🏨The World's 50 Best Hotels, the top 10

The current top 10, as of September 2026. Book ahead for basically all of these, most run long waitlists

01
Rosewood Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
took the top spot, all-suite property built into the old Kai Tak airport site
02
Capella Bangkok (Bangkok)
03
Four Seasons Bangkok at Chao Phraya River (Bangkok)
04
Atlantis The Royal (Dubai)
the one with the underwater suites, book ahead, it sells out months out
05
Passalacqua (Lake Como)
an 18th century villa with only 24 rooms, the smallest hotel on this whole list by a wide margin
06
Rosewood Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo)
07
Mandarin Oriental Qianmen (Beijing)
(new this year), a historic hutong district reworked into a hotel
08
Upper House Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
second Hong Kong hotel in the top 10, Andre Fu's minimalist design
09
Chable Yucatan (Chocholá)
the only Mexican hotel in the top 10, built around an old henequen hacienda outside Merida, the cenote alone is a reason to book
10
Mandarin Oriental Bangkok (Bangkok)
third Bangkok hotel on this list and the oldest hotel on the entire ranking, opened 1876

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