Editors' choicePortugal
Bussaco Palace Hotel
A Neo-Manueline palace (1888–1907) in the Bussaco forest on the site of a Carmelite convent. A national monument and a hotel.
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Cappadocia, Turkey
Museum Hotel
A museum hotel on the slope of Uçhisar: cave rooms among antiquities and a pool over which hot-air balloons rise at sunrise.
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Editors' choiceIreland
Ashford Castle
A castle from 1228 on the shore of Lough Corrib, rebuilt in the Victorian era. Once owned by the Guinness family, now a hotel.
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Editors' choiceSwedish Lapland, Sweden
ICEHOTEL
The world's first ice hotel: every winter artists from around the world rebuild it from the ice of the Torne River.
Unusual cabins
Editors' choiceBali, Indonesia
Alila Villas Uluwatu
An architectural eco-resort by WOHA on the rocky plateau of the Bukit peninsula: pavilion villas with pools above the ocean.
Villas with pools
Editors' choiceIstanbul, Turkey
Çırağan Palace Kempinski
The Ottoman palace of Sultan Abdülaziz (1863–1867) on the European shore of the Bosphorus, now a Kempinski hotel.
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Editors' choiceAmalfi Coast, Italy
Villa Cimbrone
A historic villa in Ravello above the Amalfi Coast, now a hotel. Home of the famous Terrace of Infinity.
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- Villas with poolsPrivacy, water and silence.
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- Unusual cabinsChalets, A-frames, treehouses and cabins in the woods.
- Design interiorsHotels where the interiors are the reason to go.
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