2026 Forbes Recommended

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The 2026 Forbes Recommended list.

#	Venue	City	Country
1	1 Hotel Nashville	Nashville	United States
2	1 Hotel Toronto	Toronto	Canada
3	11 Cadogan Gardens	London	United Kingdom
4	137 Pillars Suites Bangkok	Bangkok	Thailand
5	7132 Hotel	Vals	Switzerland
6	Ai Reali di Venezia	Venice	Italy
7	Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel	Muscat	Oman
8	Alila Shanghai	Shanghai	China
9	Altis Avenida Hotel	Lisbon	Portugal
10	Amanbagh	Ajabgarh	India
11	Amangalla	Galle	Sri Lanka
12	Amanjena	Marrakech	Morocco
13	Amantaka	Luang Prabang	Laos
14	Amanwella	Tangalle	Sri Lanka
15	AMARA	Limassol	Cyprus
16	Amerikalinjen	Oslo	Norway
17	Anantara New York Palace Budapest Hotel	Budapest	Hungary
18	Andara Resort & Villas	Phuket	Thailand
19	Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht	Amsterdam	Netherlands
20	Andronis Arcadia	Santorini	Greece
21	Archer Hotel Napa	Napa	United States
22	Argos in Cappadocia	Nevsehir	Turkey
23	Baglioni Hotel Regina	Rome	Italy
24	Banana Island Resort Doha by Anantara	Doha	Qatar
25	Banyan Tree Bangkok	Bangkok	Thailand
26	Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul	Seoul	South Korea
27	Banyan Tree Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
28	Banyan Tree Sanya	Sanya	China
29	Bebek Hotel by The Stay	Istanbul	Turkey
30	Bristol Panama	Panama City	Panama
31	Ca' Sagredo Hotel	Venice	Italy
32	Cambridge Beaches Resort & Spa	Somerset Village	Bermuda
33	Capri Tiberio Palace	Capri	Italy
34	Casa San Agustin	Cartagena	Colombia
35	Château de Berne	Lorgues	France
36	Cheval Blanc Seychelles	Mahé	Seychelles
37	Cliveden House	Taplow	United Kingdom
38	Conrad Bangkok	Bangkok	Thailand
39	Conrad Beijing	Beijing	China
40	Conrad Bora Bora Nui	Bora Bora	French Polynesia
41	Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach	Fort Lauderdale	United States
42	Conrad Hangzhou	Hangzhou	China
43	Conrad Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
44	Conrad Istanbul Bosphorus	Istanbul	Turkey
45	Conrad Makkah Jabal Omar	Makkah	Saudi Arabia
46	Conrad Manila	Manila	Philippines
47	Constance Lemuria	Praslin	Seychelles
48	Coquillade Provence	Gargas	France
49	Cora Cora Maldives	Raa Atoll	Maldives
50	Cordis, Auckland	Auckland	New Zealand
51	Corinthia Budapest	Budapest	Hungary
52	Corinthia Lisbon	Lisbon	Portugal
53	Corpo Santo Lisbon Historical Hotel	Lisbon	Portugal
54	Country Club Lima Hotel	Lima	Peru
55	Delamore Lodge	Auckland	New Zealand
56	Drake Bay Getaway Resort	Drake Bay	Costa Rica
57	Eliamos Villas Hotel & Spa	Leivathou	Greece
58	Eslite Hotel	Taipei	Taiwan
59	Etéreo, Auberge Resorts Collection	Punta Maroma	Mexico
60	Ett Hem	Stockholm	Sweden
61	Fairmont Amman	Amman	Jordan
62	Fairmont Doha	Doha	Qatar
63	Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club	Nanyuki	Kenya
64	Fairmont The Norfolk	Nairobi	Kenya
65	Fasano Las Piedras Punta Del Este	Punta del Este	Uruguay
66	FIVE Palm Jumeirah Hotel	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
67	Four Seasons Hotel Bogota	Bogotá	Colombia
68	Four Seasons Hotel Casa Medina Bogota	Bogotá	Colombia
69	Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou at West Lake	Hangzhou	China
70	Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta	Jakarta	Indonesia
71	Four Seasons Resort and Residences Los Cabos at Costa Palmas	Los Cabos	Mexico
72	Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora	Bora Bora	French Polynesia
73	Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita	Beau Champ	Mauritius
74	Grand Fiesta Americana Guadalajara Country Club	Guadalajara	Mexico
75	Grand Hotel Parker's	Naples	Italy
76	Grand Hotel Son Net	Mallorca	Spain
77	Grand Hôtel Stockholm	Stockholm	Sweden
78	Grand Hotel Victoria	Menaggio	Italy
79	Grand Hyatt Melbourne	Melbourne	Australia
80	Hartwell House & Spa	London	United Kingdom
81	Hayfield Manor	Cork	Ireland
82	Helvetia & Bristol Firenze - Starhotels Collezione	Florence	Italy
83	Highlands Hotel at Resorts World Genting	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
84	Hotel Balzac Paris	Paris	France
85	Hotel Bristol Berlin	Berlin	Germany
86	Hotel Bristol, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Warsaw	Warsaw	Poland
