Every year, after a lot consideration and debate, Afar’s world community of editors, writers, and journey advisors anoints one of the best new and renovated lodges on the earth. For 2025, we’ve chosen 25 properties that provide a lot greater than only a picture-perfect keep. These are locations that assist redefine a vacation spot, set a brand new bar for sustainability and design, and produce vacationers into communities the place their {dollars} can really matter. Inspiration to your subsequent nice journey begins right here.
Cape Grace
- Location: Cape City, South Africa
- Why we find it irresistible: Attractive waterfront location, good-looking foyer lounge
- Loyalty program: Accor Reside Limitless
- From $1,000/evening
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Opened in 1996, two years after South Africa transitioned to democracy, Cape Grace was the go-to harborside retreat for well-heeled vacationers, however over time its luster started to fade. Now a Fairmont Managed Lodge, it underwent a significant rejuvenation by 1508 London—the design studio behind the OWO Residences by Raffles in London—which breathed new life into the 112-room grande dame. Geometric chandeliers within the restaurant and bars add artwork deco aptitude, whereas chesterfields and wingback chairs create inviting nooks within the Library Lounge, which faces a non-public yacht marina. Right here, amid the cabinets full of pure historical past objets d’artwork, friends can whereas away an hour with a glass of chenin blanc and a tome on South Africa’s one-of-a-kind flora. —Richard Holmes
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Corinthia Grand Lodge Astoria
- Location: Brussels, Belgium
- Why we find it irresistible: Elegant restoration of a historic grand dame, a pair of eating places from notable Brussels cooks
- Loyalty program: Corinthia Discovery
- From $713
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King Leopold II of Belgium initially commissioned the Grand Lodge Astoria for the Brussels Worldwide Exposition of 1910, and it has hosted icons together with Salvador Dalí and Winston Churchill. In December, after 4 years of painstaking renovations below the steerage of Belgian architect Francis Metzger, Corinthia Lodges lastly reopened the property in all its Belle Époque splendor. Company coming into the Palm Courtroom are immediately drawn to the stained-glass dome; the 126 rooms and suites are ethereal and spacious, with up to date artwork, marble bogs, and a tastefully regal palette. The lodge additionally hosts a pair of on-site eating places from two notable Brussels cooks: David Martin’s Palais Royal serves multicourse, Japanese-inflected tasting menus, and Christophe Hardiquest’s brasserie-style Le Petit Bon Bon updates comforting Belgian classics. —Kris Henri Naudts
Dar Tantora The Home Lodge
- Location: AlUla, Saudi Arabia
- Why we find it irresistible: A trendy pool with views out over a date palm oasis, a romantic environment heightened by candle-lit interiors after darkish
- From $600
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A group of centuries-old mud-brick homes, Dar Tantora is situated in AlUla, an historical metropolis in northwestern Saudi Arabia that has been a crossroads of cultures for millennia. The 30 rooms are atmospheric and wholly particular person: Some have sunny roof terraces, others have murals historically painted as a present for newlyweds. There’s no electrical lighting right here (aside from in bogs), and are available sundown, candlelight retains issues cozy and romantic. However there’s modernity to be discovered within the type of a modern swimming pool that features views of a date palm oasis, the supply of many components on the restaurant Joontos. Meals costs right here, in contrast to these at a number of different AlUla lodges, are affordable (mains begin at $13, for instance), a part of Dar Tantora’s intention to be as standard with space residents as with vacationers. —Nicola Chilton
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Dusit Thani
- Location: Bangkok, Thailand
- Why we find it irresistible: Bigger and extra trendy visitor rooms, views of peaceable Lumpini Park
- From $504
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Devotees of Dusit Thani Bangkok set free a sigh of reduction when their beloved gathering spot on the sting of Lumpini Park reopened final September after a five-year, billion-dollar transformation. A Nineteen Seventies-era icon, the lodge returned with half the variety of rooms (257, down from 517), which had been doubled in measurement and modernized with interiors by Hong Kong–born architect André Fu. The outdated guard will acknowledge the hallmark golden roof spire and the foyer’s hand-painted columns preserved from the unique Benjarong restaurant. However a brand new retro-themed sky bar, a fine-dining spot by celebrated Italian chef Umberto Bombana, and a fleet of e-hybrid Porsches for airport transfers (for friends staying in membership rooms or suites) show the lodge is prepared for the subsequent technology. —Chris Schalkx
