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The Panoramic Vision of Zannier Hotels
Zannier Sonop — Karas, Namibia Arnaud Zannier doesn’t just create hotels, he creates panoramas — complete, comprehensive hospitality experiences with all the drama and amusement of the cinema. There’s a nineteenth-century German concept called Gesamtkunstwerk, in which multiple forms of art are combined to produce a single work. Filmmaking, with its fusion of writing, photography, performance, sound, editing, and on and on, is often cited as a modern expression of the idea.
The Best Hotels in the Poconos: Inside Pennsylvania’s Mountain Retreat Revival
At the peak of her fame in the 1960s, Elizabeth Tailor commissioned a heart-shaped bathtub for her lavish Puerto Vallarta vacation home. Contractors misunderstood. Instead of the romance of a valentine, she received an anatomically accurate organ . Having spent the better part of a decade as a hotel writer, there's perhaps no better target for tales of esoteric hotel design than me.
The Best Hotels in New York's Hidden Corners
I am hotel obsessed — I'll readily admit it. I can hardly visit a new city without popping in for at least a drink, if not a night, to as many accommodations as I can possibly fit into an itinerary. Sightseeing for me is replaced by hotel-seeing, and I always say the hotel scene in a given city reveals as much about its character as anything else.
The Perks of Being a Solo Traveler in Big Sur — by Tablet Hotels
I could’ve spent the night at the spectacular Ventana Big Sur. Or maybe even the Post Ranch Inn, one of the finest hotels in the world. Instead, I had a different plan for this particular late-autumn weekend: to sleep beneath the stars in an almost mythical camping spot, a Big Sur backcountry gem guarded by natural hot springs and shaded by redwoods.
The New Orleans Hotel Beloved by Tennessee Williams
Nearly any destination — with inevitable corners of chaos and serenity, business and pleasure — can be described as a “land of contrasts.” When one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century, Tennessee Williams, came to New Orleans, he found a welcome twist on that travel writing cliche.
The New Orleans Hotel Beloved by Tennessee Williams
Nearly any destination — with inevitable corners of chaos and serenity, business and pleasure — can be described as a “land of contrasts.” When one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century, Tennessee Williams, came to New Orleans, he found a welcome twist on that travel writing cliche.
Los mejores hoteles nuevos en la Guía MICHELIN para descubrir en 2026
Aquí todo gira en torno al whisky. Dowans es un tesoro familiar de 16 habitaciones situado en la zona de Speyside, donde Glenfiddich, Glenlivet y muchas otras marcas destilan sus aguardientes. El hotel cuenta con dos bares llenos de encanto: el MBar, donde se elaboran cócteles clásicos y contemporáneos a base de whisky, y The Still, que alberga la colección de 750 whiskies del alojamiento, entre los que se encuentran algunas botellas realmente impresionantes.
Italy's Eremito Hotel: A Solo Traveler's Silent Refuge
Eremito is one of the most fascinating hotels in our selection — and one that least resembles a hotel at all. You’ll find it on the periphery of 3,000 hectares of protected Italian forest, in an old stone building that’s been rebuilt to contemporary standards. It hosts guests, but that’s where the similarities to a traditional hotel end. Eremito’s monastic rooms are just nine square meters and contain no glass, only handcrafted ceramics.
Diese neuen Hotels definieren das Reisejahr 2026
Manche Reisende verzichten bewusst auf starre Planung und nehmen lieber mit offenem Geist und offenem Reiseplan all die Menschen, Gerichte und Erlebnisse auf, die sich unterwegs ergeben. Man könnte in jedes beliebige Land der Welt reisen und sich einfach treiben lassen. Doch für alle, die sich ein kleines Maß an Struktur wünschen — wirklich nur einen Hauch —, gibt es eine elegante Abkürzung: Beginnen und beenden Sie Ihre Recherche mit den sechs Hotels, die wir hier vorstellen.
The Newly Added Hotels We’re Planning Trips Around in 2026
Some travelers eschew rigid planning, preferring instead an open mind and an open itinerary to fill with whatever people, dishes and experiences might arise. You could head to any destination in the world and simply wander. But for those who want a dash of structure — just a touch — it’s possible to both start and end your research with the six hotels below. Inspectors added hundreds of hotels to the MICHELIN selection in 2025.
