Conde Nast Traveler has unveiled the newly reinvented Gold List. For the first time ever, the 2015 Gold List was hand selected by Conde Nast Traveler editors, writers, and network of influencers. Consider this a response to the perennial question, “what are your favorite hotels in the world?”
A prerequisite for a Gold List property is a high standard of service, luxury, and beauty. Yet what earned each winner a spot on the list was the unforgettable special touches that bring a hotel’s ethos to life. The housekeeper at the Belmond Hotel Cipriani who delivers a message to the tooth fairy after hearing a young guest has lost her tooth, the scent of lavender in the air at the Ojai Valley Inn and Spa, or the feeling of picking a mango from your balcony at Strawberry Hill in Jamaica.
“The result,” says Editor in Chief Pilar Guzman, “is a group-written love letter to the properties that inspire memories that linger long after we’ve left them. Like travel itself, the best hotel experiences often can’t be measured by a point system—they’re as ineffable as memory itself.”
Africa and the Middle East
Kenya
andBeyond Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp, Masai Mara
Morocco
Oman
Six Senses Zighy Bay, Musandam Peninsula
South Africa
Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town
Saxon Hotel, Villas & Spa, Johannesburg
Tanzania
Asia
Cambodia
China
Aman at Summer Palace, Beijing
India
ITC Maurya (Luxury Collection), New Delhi
Umaid Bhawan Palace (Taj), Jodhpur
Japan
Ginzan Hot Spring Fujiya Inn, Ginzan Onsen
Laos
Maldives
Cheval Blanc Randheli, Noonu Atoll
Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle, Chiang Rai
Australia
qualia, Hamilton Island (Great Barrier Reef)
Caribbean
Jake’s Treasure Beach, Calabash Bay, Jamaica
Strawberry Hill, Blue Mountains, Jamaica
Europe
Croatia
Denmark
Hotel d’Angleterre, Copenhagen
England
France
Hôtel Duc de Saint Simon, Paris
La Colombe d’Or, Saint-Paul de Vence
Greece
Westin Resort Costa Navarino, Messinia
Metohi Kindelis, Chania (Crete)
Ireland
Italy
Belmond Grand Hotel Timeo, Taormina (Sicily)
Belmond Hotel Cipriani, Venice
Belmond Villa San Michele, Fiesole-Florence
Hotel Santa Caterina, Amalfi Coast
The Gritti Palace (Luxury Collection), Venice
Vigilius Mountain Resort, Lana (South Tyrol)
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
Georges Hotel Galata, Istanbul
Mexico
Camino Real Polanco México, Mexico City, D.F.
One&Only Palmilla, Los Cabos (closed until Spring 2015)
South America
Argentina
Alvear Palace Hotel, Buenos Aires
Brazil
Uxua Casa Hotel & Spa, Trancoso
Uruguay
Estancia VIK, José Ignacio-Punta del Este
United States
California
Chateau Marmont, West Hollywood
Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa, Rancho Santa Fe
Shutters on the Beach, Santa Monica
Sunset Tower Hotel, West Hollywood
Florida
Metropolitan by COMO, Miami Beach
Hawaii
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Big Island
The Royal Hawaiian (Luxury Collection), Honolulu
Maine
Missouri
Nevada
New York
The Carlyle (Rosewood), New York
