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Step off a Shinkansen bullet train in Kyoto and you can find yourself, two minutes later, in a lobby that feels like a meditation retreat designed by a modernist architect. The Thousand Kyoto, which opened in 2019, sits practically next door to the city's main railway station (Kyoto Station), yet …

From bordello to boutique hotel, Pensão Amor's ("Guesthouse of Love") transformation is equally unique and provocative. Nude frescoes, erotic art, and a thick, velvet-covered atmosphere remind you of the times when love could be bought for 200 réis. Lisbon's Cais do Sodre neighborhood was the city's red light district until …

When most people picture Santorini hotels, they imagine pristine white buildings cascading down cliffsides like sugar cubes. Kivotos Santorini throws that postcard image out the window with a dramatic flourish. Painted entirely in volcanic black and charcoal gray, this boutique retreat in Imerovigli looks like Batman's vacation home - and …

In 1979, a Japanese architect stuffed a bed, a television, and an alarm clock into a fiberglass pod and called it the future of hospitality. Forty-six years later, the world is still copying him. It is not the flashiest hotel in Osaka. It does not have a rooftop bar or …

The charming little hotel, nestled on a mountain cliff in Lake Atitlán, is run by the owners, Bill (originating from the US) and Rosy (from Guatemala). They met and married in Alaska, where their two sons, Sebastián and Benjamín, were born. Their dream was to build their own house in …

Stay in the center of Longyearbyen, in the world's northernmost full-service hotel. There may be accommodations deeper into the no man's land of the frigid zone, but none with a hotel-level comfort. The hotel is located only 828 miles (1,333 kilometers) from the North Pole and has a unique atmosphere …

Deep in the Canadian Arctic, where Hudson Bay meets the boreal forest, lies a place that feels like stepping into another dimension. Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge isn't your typical wilderness getaway - it's a remote outpost where the boundary between civilization and the wild becomes beautifully, sometimes terrifyingly, thin. Located …

A father-daughter duo have created something extraordinary in the hills above Manali - part spaceship, part anthill, entirely magical. Driving through the winding roads of Naggar, you'd be forgiven for doing a double-take when the Tree of Life Eila Art Hotel comes into view. Rising from the cedar forest like …

There are places that make you question why you ever settled for ordinary vacations, and Capella Lodge on Lord Howe Island is one of them. This nine-suite retreat sits at the foot of two volcanic peaks that tower over the world's southernmost coral reef, on an island so pristine that …

Deep in Namibia's NamibRand Nature Reserve, where the desert stretches for 200,000 hectares beneath mountains that look like they've been carved from stone, there's a place where the night sky puts on such a show that you'll wonder why you ever bothered with city lights. Kwessi Dunes is that place …

The tiny Balinese village, Sayan, sits on a ridge along the Ayung River, surrounded by lush jungles and rice paddies. Four Seasons Resort Bali retreat rises above the canopies in a dreamy environment. Unsurprisingly, it's the only hotel in Bali to make the 2020 Condé Nast Gold List. The 60 …

In the rolling hills beyond Bangkok's concrete sprawl, a whimsical hotel has turned abandoned train cars into a luxurious escape three hours north of Bangkok. As the capital's endless urban landscape finally gives way to undulating hills and thick jungle, something unexpected appears through a curtain of towering trees: the …

The pink city of Jaipur is a traveler's wet dream. It was built in the 18th century as India's first planned city with remarkable architecture. In 1876, Maharaja Ram Singh decided to paint the entire city pink as a gesture of hospitality to welcome the Prince of Wales. Jaipur is …

Most hotels warn you about checking out late. At Jules' Undersea Lodge in Key Largo, Florida, checking out means strapping on a scuba tank, swimming up through a hole in the floor, and surfacing into daylight you haven't seen since yesterday. It's not exactly the Marriott experience - and that, …

Gateway Canyons Resort is located near the Utah border in Palisade, Western Colorado. This peaceful town is renowned for its peach orchards and derives its name from the adjacent cliffs. The towering Palisade is an isolated hill with steep sides, stretching three miles (4.9 km) in length. Gateway Canyons chose …

The Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan spa hotel was originally opened in 705 AD, and in 2011, it was declared the oldest hotel in the world by Guinness World Records (currently 1320 years old). The hotel was established by Fujiwara Mahito, the son of an aide to the 38th Emperor of Japan, …

This guesthouse was built over 160 years ago by farmers who needed a place to hang out so their goats could graze. This seems like an achievement on par with the pyramids. I mean, how do you drag that much timber up a mountain and then build it into a …

The first thing you notice isn't the geodesic domes dotting the hillside like something from a sci-fi film, or even the sweeping views across the Waitaki Valley that stretch endlessly toward jagged mountain peaks. It's the silence. The kind of profound quiet that makes city dwellers suddenly aware of their …

In Tokyo's historic Asakusa district, where centuries-old temples meet modern tourist crowds, a new hotel is making check-in considerably more interesting. At the SAKE Bar Hotel ASAKUSA, you don't just get handed a plastic key card - you receive a traditional wooden masu cup, which you can fill up to …

The Grand Resort Bad Ragaz is located in the Heidiland holiday region of eastern Switzerland, about an hour's drive from Zurich. It is surrounded by mountains and is renowned as Europe's leading wellness and medical health resort. The resort was founded in 1242 after a naturally warm (36.5 °C) thermal …