Les meilleurs hôtels du Guide MICHELIN à Brooklyn
Sur les rives de l'East River à Brooklyn, les lettres jaunes de Domino Sugar tronent sur le haut d’un bâtiment emblématique datant de 1856 : la Domino Sugar Factory. Avec ses 73 mètres de hauteur et son cadre en briques rouges, elle est inratable et connue de tous les habitants de Brooklyn. Cette raffinerie de sucre a cessé son activité il y a vingt ans et en 2024, elle a été transformée en immeuble de bureaux.
Wat staat u te wachten in de meest prestigieuze hotels ter wereld?
In Dubai kan men zich inbeelden hoe de luxehotellerie er in het jaar 3000 uit zou kunnen zien. Misschien zullen alle hotels tegen die tijd de vorm hebben van een enorme glazen H, zoals het spectaculaire One&Only One Za'abeel (vanaf € 700 per nacht), of de silhouet hebben van een enorme zeilboot op het water, zoals het mythische Burj Al Arab Jumeirah (vanaf € 1.087 per nacht).
De beste Amsterdamse boetiekhotels in historische grachtenpanden
Het is een uitdaging om een architectonische vorm te vinden die zo sterk met zijn locatie wordt geassocieerd als de grachtenpanden van Amsterdam. Het beeld van de smalle, soms scheve huizen wordt 's nachts weerspiegeld in het donkere water. Hun sierlijke gevels en schilderachtige puntgevels vormen een surrealistisch beeld dat op de rustig stromende grachten is geschilderd. De tijd heeft ze alleen maar mooier gemaakt.
Ce que vous réserve un séjour dans les hôtels les plus prestigieux du monde
Les hôtels présentés ici figurent parmi les plus luxueux de leurs villes : une sélection d’établissements situés dans des destinations aussi renommées pour leur scène gastronomique. Mais cette liste ne se limite pas aux suites vertigineuses ou au service de majordome. À New York, les adresses les plus prestigieuses sont des refuges pour célébrités dans une version fantasmée du vieux Big Apple. À Madrid, ce sont d’anciens palais réservés jadis à la noblesse.
Luxus pur: Inside der teuersten Hotels der Welt
In New York etwa verstecken sich Prominente in Hotels, die eine glamouröse Version des alten New York verkörpern. In Madrid residiert man in ehemaligen Adelspalästen. Und in Tokio bekommt man für sein Geld entweder ein elegantes Zimmer in einem futuristischen Wolkenkratzer – oder eine traditionelle, japanische Villa mit Geschichte. In Dubai bekommt man heute schon eine Vorstellung davon, wie die Spitzenhotellerie im Jahr 3000 aussehen könnte.
What You Get at the Most Expensive Hotels in the World
The hotels below are among the most expensive in their cities, a collection of places around the world known for robust food and hospitality scenes. But this page is not just about eye-popping penthouse suites and butler service. The hotels here command nightly rates well into the thousands, and at this level, the infinity pools and MICHELIN-Starred restaurants practically come standard. What’s more interesting is just how differently luxury manifests from place to place.
The Best Hotels in Brooklyn Actually Feel Like Brooklyn
Along the banks of the East River in Brooklyn, the yellow letters of Domino Sugar crown a landmark building with origins in 1856. This is the Domino Sugar Factory. 240-foot-tall, it is known by every Brooklyner: its iconic, red-brick frame unmissable. 20 years ago, it stopped refining sugar. In 2024, it has been remade into an office building. Below it, the newly built park that shares its name is a bright swath of green on the waterfront.
The Best Hotels in Brooklyn Actually Feel Like Brooklyn
Like many of the top destinations in Europe, Florence has its issues with overtourism. Sightseers flock to the city year-round, and the old centre can feel like it’s under attack—an invading army of travellers wielding phone cameras like weapons. To enjoy some Tuscan tranquility while still reveling in everything that makes Florence such a draw, look to the quieter corners of the city: where some of our best hotels offer an escape from the masses of street-side tour groups and other wayfarers.
New York City Hotels with MICHELIN Guide Restaurants
Travel is all about discovery — about getting out there and finding the most rewarding experiences in an exciting new corner of the world. At the following hotels, you get a head start. Just a small sample of our hotels in New York City, they are the total hospitality package: one of the world’s great hotels and one of the world’s great restaurants, together in one place.
