Cheval Blanc Courchevel - Alpine Design

Towering over Lucerne from its hilltop position like something plucked from a Bavarian fantasy, Hotel Château Gütsch is the sort of place that makes you stop and stare from street level. This 19th-century folly castle, modeled after Neuschwanstein, offers what every Swiss hotel promises but few truly deliver: genuinely spectacular …

You won't see The Lindis until you're practically standing on it. That's exactly the point. This eight-room lodge sits so low and still in New Zealand's Ahuriri Valley that it might as well be part of the moraine itself – the geological rubble left behind when glaciers retreated 10,000 years …

In the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains near Walland, Tennessee, Blackberry Farm occupies 4,200 acres of wilderness where exceptional hospitality, serious food, and genuine Southern warmth converge. This isn't your typical resort where you're shuffled through generic experiences. Here, you'll find 68 accommodations ranging from cozy historic rooms to …

When most people think of Brazil, São Paulo doesn't immediately spring to mind. The financial powerhouse, sprawling and intense, gets overshadowed by visions of Rio's beaches and the Amazon's wild expanses. But the city itself is a revelation. Its world-class dining scene, bold architecture, and vibrant yet somehow relaxed atmosphere …

When Belmond throws open the doors to a century-old villa that once hosted the Agnelli family and Vespa inventor Enrico Piaggio, you know it's going to be special. Villa Beatrice, which opened in July 2025, marks Belmond's first private villa offering, and it's genuinely unlike anything else on the Italian …

Fancy spending the night dangling off a cliff face in Argentine Patagonia? OVO Patagonia has opened four transparent capsules bolted to a rock wall, offering what might be the most vertigo-inducing accommodation experience on the planet. This isn't glamping – it's something altogether more unhinged. The concept is simple, if …

Many Glacier Hotel sits on the shores of Swiftcurrent Lake in Glacier National Park's northeastern corner, a five-story structure with brown wood siding and Swiss chalet flourishes that has been welcoming visitors since 1915. When a forest fire roared down the mountain in 1936, employees fought flaming debris with fire …

Suspended 170 meters above Norway's Lysefjord, The Bolder lodges look like they might drift away at any moment. This is architecture that refuses to play it safe – six cabins scattered across 170 hectares of wilderness, each one appearing to hover over one of the country's most dramatic fjords. The …

High above Lake Brienz, where waterfalls crash down mountainsides and the sound of rushing water mingles with the rattle of Europe's oldest funicular railway, sits a hotel that nearly became a car park. Well, not quite a car park, but something almost as tragic: a concrete "jumbo chalet" complex that …

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 …