4 Seasons Lodge Osaka
- Location: Osaka, Japan
- Why we find it irresistible: Pilgrimage-worthy eating places, rooms that evoke an city ryokan
- From $850
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Consider the 4 Seasons Lodge Osaka as two lodges in a single: 154 rooms are Western-style, finished up in muted tones impressed by spices, whereas the twenty eighth flooring homes Gensui, town’s first city ryokan, with 21 rooms lined with tatami mats and bedding from 450-year-old model Nishikawa. On the thirty sixth flooring is a spa with ofuros (conventional baths), a sauna, and a 52-foot-long infinity pool that appears out over Osaka Fortress within the distance. 4 Seasons provides to town’s spectacular culinary lineup with Jiang Nan Chun, a Cantonese restaurant serving dim sum at lunchtime, and Sushi L’Abysse Osaka, a partnership between French chef Yannick Alléno and Japanese chef Itaru Yasuda, who pair French bites with distinctive twists on sushi and concentrate on low-waste ingenuity, equivalent to wasabi peel simmered in soy sauce as a garnish for sashimi. —Yukari Sakamoto
Hôtel du Couvent
- Location: Good, France
- Why we find it irresistible: Minimalist decor in a Seventeenth-century house dripping with historical past, a pool overlooking the ocean
- From $405
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Set on a hillside in pastel-hued Previous Good, the 88-room Hôtel du Couvent, a Luxurious Assortment Lodge, opened in June 2024 in a former Seventeenth-century convent. The stone flooring and minimalist interiors could have a monastic really feel, however the nuns by no means had beds so comfortable, towels so fluffy, or Roman-style thermal baths so engaging. The cloister homes an herbalist doling out tisanes and tinctures and a boulangerie producing sourdough loaves from flour milled on-site. Trendy locals, accompanied by their equally fashionable canine, sip pure wines and dine within the orange tree–crammed courtyard on deliciously unfussy meals (stuffed cabbage, purple gnocchi with sage), a lot of it made with components from the lodge’s personal farm. Terraced gardens result in a pool with views over the Mediterranean. —NC
Janu Tokyo
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Why we find it irresistible: A extra relaxed tackle luxurious, distinctive perks like branded baggage tags
- From $1,062
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Taking its identify from the Sanskrit phrase for “soul,” Janu Tokyo opened within the up-and-coming Azabudai Hills district final 12 months and marked the primary location of a sibling model to Aman. The 122-room property acts as a extra playful (and barely extra reasonably priced) different to the hushed and extremely personal environment that has characterised Aman for practically 4 many years. Designer Jean-Michel Gathy and his Kuala Lumpur–based mostly Denniston studio created the interiors, which meld Japanese minimalism with European touches like mirror-covered foyer partitions, large French lampshades, and patterned banquettes. Aman loyalists will acknowledge model logos, from the ample mild and beneficiant use of house to the branded baggage tag hooked up to your suitcase at checkout. —CS
Kibale Lodge
- Location: Kasenda, Uganda
- Why we find it irresistible: Enviable entry to one of the best primate tourism spots in Uganda with a feel-good nonprofit hooked up
- From $990, all-inclusive
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Set on a ridge above a crater lake, the latest lodge from ecotourism firm Volcanoes Safaris has an unbeatable location: It’s 15 miles west of the customer heart at Kibale Nationwide Park, the world primate capital that’s house to 13 species, together with baboons and bush infants. Founder Praveen Moman, a Uganda native, launched community-focused nice ape tourism in Rwanda and Uganda in 1997, and Kibale Lodge completes a circuit of 5 properties that hyperlinks the primary chimpanzee and gorilla trekking websites. The eight bandas (huts) are made with papyrus, purple soil, and cow dung, and furnishings embody mattress frames braided from banana leaf fibers. A portion of the nightly charge goes to Volcanoes Safaris’ nonprofit and native packages equivalent to Roots & Shoots, which was developed by the Jane Goodall Institute to show environmental research in space colleges. —Lisa Kadane