New York City Hotels with MICHELIN Guide Restaurants
Travel is all about discovery — about getting out there and finding the most rewarding experiences in an exciting new corner of the world. At the following hotels, you get a head start. Just a small sample of our hotels in New York City, they are the total hospitality package: one of the world’s great hotels and one of the world’s great restaurants, together in one place.
Tulum’s Hotel Zone Is a Boutique Hotel Paradise
Most of the best hotels in Tulum are located along the coast, in a several-mile strip of land understandably named the Hotel Zone, or Zona Hotelera. Here, hotel after hotel has been built in the narrow swath of jungle between a paved road and the waters of the Caribbean. Jump straight to the hotel list. The name itself — Hotel Zone — may raise the hackles of travelers looking for more off-the-beaten path adventure.
Hotel Palafitte’s Prehistoric Overwater Pavilions — by Tablet Hotels
Five thousand years ago farmers built stilted houses above the waters of — not a Maldivian atoll — but Switzerland’s Lake Neuchâtel. Far more recently, under the eye of the Alps, Hotel Palafitte has done the same. Book Hôtel Palafitte on Tablet Hotels. You won’t see many hotels on stilts over water in Europe. It’s a form intimately associated with the Maldives or Southeast Asia. It’s hardly what you’d expect from Switzerland.
In Hotel Palafitte, Europe’s Best Take On the Tropical Bungalow
You won’t see many hotels on stilts over water in Europe. It’s a form intimately associated with the Maldives or Southeast Asia, where travelers arrive ecstatic, begging to sleep as close to the turquoise waters as possible without waking up wet. It’s hardly what you expect from Switzerland. But with the Alps in the distance, this little lakeside hotel brings the spirit of the tropics to unlikely Western Europe.
2ミシュランキー 「西村屋 本館」―旅館で再び出会う古の魅力
日本初となるミシュランキーセレクションには、様々な旅館がセレクションされています。伝統の中に新たな時代を表現している施設が多く、夕食は客室ではなくレストランで、布団の代わりにベッドを、障子や畳の代わりに最先端のデザインをというように、モダンな感覚を取り入れて進化し続けています。 その一方、西村屋 本館は異彩を放ちます。京都から電車で約２時間離れた小さな温泉街、城崎温泉に位置。由緒正しい旅館でありながら、現代的な快適性を取り入れ、ラグジュアリーなブティックホテルのようでもあります。その歴史深い宿の魅力が最も体感できるのが床です。 数寄屋造りの素朴な美が最も凝縮されているのがこの床なのです。...
Soaking in the Details at One Key Ryokan Beniya Mukayu
I had never seen a moss map. Mrs. Nakamichi showed me my very first, and it’s just what it sounds like. An illustrated guide, printed and left in each room at Beniya Mukayu, to the botanical treasures in the garden center of her ryokan. The moss map is the result of 20 years of cataloging throughout seasons — the result of a passion for detail.
A Two Key Ryokan Renews the Lost Charm of the Past
A staggering number of ryokan made our inaugural list of Key hotels in Japan. Among these, many represent a new era in this ancient form, evolving to meet modern sensibilities with dinner served in restaurants instead of in-room, western beds instead of futons, and cutting-edge design in place of traditional features like shoji doors and tatami mats. Then there are ryokans like Nishimuraya Honkan.
Soaking in the Details at One Key Ryokan Beniya Mukayu
I had never seen a moss map. Mrs. Nakamichi showed me my very first, and it’s just what it sounds like. An illustrated guide, printed and left in each room at Beniya Mukayu, to the botanical treasures in the garden center of her ryokan. The moss map is the result of 20 years of cataloging throughout seasons — the result of a passion for detail.