87	Hotel Cala di Volpe, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Costa Smeralda	Porto Cervo	Italy
88	Hotel Casa Fuster	Barcelona	Spain
89	Hôtel du Louvre	Paris	France
90	Hôtel du Palais	Biarritz	France
91	Hotel Fasano Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
92	Hotel Goldener Hirsch	Salzburg	Austria
93	Hotel ICON	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
94	Hotel Matilda	San Miguel de Allende	Mexico
95	Hotel Metropole Venice	Venice	Italy
96	Hotel München Palace	Munich	Germany
97	Hotel Napoleon Paris	Paris	France
98	Hotel Orfila	Madrid	Spain
99	Hotel Paracas	Paracas	Peru
100	Hotel Unique	São Paulo	Brazil
101	Hotel Villa Dubrovnik	Dubrovnik	Croatia
102	Hyakuna Garan	Okinawa	Japan
103	Hyatt Paris Madeleine	Paris	France
104	Ibiza Gran Hotel	Ibiza	Spain
105	InterContinental Beijing Beichen	Beijing	China
106	InterContinental Budapest	Budapest	Hungary
107	InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort	Da Nang	Vietnam
108	InterContinental Doha Beach & Spa	Doha	Qatar
109	InterContinental Dublin	Dublin	Ireland
110	InterContinental Geneva	Geneva	Switzerland
111	InterContinental Lisbon	Lisbon	Portugal
112	InterContinental Tashkent, an IHG Hotel	Tashkent	Uzbekistan
113	J Hotel Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	China
114	J.K. Place Paris	Paris	France
115	JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo	Sapporo	Japan
116	JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel	Bucharest	Romania
117	JW Marriott Cannes	French Riviera	France
118	JW Marriott El Convento Cusco	Cusco	Peru
119	JW Marriott Gold Coast Resort & Spa	Surfers Paradise	Australia
120	JW Marriott Hotel Bogota	Bogotá	Colombia
121	JW Marriott Hotel Changsha	Changsha	China
122	JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi	Hanoi	Vietnam
123	JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
124	JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square	San Francisco	United States
125	JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa	Venice	Italy
126	Ka'ana Resort	San Ignacio	Belize
127	Kameha Grand Zürich	Zürich	Switzerland
128	Katikies Mykonos	Mykonos	Greece
129	Kerry Hotel, Pudong, Shanghai	Shanghai	China
130	Kimpton Kitalay Samui	Koh Samui	Thailand
131	Kokomo Private Island	Yaukuve Levu Island	Fiji
132	L’Hotel du Collectionneur	Paris	France
133	La Maison 20 Degrés Sud	Pointe aux Canonniers	Mauritius
134	La Sultana Marrakech	Marrakech	Morocco
135	Le Sereno	St. Barts	St Barts
136	Leeu Estates	Franschhoek	South Africa
137	Loews Regency New York Hotel	New York City	United States
138	London Marriott Hotel County Hall	London	United Kingdom
139	Londra Palace Venezia	Venice	Italy
140	Lotte Hotel Seoul	Seoul	South Korea
141	Majestic Hotel & Spa	Barcelona	Spain
142	Makati Shangri-La, Manila	Manila	Philippines
143	Mandarin Oriental, Santiago	Santiago	Chile
144	Mango House Seychelles, LXR Hotels & Resorts	Mahé	Seychelles
145	Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
146	Marsa Malaz Kempinski, The Pearl-Doha	Doha	Qatar
147	Matild Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel	Budapest	Hungary
148	Maxx Royal Kemer	Antalya	Turkey
149	ME Cabo	Los Cabos	Mexico
150	ME Milan Il Duca	Milan	Italy
151	Mediterraneo Sorrento	Sant'Agnello	Italy
152	Myconian Korali	Mykonos	Greece
153	Myconian Villa Collection	Mykonos	Greece
154	Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve	Guanacaste	Costa Rica
155	Nobu Hotel Marbella	Marbella	Spain
156	O' by Myconian Collection	Mykonos	Greece
157	Old Course Hotel	St. Andrews	United Kingdom
158	Olissippo Lapa Palace	Lisbon	Portugal
159	One&Only Aesthesis	Athens	Greece
160	Palace Elisabeth Hvar Hotel	Hvar	Croatia
161	Palacio del Inka, a Luxury Collection Hotel	Cusco	Peru
162	Park Hyatt Siem Reap	Siem Reap	Cambodia
163	Pestana Palace Lisboa Hotel & National Monument	Lisbon	Portugal
164	Pousada de Lisboa	Lisbon	Portugal
165	Pulitzer Amsterdam	Amsterdam	Netherlands
166	Raffles The Palm Dubai	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
167	Reid's Palace, A Belmond Hotel, Madeira	Madeira	Portugal
168	Rosewood Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
169	Rosewood Kauri Cliffs	Matauri Bay	New Zealand