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Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London
- Location: London, England
- Why we find it irresistible: Dramatic interiors that embody assertion artwork items, a see-and-be-seen meals and beverage program
- From: $1,243/evening
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In a quiet nook of considered one of England’s most prestigious postcodes, the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London blends understated opulence and up to date design with particulars like a Ming inexperienced marble staircase and an undulating wood sculpture impressed by the motion of the wind. With simply 50 rooms and suites, the Hanover Sq. lodge caters to vacationers who crave a extra private hospitality expertise. Tokyo agency Curiosity designed the general public areas, whereas London’s Studio Indigo was liable for the lodging, which had been adorned with nods to nature, together with de Gournay handpainted silk wallpaper with branches of delicate blossoms. Children will love playful touches equivalent to teddy bears wearing cardigans bearing the Mandarin Oriental fan emblem. —Sara Hamdan
One&Solely One Za’abeel
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Why we find it irresistible: One of many coolest new buildings (lodge or in any other case) to debut lately, a number of the finest eating places and bars in a metropolis recognized for its culinary excellence
- From $600/evening
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Even by Dubai’s sky-high requirements, the One&Solely is a showstopper: It’s a part of the brand new One Za’abeel growth, two towers linked by the world’s longest cantilever, the 750-foot-long Hyperlink—a gravity-defying construction topped by a spectacular infinity pool and residential to a formidable roster of bars and eating places. The 229 rooms and suites, situated on flooring 38 to 53, are modern and uncluttered, with a contact of heat from textured carpets, silky-soft bedding, and custom-blended tub facilities scented with notes of rose, saffron, and gurjun resin that conjure Arabian gardens. Most of the rooms embody deep, window-front soaking tubs, and from up right here, with out speedy neighbors obstructing the view, there’s a way of house that offers the constructing—and its friends—room to breathe. —NC
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Palazzo Talìa
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Why we find it irresistible: Widespread areas that think of the grandeur of this Sixteenth-century constructing’s heyday, trendy furnishings courtesy of director-turned-designer Luca Guadagnino
- From $723/evening
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Rome has no scarcity of luxurious lodges or historic landmarks, however Palazzo Talìa provides an authentic mix of each. The primary lodge designed by Studio Luca Guadagnino, run by the Italian director of such movies as I Am Love and Name Me By Your Identify, Palazzo Talìa is situated within the centro storico quarter in a restored Sixteenth-century constructing that was as soon as the residence of the secretary to a Medici pope after which a well-known faculty. Interiors really feel grand at some moments and intimate at others. The Aula Magna (Nice Corridor), for example, options marble Roman busts and frescoed ceilings, whereas the 26 lodging are full of design particulars which may embody cloth headboards, four-poster beds, or colourful toilet tiles made on the Amalfi Coast. —Jennifer Flowers
Populus
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Why we find it irresistible: An awe-inspiring facade that attracts on Rocky Mountain motifs, a formidable sustainability program that features reforestation
- From $299/evening
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Billed as America’s first “carbon-positive” lodge—vowing to take away extra carbon from the environment than it emits—the Populus in Denver is a biophilic architectural marvel from Studio Gang. Rounded home windows dot the white, wedge-shaped constructing, mimicking the bark of the Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen), and the interiors by Heather Wildman are impressed by the totally different ranges of a tree, from the roots as much as the cover. The foyer reimagines a forest flooring, with a entrance desk reduce from a single cottonwood log; the 265 rooms and suites have pressed wildflowers and seed-shaped vases. 13 tales above town, the rooftop Stellar Jay restaurant includes a wall coated in dried leaves, herbs, and sunflower petals. Better of all, the lodge is dedicated to planting tens of hundreds of timber throughout Colorado each quarter. —Bailey Berg
