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- Rosewood Luang Prabang — Laos
Legend says that on his pilgrimage across Asia, the Buddha stopped to rest where the Mekong and Nam Khan Rivers merge, in the middle of what we now know as Luang Prabang. Rosewood’s low-slung riverside retreat. Minimalist is not. Hilltop tents overflow with romantic touches—chubby camp beds, clawfoot tubs, silk, and velvet accents. At riverfront villas, the rush of water somersaulting over time-smoothed boulders acts as nature’s alarm clock for early morning meditation with monk-in-residence Sommaiy. Rosewood’s elephant figurine–festooned cocktail bar is a delightful aerie arched over the waterfall, and make sure to ask to see the secret boutique, stocked with finds like kaleidoscopic scarves woven by a cooperative of young disabled Laotians who are some of the town’s most promising artisans.
https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/luang-prabang/rosewood-luang-prabang
2. Hotel Crescent Court — Dallas
This hotel has the ability to transport you to relaxing oasis miles from the hustle and bustle of busy Dallas, despite being in the middle of Uptown. The spa and pool make it hard to beat, while a 2018 renovation has left the rooms and suites with incredible interior design and abundant natural light, via floor-to-ceiling windows. Food and drink are on point with the Dallas outpost of Nobu and stellar cocktails at Beau Nash.
https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/united-states/dallas/rosewood-crescent-hotel-dallas
3. Capella Shanghai, Jian Ye Li
Tucked away amid the quiet, tree-lined streets of Shanghai’s former French Concession, this is much more than a luxury hotel. In preserving this piece of Shanghai’s cultural heritage, Capella Hotels & Resorts has created its own gateway to the city’s cosmopolitan past. Under the auspices of Jaya International Design, the complex of over 200 townhouses, connected by tiny lanes, has been transformed into an urban resort of 55 luxurious villas and 40 private residences, still linked around shared courtyards and secret gardens, and now enclosing a transformative spa and wellness center.
https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/shanghai/shanghai-jianyeli-capella-hotel
4. COMO The Treasury — Perth, Australia
A fitting emblem of the new Perth, The Treasury is part of the ambitious Cathedral Square development, 19th-century state treasury, and Anglican Diocese buildings on the edge of the Central Business District, which sat empty for more than 20 years before the COMO outpost moved in. Almost every detail in the hotel primarily occupies the top floors of three 140-year-old buildings) has been returned to its original state, from the reinstalled dormer windows to the roofline’s copper trim. The Wildflower, the hotel’s glassed-in rooftop restaurant, for a taste of this pioneer city’s thriving food scene, courtesy of executive chef Jed Gerrard, and David Thompson’s Thai street-food joint, Long Chim, adjacent to the hotel.
https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/perth/como-the-treasury
5. Hotel Matilda — San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
This 32-room hotel may appear traditional thanks to its colonial facade, the guests know that the sleek Hotel Matilda is anything but: there’s a crazy video installation installed behind the front desk, and the hallways are lined with contemporary artwork. Once you get to your room, you’ll discover crisp white beds dressed with Egyptian cotton linens and adorned slate gray accents, and marble-clad bathrooms stocked with Malin + Goetz products. The pool and the rooftop bar, though, are the true standouts.
https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/mexico/san-miguel-de-allende/hotel-matilda-san-miguel-de-allende
6. Hotel Villa Cimbrone — Ravello, Italy
Surrounded by the most splendid gardens on the Amalfi Coast, this historic Ravello property origins back to the 11th century. The villa was largely rebuilt in the early 1900s by Lord Grimthorpe (an English co-designer of Big Ben), and it soon attracted the likes of Virginia Woolf, Greta Garbo, and E.M. Forster. The sumptuously decorated suites include vaulted ceilings, Majolica tile floors, and cheerful frescoes. Michelin-starred restaurant Il Flauto di Pan serves elegant twists on homestyle local dishes, such as white rabbit ragù and marinated Cetara anchovies. But the villa’s simplest delight is also its most spectacular: Gore Vidal once said that the view from the garden’s belvedere was the most beautiful.
https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/italy/ravello/villa-cimbrone