The 100 Best Hotels In The World For 2022 Have Been Named & Ranked

The best hotels in the world aren’t often packaged up and delivered to luxury travellers in the form of a curated list, much like the world’s best restaurants are. There are fewer official bodies like The World’s 50 Best to help curate a bucket list of superlative stays, so travellers seeking out the world’s best hotels often have to rely on dedicated travel publications like Travel + Leisure. That’s exactly what’s happened done here, with T+L taking a more crowd-sourced approach and asking readers to chime in on their top hotels via the publication’s annual World’s Best Awards survey.

Of course, there are all the typical biases that come with such lists to consider. This isn’t a central panel of industry experts deciding on the world’s best hotels, but rather a mish-mash of Travel + Leisure readers. Granted, the majority seem to skew aspirational, favouring large and grand luxury hotels that make a statement and offer a variety of amenities alongside great service and distinctive locations.

More often than not, crowd-sourced lists like this are likely going to be more trustworthy as they’re coming from a wider variety of people from around the world. The important thing is that it’s not a popularity contest. It seems like results are tabulated and then given an overall score out of 100 by T+L, using the benchmarks of facilities, location, service, food and overall value.

There’s always going to be a “country winner” coming from these types of lists. That is, the country with the most hotels featured in the top 100. Last year the big winner was India with 12 hotels placing in the top 100, but in 2022 the clear front-runner is the United States with 19 properties from the old-world Pickering House Inn in New Hampshire (no. 4) to the legendary Lowell in New York City (no. 8). India doesn’t slip far behind though, with 11 properties on this year’s best hotels list, tieing with Italy which boasts the top-spot with Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco in the Tuscan commune of Montalcino.

Granted, the Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco looks like it’d appeal to an older demographic with its classic old-world aesthetic but, as T+L note in the copy, the property comes in at the top spot due to its “multisensory experience” patched together by an on-site winery and cooking school, tennis courts, a new complex with 19 suites, a restorative country-style spa and of course that immaculate location looking out over the UNESCO-listed Val d’Orcia Natural Park and the quaint town of Montalcino

Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco came in with a score of 99.25, just slightly higher than the runner-up which is the Grace Hotel, Auberge Resorts Collection in Santorini with a score of 99.22. Rounding out the top five are Waldorf Astoria Maldives (no. 3), the aforementioned Pickering House Inn in New Hampshire (no. 4), and a tie-beaker at no. 5 – One&Only Reethi Rah in the Maldives and Royal Mansour in Marrakech.

You’ll notice from the below list that there are actually 101 hotels named, which is due to various ties throughout the rankings. Plenty of properties clock in at the same score, which considers the above benchmarks.

Also note that, while Travel + Leisure‘s readers span the globe, most seem to be US-based travellers fanning out to typical hotspots across Europe, Asia and South Africa. Consider the skew and you can imagine that some incredible properties have been overlooked in places like Australia and Japan. Japan has definitely been overlooked.

Although I personally can confirm that the Four Seasons in Kyoto (no. 6) absolutely deserves to be on this list. That isn’t a brag – that’s the only hotel I’ve stayed at on this travel bucket list. And strangely enough, that’s the only hotel in Japan to make it on the list, ahead of more obvious choices like Aman Tokyo and Hoshinoya Tokyo.

And by the way, I know you’ve been wondering what the feature image is. That’s the Waldorf Astoria in Los Cabos Pedregal, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, which just shot straight to the top of my must-stay list and no doubt yours as well.

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The 100 Best Hotels In The World… According To Travel + Leisure Readers [2022]

1. Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco, Montalcino, Italy
2. Grace Hotel, Auberge Resorts Collection, Santorini, Greece
3. Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi, South Malé Atoll, Maldives
4. Pickering House Inn, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
5. One&Only Reethi Rah, North Malé Atoll, Maldives
6. Royal Mansour Marrakech, Morocco
7. Capella Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
8. The Lowell, New York City
9. Hôtel Madame Rêve, Paris
10. Rosewood Villa Magna, Madrid
    