Raffles Jaipur
- Location: Jaipur, India
- Why we find it irresistible: Customized service, ornate interiors that nod to historic buildings
- From $650/evening
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When friends arrive at Raffles Jaipur, a doorman in a Rajasthani turban greets them at a gold-accented shikar tent and leads them to the majestic Nice Corridor, the place celestial golden birds—a logo of fine luck—populate a painted domed ceiling. Opened in July 2024, India’s second Raffles location makes a dramatic first impression, which completely captures the spirit of this metropolis recognized for its ornate palaces and forts. The 50-room retreat is styled after a zenana, or girls’s quarters, with latticed inside balconies and niches from which a royal may gaze upon happenings under. Hand-cut marble flooring dominate public areas full of scalloped archways and complex moldings, whereas every of the jewel field–like visitor rooms is a fantasy of canopied beds, camel bone inlay furnishings, and silky hand-knotted rugs. —Kathryn Romeyn
Regent Santa Monica Seashore
- Location: Santa Monica, California
- Why we find it irresistible: Unbeatable location throughout from the seaside, vacation spot eating courtesy of Michael Mina
- From $1,100/evening
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After a 32-year absence, the Regent hospitality model made its grand return to American shores final fall with this contemporary Santa Monica outpost, set simply throughout the road from Muscle Seashore—and even in a city recognized for excellent lodges, it’s a knockout. The Pacific Ocean subtly makes its means into the decor of the 167 visitor rooms and suites, the place rugs and desk lamps in muted greens and turquoise evoke kelp forests, and fluffy robes function inexperienced seashell prints. At Orla by Michael Mina, below a handpainted octopus on the ceiling, the James Beard Award–profitable chef attracts on his Egyptian heritage in dishes that embody prawns wrapped in kataifi (shredded phyllo) and Urfa-pepper-dusted bigeye tuna. In December, the lodge additionally welcomed the West Coast’s solely Guerlain spa. —Tim Chester
Rosewood Schloss Fuschl
- Location: Hof bei Salzburg, Austria
- Why we find it irresistible: A pleasant mixture of conventional and up to date artwork, Alpine-inspired actions equivalent to foraging and fishing
- From $650
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In-built 1461 as a royal looking lodge, this Alpine fort outdoors of Salzburg turned a lodge after World Struggle II and performed a starring position within the Sissi movie trilogy, about Nineteenth-century Empress Elisabeth of Austria. The Rosewood Lodge Group redesigned and reopened the property final July with 98 visitor rooms and an eclectic combine of recent glamour and historic particulars: Mounted antlers and outdated grasp work share house with up to date artwork equivalent to Georg Baselitz’s upside-down portrait of his spouse. Exterior, friends can fish or take a sundown cruise on glowing Lake Fuschl, go on guided hikes, or forage with an herbalist. Suitably, the lodge pays homage to the empress in quite a few methods, from a signature suite to a turndown cookie within the form of her pet deer.—Mary Winston Nicklin
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Royal Mansour Casablanca
- Location: Casablanca, Morocco
- Why we find it irresistible: Artwork deco–tinged design, a spa providing conventional hammam therapies
- From $650/evening
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Lengthy ignored by vacationers speeding to Marrakech and Fez, Casablanca has a brand new purpose to cease and keep awhile: a trendy reimagining of town’s first luxurious lodge, which simply occurs to be owned by King Mohammed VI. Befitting its location close to the artwork deco district, the 149-room Royal Mansour Casablanca trades out the normal Moroccan model of its sister property in Marrakech for a midcentury-modern vibe that additionally displays town’s port historical past, with mushy carpets created from recycled fishing nets and an aquarium with hundreds of fish. Conventional hammam therapies utilizing Taliouine saffron, rose water, and ghassoul clay are carried out within the spa, and cuts and beard trims are provided at Le Salon Barbier, designed by movie star French barber Sarah Hamizi. —NC
Sandals St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Location: Buccament, St. Vincent
