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Vals · Alps
A five-star-superior retreat beside Peter Zumthor's quartzite Therme, with Kengo Kuma penthouses and every room facing the mountains.
Alpe di Siusi (Seiser Alm) · Dolomites
Adler Mountain Lodge stands on the Alpe di Siusi, the largest high-alpine meadow in Europe, a rolling plateau of pastures and forests surrounded by the Dolomites' most famous peaks. Created by the family behind South Tyrol's long-established Adler hotels, this timber lodge of suites and chalets is designed for peace, nature and slow living, with an infinity pool facing the mountains and full-board dining inspired by the region.
Valdaora (Olang) · Dolomites
A five-star South Tyrolean mountain hotel above Olang, known for its projecting Sky Pool, Heaven & Hell spa and panoramic dining near Kronplatz.
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.
Davos · Alps
An Art Nouveau former sanatorium above Davos, reached by funicular and said to have inspired Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain. Atmospheric and old-world, without palace-hotel prices.
Grindelwald · Alps
Bergwelt Grindelwald is a stylish alpine design resort in the heart of Grindelwald, the famous mountain village beneath the north face of the Eiger. With warm timber interiors, velvet and soft colours, big windows facing the mountains and an indoor-outdoor spa, it brings a contemporary sensibility to one of the most visited and photographed corners of the Swiss Alps, the Jungfrau region.
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.
Ouray · Colorado
Box Canyon Lodge & Hot Springs is a small, friendly lodge in Ouray, the little Victorian mining town in south-west Colorado known as the Switzerland of America. Its great secret lies behind the building: four redwood hot spring tubs, terraced up the mountainside, filled with natural mineral water and reserved for guests alone. Soaking in them under the stars, with the jagged San Juan Mountains rising all around, is one of the great simple pleasures of the Colorado Rockies.
Lake Lucerne · Alps
Bürgenstock Resort is perched on a forested ridge 500 metres above Lake Lucerne, and its cliff-edge infinity pool, seemingly suspended over the water, is one of the most famous hotel pools in Switzerland. A hotel has stood on this ridge since 1873, welcoming royalty, statesmen and film stars; Audrey Hepburn married here in 1954. Rebuilt and reopened in 2017, the resort now combines several hotels, a vast spa and a dozen restaurants on a car-free plateau with views across the lake to the Alps.
Courchevel 1850 · Alps
LVMH's ultra-luxury ski hotel with a Guerlain spa and Michelin-starred dining.
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.
Åre · Scandinavia
A mountain-top lodge in Åre, combining Peter Bohlin’s architecture with direct access to skiing and hiking, Level Spa and seasonal dining from Jämtland.
near Telluride · Colorado
A restored 19th-century ghost town with natural hot springs and timber cabins.
Stateline · Nevada
Edgewood Tahoe Resort is the finest lakefront hotel on Lake Tahoe, and Lake Tahoe is the most photographed lake on Instagram. On the Nevada shore of this vast alpine lake, a grand timber lodge looks across water so clear you can see far into its depths, framed by the snowy peaks of the Sierra Nevada. It sits beside one of America's most celebrated public golf courses, and it combines a beach, a spa and nearby skiing in one of the West's great mountain playgrounds.
Sierra Nevada · Sierra Nevada
An alpine-style retreat above Granada, pairing direct access to Sierra Nevada’s slopes with timber-lined rooms, mountain-facing dining and a heated outdoor pool.
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.
Palisades Tahoe · California
Everline Resort & Spa is a ski-in, ski-out resort at Palisades Tahoe, the legendary Californian ski area that hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics and is one of the most searched ski resorts in the United States. Set in Olympic Valley, a short drive from Lake Tahoe, the resort combines direct access to the slopes with a huge pool complex, a spa and a championship golf course, making it a true all-season mountain base.
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.
Banff · Canadian Rockies
Fairmont Banff Springs is the castle in the Rockies, one of the most famous hotels in Canada and a landmark of Banff National Park. Opened by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1888, its turreted, Scottish baronial towers rise from the forest above the meeting of the Bow and Spray rivers, with mountains on every side. It was the railway's dream of luring travellers into the wilderness; as the CPR's William Van Horne put it, "If we can't export the scenery, we will import the tourists."
