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Debbie Pappyn is a travel journalist for Monocle, Telegraph Luxury, Travel & Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, SCMP, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, ... She and photographer David De Vleeschauwer run the popular travel blog Classe Touriste. She is the writer of bestselling book Remote Places to Stay.

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Updated edition of the popular hotel guide, with more than 10,000 copies sold! Includes 30 new hotels. The ultimate hotel bucket list!

Hotels continue to appeal to the imagination. The sector re-invents itself time and time again and sets the limits for the ultimate overnight stay. But which hotels offer you a once in a lifetime experience? This book lists the ultimate top 150 hotels, compiled by travel and lifestyle journalist Debbie Pappyn. All hotels guarantee a unique experience: a unique view or location, the incredible luxury or inimitable charm, the sophisticated design, the service or simply manta rays and sea turtles swimming under your bed… Debbie Pappyn visited more than 1000 hotels. She draws from her own experience, adds her ultimate wish list and gives you the reason why you have to stay there. This is a revised and updated version of the ultimate ‘bucket list hotel guide’ and one of the 10 books in the highly successful 150 series.

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AFRICA BOTSWANA SAN CAMP......................................................10 CAPE VERDE MIGRANTE GUESTHOUSE................14 EGYPT SOFITEL LEGEND OLD CATARACT ASWAN......................15 KENYA KINONDO KWETU...................................16 MOROCCO LA MAMOUNIA...........................................17 SCARABEO CAMP....................................18 VILLA MABROUKA..................................22 NAMIBIA WILDERNESS SERRA CAFEMA....24 WOLWEDANS..............................................25 RWANDA SINGITA KWITONDA LODGE..........27 SEYCHELLES FREGATE ISLAND....................................28 HILTON SEYCHELLES NORTHOLME RESORT........................29 SOUTH AFRICA BABYLONSTOREN.................................30 LEKKERWATER BEACH LODGE...34 THE OYSTER BOX...................................36 STERREKOPJE HEALING FARM ........................................37 TANZANIA ANDBEYOND GRUMETI SERENGETI RIVER LODGE...............38 ZIMBABWE BUMI HILLS SAFARI LODGE...........42 VICTORIA FALLS HOTEL....................43 ANTARCTICA WHITE DESERT.........................................44 THE AMERICAS CARRIBEAN CUBA GRAN HOTEL MANZANA KEMPINSKI LA HABANA..................48 JAMAICA GOLDENEYE................................................49 SAINT LUCIA JADE MOUNTAIN.....................................50 NORTH AMERICA CANADA FOGO ISLAND INN...................................51 NIMMO BAY..................................................55 THE WICKANINNISH INN................56 MEXICO SER CASASANDRA.................................60 CASA POLANCO........................................61 US AMANGIRI......................................................63 THE LUDLOW..............................................64 ULTIMA THULE LODGE.......................67 SOUTH AMERICA ARGENTINA HOUSE OF JASMINES.........................68 ESTANCIA RINCÓN CHICO.............69 PALACIO DUHAU PARK HYATT....70 BRAZIL COPACABANA PALACE.......................71 BARRACUDA HOTEL & VILLAS....73 CHILE EXPLORA LODGE EASTER ISLAND.......................................76 TIERRA PATAGONIA...............................77 ANDBEYOND VIRAVIRA......................78 URUGUAY GARZÓN..........................................................79 POSADA AYANA.........................................80 ASIA BHUTAN GANGTEY LODGE....................................82 CAMBODIA AMANSARA..................................................84 KNAI BANG CHATT................................86 CHINA BANYAN TREE RINGHA......................87 HONG KONG GRAND HYATT............................................88 MANDARIN ORIENTAL........................89 INDIA AMANBAGH.................................................90 TAJ LAKE PALACE...................................94 CHAMBA CAMP THIKSEY................98 RAAS DEVIGARH......................................99 INDONESIA NIHI SUMBA..............................................100 HOSHINOYA BALI...................................101 JAPAN WASURE NO SATO GAJOEN.........103 HOSHINOYA KARUIZAWA...............104 MANDARIN ORIENTAL TOKYO............................................................106 PARK HYATT TOKYO...........................107 LAOS AMANTAKA................................................108 MYANMAR INLE PRINCESS RESORT.................110 NEPAL PEACOCK GUESTHOUSE.................114 THE HAPPY HOUSE.............................115 SHINTA MANI............................................117 OMAN ALILA JABAL AKHDAR.......................118 SAUDI ARABIA OUR HABITAS ALULA.........................123 SINGAPORE RAFFLES SINGAPORE.......................124 SRI LANKA AMANGALLA.............................................125 KAJU GREEN.............................................127 THAILAND AMANPURI..................................................128 THE SIAM.....................................................133 THE SUKHOTHAI...................................134 VIETNAM AZERAI CAN THO..................................135 EUROPE AUSTRIA HAUS HIRT..................................................136 HOTEL GASTHOF HIRSCHEN SCHWARZENBERG...............................137 BERGDORF PRIESTEREGG............138 JAGDSCHLOSS........................................139 BELGIUM AUGUST.........................................................140 HOTEL VAN CLEEF................................141 DENMARK HOTEL NORDLANDET.......................142 RADISSON COLLECTION ROYAL HOTEL...........................................143 LANGHOF & JUUL.................................144 ESTONIA PÄDASTE MANOR.................................146 FINLAND NORTHERN LIGHTS RANCH........148 FRANCE HÔTEL LES ROCHES ROUGES...149 LA DIVINE COMÉDIE..........................150 TERMINAL NEIGE TOTEM...............151 LILY OF THE VALLEY...........................152 MAISON PROUST..................................157 GEORGIA HOTEL KAZBEGI....................................158 GERMANY DAS STUE.....................................................159 SCHLOSS ELMAU..................................160 GREECE PH EA BLUE PALACE.........................161 MONUMENT HOTEL...........................164 THE ROOSTER.........................................165 VERINA...........................................................166 GREENLAND ILIMANAQ LODGE.................................169 NOMAD GREENLAND........................170 ICELAND HÓTEL BÚÐIR............................................171 ELEVEN DEPLAR FARM....................172 HIGHLAND BASE...................................174 THE RETREAT AT BLUE LAGOON.................................175 IRELAND ADARE MANOR.......................................176 BREAC.HOUSE.........................................180 ITALY IL SAN PIETRO..........................................181 IL PELLICANO...........................................182 PALAZZO MARGHERITA..................183 SEXTANTIO ALBERGO DIFFUSO........................................................184 IL MONASTERO......................................185 ROMAZZINO..............................................186 SUSAFA..........................................................187 NORWAY HOTEL UNION ØYE..............................190 ISFJORD RADIO ADVENTURE HOTEL............................191 LITLØY FYR.................................................192 WOLF LODGE............................................193 PORTUGAL AZORES WINE COMPANY..............194 CASA DE SÃO LOURENÇO.............195 HERDADE DA MALHADINHA NOVA...........................197 L’AND VINEYARDS..................…