- Why we find it irresistible: Distinctive eating choices that go above and past what friends may count on at an all-inclusive, plus considerate design that honors Caribbean supplies and traditions
- From $500 per particular person/evening, all-inclusive
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Sandals has been a Caribbean fixture for greater than 4 many years, however its new location on rainforested St. Vincent is a game-changing step ahead—“Sandals 2.0,” if you’ll. Its 301 rooms supply considerate design (pure wooden, handwoven rugs), and friends who e book Butler Elite lodging have entry to unpacking providers and a non-public island cruise. Equally noteworthy are the 11 eating places, equivalent to Buccan, the place diners get pleasure from a menu of Vincentian components (breadfruit, mahi-mahi) which are cooked in yabba pots over cedarwood and coconut husks, and served with calabash bowls of spices and chutneys. Don’t miss Three Jewels Rum Bar, which has vinyl data, domino tables, and a 32-rum menu by which two-thirds of the choices are distilled within the japanese Caribbean. —Heather Greenwood Davis
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Six Senses La Sagesse
- Location: St. David, Grenada
- Why we find it irresistible: Wellness packages that really feel linked to the place, a number of the finest coastal views within the Caribbean
- From $700/evening
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The volcanic island of Grenada has remained a peaceable spot because of having comparatively fewer guests than its tourist-heavy neighbors—making it a great locale for the sustainability-minded, wellness-centric Six Senses model to dip its toes into Caribbean waters. The resort opened in April 2024 with 56 pool suites and 15 villas clustered on hills overlooking the ocean. Courses vary from sound tub therapeutic to aerial yoga, with private coaching classes out there, too; the spa is supplied with swimming pools, a sauna, a steam room, and suspended swinging chairs excellent for an after-treatment snooze. Befitting Grenada’s popularity because the Spice Island, the Alchemy Bar teaches friends the way to make their very own facial scrub utilizing components like cinnamon, nutmeg, cacao, and clove—a aromatic memento. —HGD
Soneva Secret
- Location: Makunudhoo Atoll, Maldives
- Why we find it irresistible: Inventive decor with upcycled and reclaimed supplies, retractable roofs for stargazing from mattress
- From $4,400/evening
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Soneva introduced its castaway fantasy to new heights with the Could 2024 opening of a 3rd Maldivian hideaway that’s its grandest—and smallest—resort up to now. Situated a 90-minute seaplane flight from the capital metropolis of Malé in distant Makunudhoo Atoll, the aptly named Soneva Secret encompasses 14 villas, both hidden within the island’s jungled coronary heart or branching off a winding overwater walkway. Ethereal interiors embody reclaimed driftwood and upcycled decor created from scrap aluminum and discarded bottles; button-operated roofs open to encourage stargazing from mattress; and infinity swimming pools flank the terraces of overwater villas, the place a curving slide drops friends into the waves under. Each villa has a private gymnasium and a separate spa therapy room, with therapists and trainers on name. —CS
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Tawana
- Location: Moremi Recreation Reserve, Botswana
- Why we find it irresistible: A singular partnership between a safari firm and a neighborhood chief, entry to unimaginable wildlife with out the crowds
- From $2,195 per particular person/evening
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The Moremi Recreation Reserve embraces the crystalline channels of the Okavango Delta, game-rich grasslands, and mopani forests. For its new camp, the conservation-minded safari firm Pure Choice entered right into a uncommon partnership with Tawana Moremi, paramount chief of the Batawana tribe, whose father and grandmother had been instrumental in creating the reserve. The lodge takes design cues from the native customs and setting, from the natural palette in its eight suites to the coated walkway on the entrance modeled on yikuku fish traps utilized by the Mbukushu individuals. That is the one camp to be granted entry to a 130-acre concession on this nearly unvisited stretch of the park, which means friends principally have the toothy, wild residents (equivalent to lions, leopards, elephants, and hippos) all to themselves. —RH
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The Dunlin
- Location: Johns Island, South Carolina
- Why we find it irresistible: A coastal retreat located in a a serene marshland setting.