1 ミシュランキー「べにや無何有」―何もない豊かさに身を置く
私は今まで苔マップというものを見たことがありませんでした。女将が見せてくれたそれは、まさに文字通り。べにや無何有の庭の植物を示したイラストガイドです。20年にわたり四季折々の苔を観察してきた集大成。植物への愛を感じるかわいらしい冊子は、各部屋に用意されています。 旅館の楽しみと言えば、夕食で供される会席料理、足をのばして浸かる温泉、そしてゆったりとしたくつろぎの時間でしょう。旅館での滞在を満喫したい人は、日暮れよりもずっと早い時間に到着します。べにや無何有であれば、夜明けと同時に到着したいと思うほどです。玄関の広い空間にただ身を置くために。土間に映る庭木の影を眺めるためだけに。 この影は意図して設計されました。木漏れ日、つまり葉の隙間から太陽が差し込む光と影の戯れを眺めるために、慎重に施された仕掛けなのです。...
Heaven on Earth and Hawaii's Best Hotels — by Tablet Hotels
First, a look at Doris Duke’s Shangri La in Hawaii. Then, a look at some of the best hotels the islands have to offer. Skip down to the hotels. In 1933, James Hilton introduced the world to Shangri La in his novel Lost Horizon. Not long after its publication, the “richest girl in the world” decided that it wasn’t good enough for heaven on earth to exist on the page, it also needed to exist in Hawaii. Think Atlantis or Eden. Camelot or El Dorado.
The Best Hotels in Brooklyn Actually Feel Like Brooklyn
Along the banks of the East River in Brooklyn, the yellow letters of Domino Sugar crown a landmark building with origins in 1856. This is the Domino Sugar Factory. 240-feet tall, it is known by every Brooklyner: its iconic, red-brick frame unmissable. 20 years ago, it stopped refining sugar. In 2024, it has been remade into an office building. Below it, the newly built park that shares its name is a bright swath of green on the waterfront.
Inn at the Roman Forum Has Its Own Ruins — by Tablet Hotels
Where a regular hotel might have a closet to store your luggage, the Inn at the Roman Forum has a crypt built before Christ. It’s delightful, a little haunting, and open 24 hours a day. It feels more like a tiny office space than one of the world’s most outstanding hotels. That’s your first thought entering the Inn at the Roman Forum. The lighting is bright and fluorescent in the lobby, with only a little desk and a small couch for decor.
Castello di Reschio Is a Medieval Masterwork
Castello di Reschio just earned Three Keys, the MICHELIN Guide's top hotel honor. A hotel that will never be mistaken for a corporate-run, Disneyfied medieval fantasyland, this 1,000-year-old castle hotel in Italy’s Umbrian hills is the real deal — it’s owned by one family, and it reflects the aesthetic vision of one man. The rooms at Castello di Reschio are designed to provoke.
Palazzo Margherita Is Coppola Family Business
Palazzo Margherita is in fact Coppola’s fifth hotel, and the latest in a series of places that give credence to the idea of the hotelier as artist, and the hotel as total art. “There was a period where I wasn’t making very many movies,” says Coppola himself. “I was making these lodges” instead. Like a film, “It’s all about putting on a show.
Castello di Reschio Is a Medieval Masterwork
Castello di Reschio just earned Three Keys, the MICHELIN Guide's top hotel honor. A hotel that will never be mistaken for a corporate-run, Disneyfied medieval fantasyland, this 1,000-year-old castle hotel in Italy’s Umbrian hills is the real deal — it’s owned by one family, and it reflects the aesthetic vision of one man. The rooms at Castello di Reschio are designed to provoke.
The Guilty Pleasures of the Chicago Athletic Association
As the Chicago World’s Fair entertained millions in 1893, a man by the name of H.H. Holmes was supposedly luring revelers to his nearby hotel. Just three miles west of the famous expo, torture rooms on the building’s second floor included chutes down to acid vats, or so the story goes. It’s said that the investigation uncovered gas chambers and a dissection table, even a crematorium to dispose of bodies (after Holmes removed the skeletons and sold them to unknowing medical labs).
Eaton DC Is a Launchpad for Progress
In November 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges became one of the first Black children to integrate an all-white elementary school in the South. The iconic civil rights moment was immortalized by Norman Rockwell in his painting The Problem We All Live With. Erik Thor-Sandberg’s mural at Eaton DC offers a different perspective, that of a defiant Bridges slaying the monstrous Jabberwock from Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass.
