Clifftops

Dorset

Atop jagged cliffs on the Isle of Portland, at Dorset’s southernmost tip, you’ll find five luxury lodges inspired by the surrounding landscape. Named Ope; Blue; Stone; Copper and Silva, each has unbounded views of the Jurassic Coast, a Unesco World Heritage Site. Polished and minimalistic, these lodges are carved from...read more

Andaz Scottsdale

Countless hiking and horse-riding trails through national forest, 83 local wineries and every luxury trimming you could want in Arizona's Valley of the Sun, in the shadow of the famed Camelback Mountain Basking in the foothills of Arizona’s Camelback Mountain and framed by the state’s ubiquitous saguaro, this oasis-like getaway...read more

Melia Serengeti Lodge

Tanzania

The Maasai guards dotted around Meliá Serengeti, spears in hand, are the only thing standing between your suite – staggeringly beautiful and perfectly appointed, right down to the high-spec binos – and the Big Five roaming under the inky, star-studded sky just beyond. It’s impossible not to appear breathless when...read more

Six Senses Douro Valley

Portugal

Six Senses comes to Europe and the Douro Valley in Portugal to combine their no-stone-left-unturned approach to hospitality with wellbeing in a 19th-century wineland manor At first glance the Douro Valley could be in Vietnam. Verdant terraces dissolve into blazing horizons, except here the slopes are green with vines rather...read more

Le Sources de Cheverny

France

Surrounded by the lush vineyards of the Loire Valley, Les Sources de Cheverny (sister property to Les Sources de Caudalie) is a carefully curated combination of old and new. Founders Alice and Jérôme Tourbier rejuvenated an 18th-century château, former royal hunting grounds and ancient farmhouses, and combined them with modern...read more

Rosewood Phuket

Thailand

Perched on the edge of tropical rainforest and lapped by the Andaman Sea, Rosewood Phuket is tropical luxury manifest. Across the resort are 71 spacious, solar-powered pavilion suites and contemporary villas (all with pools) made from indigenous stone and local timber to blend in with the hotel’s palm-fringed backdrop. The...read more

Four Seasons Bali at Sayan

Ubud, Bali

Nothing prepares you for that first glimpse of Bali’s Four Seasons at Sayan. Tucked along Ubud’s Ayung valley, a bridge suspended over the jungle canopy guides you to an eye-widening floating lily pond level with the treetops – any hint of jet lag is dispersed as the pillow of greenery...read more

Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa

Saint Barthelemy, Caribbean

Step into luxury lagoon life on the Grand Cul-de-Sac beach in St Barts at a hotel that offers the very best of the French Caribbean, from the cuisine and sunset yoga to sipping cocktails at the rooftop bar. When a hotel is situated between a beach and a lagoon, on...read more

Casa San Agustin

Cartagena, Colombia

The aqueduct that is Casa San Agustín’s centrepiece powered the most extensive Spanish fortress in South America in the 17th century. Today you can transport yourself to colonial Colombia as you swim under its artfully-preserved walls, surrounded by tropical plants and three whitewashed heritage buildings. Timber-beamed ceilings, rustic furniture and...read more