- From $749/evening
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Hugging a mild curve within the Kiawah River, this Auberge Resorts Assortment retreat sits 35 minutes by automotive southwest of Charleston but feels worlds away in its serene marshland setting. The lodge, which opened in August 2024, captures the breezy nostalgia of a classic coastal summerhouse because of designer Amanda Lindroth, who crammed the 52 visitor rooms and 20 suites with soaking tubs, four-poster beds, and vintage birding books. By day, friends can discover the Lowcountry on naturalist-led kayak and boat journeys, cycle beneath the moss-draped dwell oaks, or unwind with an natural facial or glass of wine by the waterfront pool. At sunset, they’re invited out to the porch for Southern-inspired cocktail lessons highlighting native spirits, earlier than a dinner of heat blue crab dip and buttermilk-fried oysters on the seafood-focused restaurant Linnette’s. —Lauren Mowery
The Lana
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Why we find it irresistible: An understated decor model, cool food-and-drink choices that embody a bee-themed cocktail bar
- Loyalty program: Dorchester Assortment Diamond Membership
- From $650/evening
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The Dorchester Assortment’s first Center East lodge has all of the hype-worthy options of a metropolis outlined by bling: a shimmering, 30-story constructing by Foster + Companions; a rooftop infinity pool; a luxurious Dior spa on the twenty ninth flooring. However its interiors extensively eschew flashiness in favor of calm, assured hospitality. The sunshine-filled foyer’s hovering arches and mosaic-covered columns are complemented by mild grays and pinks, and supplies equivalent to alabaster and uncooked and polished marble. Among the many lodge’s 50 specifically commissioned artworks are Latifa Saeed’s glass and sand installations alluding to Dubai’s evolution from desert to metropolis. Elegant eating choices embody a restaurant by celebrated Basque chef Martín Berasategui, a marina-view house for afternoon tea, a speakeasy cigar lounge, and a tiny, bee-themed bar that serves cocktails made with native honey. —NC
The Potlatch Membership
- Location: Eleuthera, The Bahamas
- Why we find it irresistible: Peaceable and residential-style suites, a pair of swimming pools to place you within the Caribbean temper
- From $850/evening
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A bunch of East Coast socialites opened the Potlatch Membership in 1967, and shortly after that, its pink-sand shores welcomed celebrities equivalent to Paul McCartney, who wrote “She Got here In By way of the Toilet Window” whereas honeymooning right here. Closed within the Nineteen Eighties, the lodge sat deserted till 2016, when two enterprise companions began the method of bringing it again to life. They stored a number of the authentic buildings, together with the 1923 Clubhouse, however 10 of the 11 cottages, suites, and villas are new, with a retro Bahamian vibe of pink coral flooring and splashes of rattan. There’s a small however mighty spa and two swimming pools—one overlooking the ocean, the opposite set in a secluded backyard—and the Sand Bar serves up basic Bahamian cocktails (suppose rum-based Goombay Smashes) and uninterrupted sea views. —Laura Begley Bloom
Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island
- Location: Platte Island, Seychelles
- Why we find it irresistible: Domestically impressed design that comes with mother-of-pearl and sisal, villas with tropical gardens
- From $1,558/evening
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From the window on the turboprop airplane switch from Mahé (the biggest island within the Seychelles), personal Platte Island comes into view as a palm-tufted speck ringed by bone-white seashores. This former coconut plantation is the location of the brand new Waldorf Astoria, which opened in January 2024 and includes 50 one- to five-bedroom villas, every with its personal tropical backyard and pool. Zigzagging rooftops nod to hawksbill turtle shells, and the seaside home–model interiors have beds fringed by gauzy drapes certain with sisal rope and breezy bogs with terrazzo flooring created from shell splinters and mother-of-pearl. The Indian Ocean is seen by way of the gardens’ palms, however seaside entry from the villas is purposefully obstructed—the resort’s means of creating positive to not disturb the practically 300 sea turtle nests lining the shore. —CS
Warren Avenue Lodge
- Location: New York Metropolis, New York
- Why we find it irresistible: Equipment Kemp’s trademark use of shiny colours and assertion headboards, a group of artworks curated from across the globe
- From $925/evening
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With its teal-framed facade and maximalist interiors, the Warren Avenue Lodge has brightened up a boring nook of Tribeca in decrease Manhattan. British design maven and hotelier Equipment Kemp collaborated along with her daughters on the mission, which pushes her signature model in even bolder instructions. Every of the 69 residential-feeling rooms and suites is uniquely designed, some in heat reds and fuchsias, others in soothing blues and greens. Public areas are an exuberant showcase of worldwide artwork and craft, together with Ugandan artist Sanaa Gateja’s paper-bead wall hanging and Argentine designer Cristián Mohaded’s woven baskets. The all-day Warren Avenue Bar and Restaurant doubles as a lounge for New Yorkers searching for a convivial gathering place. As a result of it’s all within the particulars, Kemp even designed the Spode china tableware. —JF
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