Gold Stay 2026
Aman Venice
Venice, Italy · Aman
The rare Venice hotel that feels like being lent a palazzo rather than sold a room.
The Collection
Honeymoon
Private pools, grown-up calm and arrival-to-departure romance.
Editors Pick
Amangalla
Galle, Sri Lanka · Aman
Sri Lanka's most atmospheric address: a living piece of Galle Fort run with Aman precision and worn like old linen.
Grand-Hotel du Cap-Ferrat
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France · Four Seasons
Still the benchmark for Riviera grand hotels, best taken in June or September when the funicular-pool crowd thins.
The Ocean Club
Paradise Island, Bahamas · Four Seasons
The Caribbean's old-money benchmark: Bond-film glamour, Versailles Gardens and Four Seasons polish on one very private beach.
Waldorf Astoria Ithaafushi
Maldives · Waldorf Astoria
A vast, polished private-island flagship with private-pool villas and standout dining, a benchmark Maldives blowout thirty minutes from Male.
Four Seasons Resort Maui
Maui, United States · Four Seasons
Hawaii's benchmark resort: 15 beachfront acres run with a precision that makes the nightly rate feel almost defensible.
Gold Stay 2026
Amanpulo
Palawan, Philippines · Aman
The full private-island fantasy executed with Aman discipline, priced accordingly.
The Ritz-Carlton Fari Islands
Maldives · The Ritz-Carlton
Kerry Hill's minimalist rings bring rare architectural discipline to the Maldives, and the lagoon does the rest.
Rosewood San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico · Rosewood
The most complete hotel in Mexico's most romantic town, and the rooftop at sunset is worth the rate on its own.
Rosewood Le Guanahani
Saint Barthelemy · Rosewood
The island's most complete resort: an eighteen-acre peninsula between two beaches, barefoot in feel and polished in execution, at full St. Barth prices.
You & Me Maldives
Maldives
A romantic, adults-only Raa Atoll island where all-a-la-carte dining and a Michelin-backed underwater restaurant outweigh a modest house reef.
The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas
St Thomas, US Virgin Islands · The Ritz-Carlton
Still the benchmark beachfront resort in the US Virgin Islands: thirty acres on calm Great Bay, refined, well-run and equally happy with families and couples.
Fairmont Udaipur Palace
Udaipur, India · Fairmont
A brand-new palace built at Rajput scale above Udaisagar Lake: theatrical, enormous and already the wedding stage of choice east of Udaipur.
Rosewood Little Dix Bay
Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands · Rosewood
Laurance Rockefeller's 1964 original, rebuilt with restraint after Irma into the calmest aristocrat in the British Virgin Islands.
Voaara Madagascar
Madagascar
The most exciting new beach address in the Indian Ocean, precisely because it is not in the Maldives.
Fairmont Royal Pavilion
St James, Barbados · Fairmont
Every room faces the sea, and this sea is the whole argument: calm, clear and ten steps from your balcony.
Gold Stay 2026
Kura Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica's best small hotel: eight rooms, one preposterous view and sustainability worn lightly.
Palace Hotel Como
Como, Italy
The sane way to do Lake Como: a true lakefront address, Belle Epoque manners and rates that leave money for boat hire.
Casa Chameleon Las Catalinas
Costa Rica
A honeymooners' eyrie that borrows its nightlife from the car-free town below and keeps its mornings entirely to itself.