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37 hotels
Swedish Lapland · Scandinavia
A floating spa hotel on the Lule River, built for the Northern Lights and the midnight sun.
Sacred Valley · South America
A riverside garden hideaway on the Urubamba, with 21 rooms, two villas, a riverfront spa and its own station for the train to Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu · South America
Belmond Sanctuary Lodge is the only hotel at the gates of Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas and one of the most famous sights on Earth. Most visitors arrive by bus from the valley below and leave by late afternoon; guests here simply walk out of the gardens and through the entrance, ready to see the citadel in the soft early light or the quiet of late afternoon. It is small, comfortable and, above all, uniquely placed.
Walland, Tennessee · Appalachians
A 5,200-acre Smoky Mountains retreat of stone cottages and treehouses, built around trails, recovery and a summit restaurant in a restored fire tower.
Paro · Himalayas
COMO Uma Paro is one of the finest hotels in Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom famous for its monasteries, its mountains and its philosophy of Gross National Happiness. Set on a forested hillside above the Paro valley, it combines Bhutanese-inspired design, a celebrated COMO Shambhala spa and excellent food, and it makes a peaceful, beautiful base for exploring one of the world's most fascinating mountain cultures, including the famous Tiger's Nest monastery.
near Telluride · Colorado
A restored 19th-century ghost town with natural hot springs and timber cabins.
Crested Butte · Colorado
A historic downtown adventure lodge, pairing guided Irwin cat skiing with a rooftop hot tub, chef-prepared meals and seasonal private or individual-room stays.
Yoho National Park · Canadian Rockies
Emerald Lake Lodge sits on a peninsula in the most aptly named lake in the Canadian Rockies, its waters a startling jade green beneath the peaks of the President Range. Hidden in Yoho National Park, just over the Continental Divide from Banff, it offers a quieter, more intimate alternative to the grand railway hotels of Lake Louise, with fireplaces in every room, canoes at the shore and trails leading straight from the door.
El Chaltén, Patagonia · South America
A 20-room lodge on the Eléctrico River inside a private Patagonian reserve, with forest hot tubs and more than 30 guided explorations.
Lake Kawaguchi · Japan
Hoshinoya Fuji is Japan's first luxury glamping resort, a cluster of minimalist cabins on a forested hillside above Lake Kawaguchi, each with a huge picture window framing Mount Fuji. Created by Hoshino Resorts, it reimagines camping as something calm, stylish and deeply connected to nature, with a terrace among the trees, crackling campfires and a sense of adventure, all within easy reach of Tokyo.
Torres del Paine · South America
A simple hotel on its own little island, reached by footbridge, with one of the most famous views in Patagonia. The rooms are basic; the setting is unforgettable.
El Chaltén · South America
Hostería Senderos is a cosy boutique hotel in El Chaltén, the small mountain village at the foot of Fitz Roy that has become the trekking capital of Argentina. Inspired by old Patagonian farmhouses, with timber interiors, a log fire and a good restaurant, it offers a warm, comfortable and affordable base for the extraordinary hikes that start right from the village streets.
Jukkasjärvi · Scandinavia
Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi is the original ice hotel, and one of the most extraordinary places to sleep anywhere. Every winter since 1989, artists from around the world have carved a new hotel from blocks of ice harvested from the frozen Torne River, creating suites that are part bedroom, part sculpture. In spring the building melts back into the river, and the cycle begins again. Alongside it, Icehotel 365 keeps a collection of ice art suites frozen all year round.
near Geiranger · Scandinavia
Minimalist glass-walled rooms set in a gorge near Geiranger.
Saariselkä · Scandinavia
Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort is the hotel that made the glass igloo famous. Deep in the snowy forests of Finnish Lapland, well north of the Arctic Circle, its domed glass rooms let you lie in a warm bed and watch the Northern Lights dance across the sky overhead. It has become one of the most searched-for winter stays in the world, and it remains one of the most magical ways to experience the Arctic.
Imlil, High Atlas · Atlas Mountains
A restored kasbah beneath North Africa's highest peak, with rooftop terraces and a strong eco-ethos. Great for trekkers.
Asni · Atlas Mountains
A Moroccan retreat above a High Atlas valley, where antique-filled rooms, Berber Tents and private Riads meet mountain views, an infinity pool and warm local hospitality.
Mashpi, Pichincha · South America
A glass-walled lodge deep in Ecuador's Chocó cloud forest, with naturalist-led hikes, waterfalls and the Dragonfly canopy gondola.
Moraine Lake · Canadian Rockies
Moraine Lake Lodge is the only hotel on the shore of Moraine Lake, the glacier-fed jewel of Banff National Park and one of the most famous views in North America. Its brilliant blue water, set beneath the jagged wall of the Valley of the Ten Peaks, once appeared on the back of the Canadian twenty-dollar bill. Every summer day, thousands of visitors arrive by shuttle; but when the last bus leaves, the lake belongs to a few dozen lodge guests, and that is the whole point of staying here.
Mestia · Caucasus
Paliani Hotel is a modern boutique hotel in Mestia, the main town of Svaneti, one of the most remote and spectacular mountain regions in Europe. Here, in the high valleys of the Greater Caucasus, medieval stone defence towers rise above the villages, glaciers spill from peaks above 4,000 metres, and an ancient mountain culture survives with its own language and traditions. Paliani offers a comfortable, affordable base for exploring it all.
