Essential
The timeless classics, perfected over a century.
Essential
Every hotel in our Essential collection, in one place.
La Samanna, A Belmond Hotel
A French-Caribbean hideaway on secluded Baie Longue since 1974 — clifftop villas and powder-soft sand.
Secrets Cap Cana Resort & Spa
Adults-only Unlimited-Luxury on Juanillo Beach — swim-out suites and seven à la carte restaurants.
Cayo Levantado Resort
A private island reached by boat — villas with pools, four wellness paths and Dominican-rooted cooking.
SUNRISE White Hills Resort
Seven pools and a private reef beach at Ras Nasrani, with Posh Club suites and premium all-inclusive dining.
Rixos Premium Alamein
A landmark high-rise on the North Coast, with Mediterranean panoramas and eight restaurants.
SUNRISE Tucana Resort
Makadi Bay suites with private pools and Jacuzzis, built around the butler-served Posh Club.
Ikos Dassia
An all-inclusive retreat in 25 acres of pine and olive gardens — a 600-metre white-sand beach and eight pools.
Grecotel LUXME Dama Dama
A seafront all-inclusive on Faliraki Beach — a 100-metre pool, a stylish Beach Club and four à la carte restaurants.
Grecotel LUXME Kos
A reimagined all-inclusive in Psalidi — 100,000 m² of tropical gardens, six pools and the sandy Papaya Island.
Munduk Moding Plantation Nature Resort
A hillside coffee-plantation retreat above the Bali Sea, with infinity pools, villa plunge pools and the Bamboo Spa.
The Lost Lindenberg
Suites on stilts above a black-lava beach on Bali's quiet west coast, gathered around a seven-metre communal table.
The Kayon Jungle Resort
A three-level infinity pool above the rainforest in a secluded valley near Bresela, for guests aged 15 and over.
Siyam World Maldives
A 54-hectare island of barefoot freedom — villas with slides into the lagoon and the Maldives' first floating water park.
Heritance Aarah Maldives
Premium all-inclusive in the Raa Atoll — beach and overwater villas, seven restaurants and the KOKA Kids Club.
Emerald Maldives
A deluxe all-inclusive private island in the Raa Atoll — bamboo-and-thatch villas on the sand and over the lagoon.
La Pirogue Mauritius
Thatched pavilions in a coconut grove on the sunset sands of Flic en Flac — a Mauritian classic.
Dinarobin Beachcomber Golf Resort & Spa
An all-suite retreat beneath Le Morne Brabant — Clarins spa, championship golf and pool villas on the peninsula.
LUX* Grand Gaube
A retro-chic Kelly Hoppen-designed retreat curled around two calm coves on the north coast of Mauritius.
HUMA Kotor Bay Hotel & Villas
A waterfront retreat in Dobrota with a private beach, beach club and three-bedroom villas facing the mountains of Boka Bay.
Maestral Resort & Casino
A beachfront resort and casino above a sheltered bay at Pržno, with De Anima spa and a beach kept for hotel guests.
Hyatt Regency Kotor Bay Resort
A beachfront resort on the Bay of Kotor, sea-view rooms and hot-tub terraces with the mountains rising behind.
Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island
A private coral island in the outer Seychelles — beachfront pool villas ringed by their own house reef.
Avani+ Barbarons Seychelles
A breezy beachfront retreat on Grand Anse — tropical gardens, a lagoon-side pool and easy island living on Mahé's wild west coast.
Mango House Seychelles, LXR Hotels & Resorts
A photographer's island home reborn — 41 ocean-facing rooms and clifftop houses above Anse Aux Poules Bleues.
Anantara Villa Padierna Marbella
An Italian-Renaissance-styled palace resort in the hills above Marbella, with three golf courses, a spa and rooms overlooking the Mediterranean.
Red Level at Gran Melia Palacio de Isora
An adults-oriented hotel-within-a-hotel on Tenerife's west coast, with ocean-front suites, private check-in and a dedicated Red Level lounge.
Ratxó Retreat Hotel, a Meliá Collection Hotel
A restored mountain finca within the UNESCO-listed Serra de Tramuntana, suites with private pools.
Banyan Tree Phuket
An all-villa sanctuary among the Laguna lagoons, every villa with its own pool and a celebrated spa heritage.
The Shore at Katathani
Private infinity-pool villas above Kata Noi Beach, for couples only — guests aged 12 and over.
Dusit Thani Krabi Beach Resort
Two beachfront pools and tropical gardens on the quiet sands of Klong Muang Beach, with a kids' club and 240 rooms.
BIJAL
An all-villa retreat near Side, every villa with gardens, a heated private pool and its own butler.
Gloria Serenity Resort
An ultra all-inclusive resort in a pine forest reserve, with king suites and private duplex garden villas.
XO Cape Arnna
A design-driven Turkish Riviera resort with a family Resort wing, an adults-only Club and a BXR London fitness partnership.
Jumeirah Al Naseem
Low-rise beachfront calm facing Burj Al Arab — gardens, a turtle rehabilitation lagoon and the run of Madinat Jumeirah.
Address Beach Resort
Twin 77-storey towers over JBR Beach — the world’s highest outdoor infinity pool and Dubai’s highest spa.
The Abu Dhabi EDITION
A design-led marina retreat with dhow-sail architecture, the EDITION Spa and Oak Room.
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