Whistler · Canadian Rockies
A ski-in, ski-out resort at the foot of Blackcomb Mountain, with 519 rooms, Vida Spa and its own Robert Trent Jones Jr. golf course.
Jasper · Canadian Rockies
Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge is a sprawling mountain retreat on the shores of Lac Beauvert, a turquoise lake in the heart of Jasper National Park, the largest and wildest of the Canadian Rockies parks. Rather than a single grand building, it is a village of log cabins and cedar chalets scattered across 700 acres of forest and lakeshore, with a celebrated golf course and some of the darkest skies in North America.
Palmschoss, Bressanone · Dolomites
A mountain hideaway on Plose’s southern slope, pairing Dolomites views with forest cuisine, contemporary suites and a spa rooted in the surrounding landscape.
Hakone · Japan
Gora Kadan is one of Japan's most celebrated luxury ryokan, set on the wooded slopes of Hakone, the hot-spring mountain resort south-west of Tokyo. It occupies the grounds of a former summer villa of the Kan'in-no-miya, a branch of the Imperial family, and it blends the serenity of a traditional Japanese inn with contemporary elegance, natural hot-spring baths and some of the finest kaiseki cuisine in the country.
St-Luc · Alps
A charming Belle Époque hotel in a quiet Valais village, family-run with a small spa. Far cheaper than Zermatt or Verbier nearby.
Madonna di Campiglio · Dolomites
Hotel Chalet del Sogno is an intimate, family-run five-star chalet in Madonna di Campiglio, the elegant ski resort of the Brenta Dolomites and the most searched ski destination in Italy. With just 18 rooms, ski-in, ski-out access and a warm, traditional style built from local wood, wool and stone, it offers a personal, peaceful base in one of the most beautiful corners of the Dolomites.
Corvara · Dolomites
A five-star Ladin house in Corvara, pairing individually styled rooms and destination dining with wellness and easy access to Alta Badia’s slopes and the Sellaronda.
Chamonix · Alps
A historic five-star address in central Chamonix, pairing mountain-facing rooms with a heated outdoor pool, Clarins spa and Le Matafan restaurant.
Baqueira-Beret · Pyrenees
Hotel Val de Neu is the finest ski hotel in the Spanish Pyrenees, a five-star Grand Luxury hotel at the foot of the slopes in Baqueira-Beret, the resort favoured by the Spanish royal family. With ski-in, ski-out access, a Sisley spa, an igloo-style champagne bar and excellent facilities for children, it brings Alpine-standard luxury to one of the most beautiful valleys in the Pyrenees.
Hinterthal · Alps
A chalet-style hideaway in Austria’s Hochkönig region, with individually designed rooms, Austrian-inspired dining and a spa set in a historic chalet.
Incline Village · Nevada
The Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe is a lakefront resort on the Nevada shore of Lake Tahoe's quieter north side, with a private beach, lakeside cottages and a floating pier bar. In the upscale village of Incline Village, surrounded by pine forest and mountains, it combines a classic beach holiday in summer with easy access to skiing in winter, along with a large spa and a lively casino.
Ourika Valley · Atlas Mountains
Kasbah Bab Ourika stands alone on its own hilltop at the entrance to the Ourika Valley, with a 360-degree panorama of the snow-capped High Atlas, the valley's red-earth villages and the river winding below. Built in the traditional Berber style, with gardens, a large pool and a restaurant fed by its own kitchen gardens, it offers a peaceful, beautiful retreat just 45 minutes from the souks of Marrakech.
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.
Megève · Alps
A hamlet of old Savoyard farmhouses gathered into a cosy chalet hotel.
Telluride · Colorado
An Auberge mountain retreat in Mountain Village, with ski-in/ski-out access, alpine rooms and residences, and an outdoor pool beneath the San Juan peaks.
Cortina d'Ampezzo · Dolomites
Mandarin Oriental Cristallo, Cortina is the rebirth of the grande dame of the Queen of the Dolomites. Opened in 1901 as the Hotel Cristallo, the Art Nouveau palace above Cortina d'Ampezzo welcomed royalty, film stars and Olympians for more than a century before closing in 2023 for a complete transformation by the Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. It is due to reopen in early 2027 as Mandarin Oriental's first mountain resort, just after Cortina's turn on the world stage as co-host of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
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.
