$$ | The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Herengracht 542-556
The epitome of good taste.
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Babylonstoren
$$ | South Africa, Simondium, Klapmuts - Simondium Rd, Simondium
This wine center, part of a historic farm complex, is a world-class tasting facility, complementing the hotel and restaurant.
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The Leela Palace Bengaluru
$$$ | India, Bengaluru, 23, HAL Airport Rd.
An exuberant, contemporary mishmash of architectural styles and interiors.
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