170	Rosewood Matakauri	Queenstown	New Zealand
171	Rosewood Sanya	Sanya	China
172	Rosselli - AX Privilege	Valletta	Malta
173	Round Hill Hotel and Villas	Montego Bay	Jamaica
174	Saadiyat Rotana Resort & Villas	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates
175	San Clemente Palace	Venice	Italy
176	San Régis Paris	Paris	France
177	Santa Teresa Hotel RJ - MGallery Hotel Collection	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
178	SAX Paris, LXR Hotels & Resorts	Paris	France
179	Selman Marrakech	Marrakech	Morocco
180	Serras Barcelona	Barcelona	Spain
181	Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
182	Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou	Guangzhou	China
183	Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney	Sydney	Australia
184	Sheraton Grand Hotel, Dubai	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
185	Shinta Mani Angkor and Bensley Collection Pool Villas	Siem Reap	Cambodia
186	Sina Villa Medici, Autograph Collection	Florence	Italy
187	Six Senses Douro Valley	Lamego	Portugal
188	Six Senses Fiji	Malolo Island	Fiji
189	Six Senses Laamu	Laamu Atoll	Maldives
190	Six Senses Southern Dunes, The Red Sea	Umluj	Saudi Arabia
191	Six Senses Vana	Dehradun	India
192	SO/ Bangkok	Bangkok	Thailand
193	Sofitel Ambassador Seoul Hotel & Serviced Residences	Seoul	South Korea
194	Sofitel Bogotá Victoria Regia	Bogotá	Colombia
195	Sofitel Le Scribe Paris Opéra	Paris	France
196	Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo, Panama	Panama City	Panama
197	Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam	Amsterdam	Netherlands
198	Sofitel Lisbon Liberdade	Lisbon	Portugal
199	Sofitel Munich Bayerpost	Munich	Germany
200	Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg	Paris	France
201	Southern Ocean Lodge	Kingscote	Australia
202	Steigenberger Wiltcher's	Brussels	Belgium
203	The Fitzwilliam Hotel Dublin	Dublin	Ireland
204	The Jeddah EDITION	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia
205	The Langham, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
206	The Langham, Jakarta	Jakarta	Indonesia
207	The Langham, Melbourne	Melbourne	Australia
208	The Langham, Shanghai, Xintiandi	Shanghai	China
209	The Langham, Shenzhen	Shenzhen	China
210	The Londoner	London	United Kingdom
211	The Louise	Marananga	Australia
212	The Madrid EDITION	Madrid	Spain
213	The One Monumental Palace	Porto	Portugal
214	The Parisian Macao	Macau	Macau
215	The Plaza Doha, LXR Hotels & Resorts	Doha	Qatar
216	The PuXuan Hotel and Spa	Beijing	China
217	The Reykjavik EDITION	Reykjavík	Iceland
218	The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates
219	The Ritz-Carlton, Aruba	Noord	Aruba
220	The Ritz-Carlton, Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
221	The Ritz-Carlton, Langkawi	Langkawi	Malaysia
222	The Ritz-Carlton, Santiago	Santiago	Chile
223	The Royal Garden	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
224	The Sanchaya	Bintan	Indonesia
225	The Shelbourne Dublin, Autograph Collection	Dublin	Ireland
226	The St. Regis Belgrade	Belgrade	Serbia
227	The St. Regis Osaka	Osaka	Japan
228	The St. Regis Rome	Rome	Italy
229	The Telegraph Hotel	Tbilisi	Georgia
230	The Tokyo Station Hotel	Tokyo	Japan
231	The Unexpected Ibiza Hotel	Ibiza	Spain
232	The Venetian Macao	Macau	Macau
233	The Vineyard Hotel & Spa	Newbury	United Kingdom
234	The Westbury Hotel	Dublin	Ireland
235	The Westin Josun Seoul	Seoul	South Korea
236	Thompson Seattle	Seattle	United States
237	TRS Turquesa Hotel	Punta Cana	Dominican Republic
238	TRS Yucatan Hotel	Riviera Maya	Mexico
239	Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Ireland, Doonbeg	Doonberg	Ireland
240	Turtle Inn	Placencia	Belize
241	Vakkaru Maldives	Vakkaru Island	Maldives
242	Verride Palácio de Santa Catarina	Lisbon	Portugal
243	Viceroy Los Cabos	Los Cabos	Mexico
244	W Amsterdam	Amsterdam	Netherlands
245	W Doha Hotel & Residences	Doha	Qatar
246	W Dubai - Mina Seyahi	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
247	W Osaka	Osaka	Japan
248	Waldorf Astoria Jeddah - Qasr Al Sharq	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia
249	Waldorf Astoria Panama	Panama City	Panama
250	Waldorf Astoria Trianon Palace Versailles	Paris	France