Hotel des Dunes in the South of France - by Tablet Hotels
There’s a case to be made that one of the most quintessentially American surf-shack motels isn’t in Malibu or Montauk. It’s in Cap Ferret, France. We knew Hotel des Dunes way back when. Karine Tiphagne-Hecquet and husband Jean-Philippe had spent years living in New York and sampling all of America’s best surf destinations. In 2021, they returned to France to start their own boutique hotel, and they reached out to a member of our team for advice.
Cristine Bedfor Is By Your Side in Menorca — by Tablet Hotels
Cristine Bedfor is charming, graceful, and generous. She’s a true bohemian and, if you find yourself in Menorca, a trustworthy confidant. She’s also a hotel. Cristine Bedfor is the type of person you can talk to. Someone you’d stay up late into the night laughing with. Her passion for hosting friends and travelers runs deep, and is the inspiration for this fascinating hotel of the same name.
The Price of Perfection in Big Sur
Post Ranch Inn is part of the MICHELIN Guide hotel selection. Each of the 5000+ hotels in the selection has been chosen by our experts for its extraordinary style, service, and personality — and each can be booked on the MICHELIN Guide website and app. The name “Big Sur” can bring an endless stream of images to mind. Bare feet, psychedelic beauty, and cliffside views. Henry Miller, and the beatniks that followed him, and the hippies that followed them.
The Madrona Hotel Goes Wilde in Wine Country
The Madrona is part of the MICHELIN Guide hotel selection. Each of the 5,000+ hotels in the selection has been chosen by our experts for its extraordinary style, service, and personality — and each can be booked on the MICHELIN Guide website and app. During the 1800s, when the mansion now known as the Madrona was built, Victorian culture dictated that art should be accompanied by a moral.
The Madrona Is an Aesthetic Success in Sonoma
The Madrona is part of the MICHELIN Guide hotel selection. Each of the 5,000+ hotels in the selection has been chosen by our experts for its extraordinary style, service, and personality — and each can be booked on the MICHELIN Guide website and app. During the 1800s, when the mansion now known as the Madrona was built, Victorian culture dictated that art should be accompanied by a moral.
Soaking in the Details at Ryokan Beniya Mukayu
Beniya Mukayu is part of the MICHELIN Guide hotel selection. Each of the 5,000+ hotels in the selection has been chosen by our experts for its extraordinary style, service, and personality — and each can be booked on the MICHELIN Guide website and app. I had never seen a moss map. Mrs. Nakamichi showed me my very first, and it’s just what it sounds like. An illustrated guide, printed and left in each room at Beniya Mukayu, to the botanical treasures in the garden center of her ryokan.
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Soaking in the Details at Beniya Mukayu Ryokan — by Tablet Hotels
The Japanese ryokan might be the highest form of hospitality, but it’s not a hotel. For the owners of Beniya Mukayu, it’s important that you understand why. I had never seen a moss map. Mrs. Nakamichi showed me my very first, and it’s just what it sounds like. An illustrated guide, printed and left in each room at Beniya Mukayu, to the botanical treasures in the garden center of her ryokan. The moss map is the result of 20 years of cataloging throughout seasons — the result of a passion for detail.
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Mansion on the Hill —
A Victorian mansion in the California wine country is now the Madrona, an uncompromising hotel that owes its brash design to the rebellious Aesthetic Movement of the late 19th century. Oscar Wilde would be proud. During the 1800s, when the mansion now known as the Madrona was built, Victorian culture dictated that art should be accompanied by a moral.
Palisociety Takes the Show on the Road
The hotels below are part of the MICHELIN Guide hotel selection. Each of the 5,000+ hotels in the selection has been chosen by our experts for its extraordinary style, service, and personality — and each can be booked on the MICHELIN Guide website and app.
Palisociety Takes the Show on the Road
The hotels below are part of the MICHELIN Guide hotel selection. Each of the 5,000+ hotels in the selection has been chosen by our experts for its extraordinary style, service, and personality — and each can be booked on the MICHELIN Guide website and app.
Palisociety Takes the Show on the Road — by Tablet Hotels
Every city would be lucky to have a Pali hotel. If things continue like they are, every city might have the chance. The California-born group is growing fast. “I put in the time and energy to understand how every hotel will add value to each neighborhood we inhabit.” That was Palisociety founder Avi Brosh when we spoke with him in 2020, right after Pali completed an expansion from three hotels to nine.
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