Meadows of Dan, Virginia · Appalachians
A 12,000-acre Blue Ridge estate with a domed observatory, cedar tree houses above the Dan River Gorge and a Donald Steel golf course.
Reine · Scandinavia
Reine Rorbuer offers the chance to stay in a traditional red fishermen's cabin in Reine, the village often described as the most beautiful in Norway, and one of the most photographed places in the Arctic. Its rorbuer, cabins on stilts over the water, sit beneath dramatic granite peaks that rise straight from the sea, creating a scene that has graced countless postcards, magazines and travel posters.
Zermatt · Alps
High above Zermatt with views of the Matterhorn, reached by its own mountain tram.
Tre Cime di Lavaredo · Dolomites
Rifugio Auronzo sits at the foot of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, the three great limestone towers that have become the symbol of the Dolomites and one of the most photographed mountain sights in the world. At 2,333 metres, this large mountain hut is the starting point for the famous circuit around the peaks, and staying overnight means you can watch the towers glow at sunset and sunrise, long after the day visitors have gone.
Cortina d'Ampezzo · Dolomites
A mountain hut at around 2,750m, reached by cable car, with one of the great panoramas of the Alps and a hot tub at the top. Shared or simple rooms, so best treated as a special experience.
Stepantsminda (Kazbegi) · Caucasus
A stylish, design-led hotel in the Caucasus with floor-to-ceiling views of Mount Kazbek and the hilltop Gergeti church. One of the best-value design hotels anywhere.
Lamoille · Nevada
Ruby 360 Lodge is a remote mountain lodge in the Ruby Mountains of north-eastern Nevada, a dramatic, glacier-carved range often called the Alps of Nevada. Built in 2017 as the base for Ruby Mountain Heli Experience, one of the leading heli-skiing operations in the United States, it combines a spectacular setting, a stylish timber-and-glass lodge and a sense of true wilderness, far from the crowds of the big ski resorts.
Sundance · Utah
Sundance Mountain Resort is a small, soulful mountain retreat beneath the towering summit of Mount Timpanogos, in Utah's Wasatch Mountains. Created by Robert Redford, who bought the land in the late 1960s and named it after his role in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, it has long been dedicated to the arts, nature and conservation, and it gave its name to the famous Sundance Film Festival.
Svolvær, Lofoten · Scandinavia
Restored fishermen's cabins on the water, with dramatic peaks rising behind. Good for the Northern Lights and the midnight sun.
Yosemite National Park · California
The Ahwahnee is the grandest hotel in America's national parks, a monumental lodge of stone, timber and stained glass set beneath the soaring granite walls of Yosemite Valley. Opened in 1927, it has welcomed presidents, royalty and film stars, and its interiors inspired some of the most famous hotel scenes in cinema. Staying here puts you in the heart of one of the most celebrated landscapes on Earth, with Half Dome and Yosemite Falls on your doorstep.
Snowbird · Utah
The Cliff Lodge is the heart of Snowbird, one of the most celebrated powder-skiing resorts in North America and one of the most searched ski resorts in the United States. Set deep in Utah's Little Cottonwood Canyon, its striking concrete-and-glass tower rises beneath steep, snow-loaded peaks, with ski-in, ski-out access to some of the most challenging terrain in the Rockies and a rooftop pool with views up the canyon.
Aoraki/Mount Cook · New Zealand
A classic lodge with huge windows facing New Zealand's highest peak, and superb stargazing in a dark-sky reserve.
Estes Park · Colorado
The Stanley Hotel is one of the most famous hotels in America, and one of the most talked-about haunted hotels in the world. Built in 1909 by the inventor F.O. Stanley on a hillside above Estes Park, its gleaming white Colonial Revival buildings and red roofs stand against a backdrop of Rocky Mountain peaks. In 1974, a stay in Room 217 inspired Stephen King to write The Shining, and the hotel has embraced its spooky reputation ever since.
Tierra Patagonia is one of the most striking hotels in South America, a long, curving timber building that seems to grow out of the windswept steppe on the shore of Lake Sarmiento, facing the jagged granite towers of the Paine Massif. Designed to blend into the landscape and withstand the fierce Patagonian winds, it offers all-inclusive stays with expert guiding, a spa and floor-to-ceiling views of one of the world's great mountain ranges.
Pokhara · Himalayas
Stone cottages on a ridge facing the Annapurna range, with a pool and a strong sustainability focus.
Harads · Scandinavia
Treehotel in Harads, Swedish Lapland, is one of the most famous design hotels in the world: eight extraordinary rooms suspended high in a pine forest, each created by a different leading Scandinavian architect. A mirrored cube that reflects the trees around it, a giant bird's nest, a UFO and a cluster of bird boxes are just some of the rooms that have made this small village near the Arctic Circle a place of pilgrimage for design lovers.
Everest Region (Khumbu) · Himalayas
Yeti Mountain Home is a chain of six comfortable lodges along the trekking trails of the Khumbu, the Everest region of Nepal, offering a warm bed, an en-suite bathroom and good food at the end of each day's walk. In a region where most trekkers stay in simple teahouses, these lodges, built in traditional Sherpa style, bring a welcome level of comfort to one of the most famous journeys on Earth, the walk towards Mount Everest.
