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The World's Best Hotels

Enjoy plantation chic on St. Lucia's oldest cocoa estate at Boucan by Hotel Chocolat, one of our Top 10 Caribbean Resorts

For extreme adventurers, for luxury loving families, for seekers of romance... there is a perfect hotel for everyone. And because finding that "just right" hotel can be difficult, we have created a collection of selective — and truly original — "Top 10" lists based on themes that range from boutiques to spa retreats to wine country inns. If you're seeking the finest and most distinctive lodgings around the world, this is the place to begin.

FEATURED TOP 10 HOTEL LIST

Hotel Alfonso XIII in Seville, one of GAYOT's Top 10 Hotels in Spain
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Top 10 Hotels in Spain
Get away to one of the most sizzling countries in Europe, where you can stay at the romantic Hospes Palau de la Mar in Valencia or former military fortress Cap Rocat in Mallorca.

2013 TOP 10 HOTELS


Hotel Terra Jackson Hole

Amanyara Resort in Turks & Caicos, one of our Top 10 Caribbean Resorts GAYOT COMMUNITY
Best Hotels Worldwide
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(Updated: 05/01/13 CT)

TOP 10 HOTELS IN FRANCE

Whether you want something intimate or extravagant, historical or modern, GAYOT has the ideal French hotel for you.

TOP 10 HOT EUROPEAN HOTELS

From a sophisticated Tuscan farmhouse to a stylish island hideaway, GAYOT has the scoop on Europe's hippest hotels.