11. The Oberoi, New Delhi
12. The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, India
13. Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Bali, Indonesia
14. Wilderness Safaris Bisate Lodge, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
15. Portrait Firenze, Florence
16. Raffles Istanbul
17. The Oberoi, Marrakech, Morocco
18. Capella Hanoi, Vietnam
19. White Elephant Palm Beach, Florida
20. The Loutrel, Charleston, South Carolina
    
21. Monasterio, A Belmond Hotel, Cuzco, Peru
22. Sani Asterias, Halkidiki, Greece
23. Shangri-La the Shard, London
24. Coquillade Provence Resort & Spa, Gargas, France
25. Taj Palace, New Delhi
26. Pendry Chicago
27. Nayara Tented Camp, Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica
28. Hotel Belmar, Monteverde, Costa Rica
29. Royal Champagne Hôtel & Spa, Champillon, France
30. Under Canvas Mount Rushmore, Keystone, South Dakota
    
31. Riggs Washington D.C.
32. Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
33. The Oberoi Vanyavilas Wildlife Resort, Ranthambhore, India
34. Canaves Oia Epitome, Santorini, Greece
35. The Standard, Hua Hin, Thailand
36. The Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra, India
37. Hotel Santa Caterina, Amalfi, Italy
38. Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia
39. Nihi Sumba, Sumba, Indonesia
40. La Réserve Paris – Hôtel & Spa
    
41. Hotel de la Ville, a Rocco Forte Hotel, Rome
42. Il San Pietro di Positano, Italy
43. Six Senses Yao Noi, Koh Yao Noi, Thailand
44. Finca Cortesín Hotel, Golf & Spa, Málaga, Spain
45. Secret Bay, Portsmouth, Dominica
46. Cape Grace, Cape Town
47. Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur, India
48. Taj Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad, India
49. Alila Villas Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia
50. Manoir Hovey, North Hatley, Quebec
    
51. Six Senses Con Dao, Con Dao, Vietnam
52. Cavas Wine Lodge, Mendoza, Argentina
53. Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Lake Como, Italy
54. Nayara Springs, Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica
55. Lodge on Little St. Simons Island, Georgia
56. Rancho Santana, Rivas, Nicaragua
57. Amanpuri, Phuket, Thailand
58. Mandarin Oriental, Marrakech, Morocco
59. Namale Resort & Spa, Savusavu, Fiji
60. Gibb’s Farm, Karatu, Tanzania
    
61. Jade Mountain, Soufrière, St. Lucia
62. Borgo Egnazia, Savelletri di Fasano, Italy
63. Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto, Japan
64. San Ysidro Ranch, Santa Barbara, California
65. The Goring, London
66. The Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur, India
67. Palm Island Resort, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
68. Hotel Savoy, a Rocco Forte Hotel, Florence
69. Rambagh Palace, Jaipur, India
70. Curtain Bluff, St. John’s, Antigua
    
71. Morrison House Old Town Alexandria, Autograph Collection, Alexandria, Virginia
72. The Lytle Park Hotel, Autograph Collection, Cincinnati
73. Twin Farms, Barnard, Vermont
74. Deer Path Inn, Lake Forest, Illinois
75. One&Only Nyungwe House, Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rwanda
76. W Santiago, Chile
77. Shangri-La Singapore
78. L’Ermitage Beverly Hills, California
79. Silo Hotel, Cape Town
80. Katikies Santorini, Greece
    
81. Nobu Hotel Miami Beach
82. The Shore Club, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
83. Taj Holiday Village Resort & Spa, Goa, India
84. Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
85. Auberge Saint-Antoine, Quebec City
86. Rosewood Miramar Beach, Montecito, California
87. Rio Celeste Hideaway Hotel, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
88. Hotel Caesar Augustus, Capri, Italy
89. Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy
90. Le Bristol Paris, Oetker Collection
    
91. Shangri-La Bosphorus, Istanbul
92. The Palms Turks & Caicos, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
93. The Lodge at Blue Sky, Auberge Resorts Collection, Park City, Utah
94. Little Palm Island Resort & Spa, Little Torch Key, Florida
95. Le Sirenuse, Positano, Italy
96. andBeyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
97. Casa San Agustín, Cartagena, Colombia
98. The Connaught, London
99. Wentworth Mansion, Charleston, South Carolina
100. Taj Lands End, Mumbai
101. Birkenhead House, Hermanus, South Africa