The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: A list of the best hotels I have stayed in this year |
I like hotels for different reasons. Some feel like home, because I am there so often. Some seem beautiful and different. Some have decades of history. Some epitomise luxury. This is a mixed list. Judged on objective standards, they may not be the best hotels in each destination. But they are the ones I enjoyed staying at the most this year. Also read | The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Revisiting Amsterdam with a newfound appreciation
Possibly the most stunning hotel in the world, this medieval palace has been restored to its glory days by Puneet Chhatwal and its owner Lakshyaraj Singh, the Maharana of Mewar. There is no hotel like it anywhere in the world.
This may be the most luxurious property you don’t know enough about. Half an hour from Phuket airport, it combines luxury villas with large sprawling houses, in a beautiful seaside setting. A sort of 21 century update on Amanpuri.
Easily the top hotel in the city, the centrally located MO brings Asian standards of hospitality to one of Europe’s great cities.
In the ‘feels like home’ category, this modern hotel has such excellent, personalised service that you may miss the stunning sea views if you are distracted by the pampering. The food’s very good too.
New hotels keep being built in the Maldives, but this is part of the holy trinity of the best hotels (along with Cheval Blanc and Soneva Fushi) which will always beat every newcomer. There is a great new health programme and as you would expect from a hotel run by Armando Kraenzlin, food and service standards are almost........