New Paltz · Appalachians
Mohonk Mountain House is one of the most extraordinary resorts in America, a sprawling Victorian castle on the shore of a small, deep mountain lake on the Shawangunk Ridge, about two hours north of New York City. Built by Quaker twin brothers Albert and Alfred Smiley from 1869 onwards, it has been run by the same family ever since, and it is surrounded by thousands of acres of protected forest, cliffs and trails.
Leogang · Alps
A nature-focused mountain hotel at the foot of Leogang’s Asitz, combining the extensive waldSPA, regional and Japanese dining, family facilities and nearby skiing.
Lech · Alps
A family-run Lech landmark, where an Alpine inn’s heritage meets individually styled rooms, varied dining and mountain-facing pools.
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.
Bavarian Alps · Alps
Schloss Elmau is a castle hotel in a hidden valley of the Bavarian Alps, and one of the most unusual luxury retreats in Europe. Part spa resort, part cultural centre, it hosts hundreds of concerts and readings every year in its historic concert hall, and it is set in an alpine meadow beneath the dramatic Wetterstein mountains. It became world-famous as the setting of the G7 summits in 2015 and 2022.
Fiss · Alps
A five-star family and spa hotel above Fiss, with direct slope access in Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis, extensive pools and separate adult and family wellness spaces.
Vail · Colorado
A family-run, Bavarian-style hotel in the heart of Vail Village, with a generous spa.
Soldeu · Pyrenees
A five-star, all-suite hotel at the foot of the Grandvalira slopes in Soldeu, with a 5,000 m² spa, a Michelin-starred restaurant and supervised clubs for children.
Deer Valley · Utah
Stein Eriksen Lodge is one of the most celebrated ski hotels in North America, a timber-and-stone lodge with the warmth of a Norwegian mountain retreat, set on the slopes of Deer Valley in Utah. It was created in the 1980s by Stein Eriksen, the Norwegian Olympic champion who became Deer Valley's director of skiing, and it remains a byword for luxury, service and seamless skiing.
Minakami, Gunma · Japan
A traditional ryokan known for its huge outdoor hot-spring baths along a mountain river, beautiful in autumn colour or under snow.
Gstaad · Alps
The Alpina Gstaad is one of the most celebrated luxury hotels in the Alps, a grand modern chalet on a hillside above the village of Gstaad, the most discreet and glamorous of Swiss ski resorts. Opened in 2012, it was the first major luxury hotel built in Gstaad in around a century, and it combines traditional Simmentaler craftsmanship with contemporary art, outstanding dining and a vast spa.
Colorado Springs · Colorado
The Broadmoor is one of America's great resort hotels, a pink-stuccoed Italianate palace set beside a lake at the foot of Cheyenne Mountain, where the Rocky Mountains meet the plains. Opened in 1918 by the adventurer and entrepreneur Spencer Penrose, it has welcomed presidents, film stars and generations of families, and it holds a remarkable distinction: it is the only property in the world to have held a Forbes Five-Star rating every year since the awards began in 1960.
Saas-Fee · Alps
An intimate five-star Alpine lodge in car-free Saas-Fee, pairing chalet character with Peak Health Spa and Swiss-Italian mountain cooking at Brasserie 1809.
Andermatt · Alps
Alpine chalet style meets Asian minimalism, with a striking spa.
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.
Northstar · California
The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe is a grand timber-and-stone lodge set mid-mountain at Northstar California, one of the most family-friendly ski resorts in the Sierra Nevada. With ski-in, ski-out access, a large spa, heated outdoor pools and a fire pit where guests toast s'mores every evening, it brings classic five-star service to the slopes, a short drive from the north shore of Lake Tahoe.
Torres del Paine · South America
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.
Arosa · Alps
A mountainside hotel in Arosa with Mario Botta’s sculptural Bergoase spa, destination dining and a private railway into the ski and hiking area.
Millahue Valley · South America
A hilltop hotel beneath a titanium-and-bronze roof, set in a 4,400-hectare vineyard reserve facing the Andes, with art, a Wine Spa and an infinity pool.
Niseko, Hokkaido · Japan
An intimate ryokan where every villa has its own indoor and outdoor onsen.
