The Best Places to Go 2024: 23 Editor-Recommended Hotels
Though we're well into the new year, travel is ramping up more than ever as we power through the hot summer months and get ready for fall getaways and winter celebrations. To help guide your travels, we released our annual list of the Best Places to Go at the end of last year. The list is extensively curated by our editors and contributors; in it, we highlight destinations that we believe travelers—and our team—should have on their radar.
To be considered a “Best Place to Go,” we often look to the changes and developments happening in the hospitality world: new hotel and museum openings, renovated spas, more direct flight routes, and innovative sustainability efforts included. Some destinations that made the cut in 2024 were Budapest; the Cyclades; Detroit; Grenada, Kobe, Japan; and Quito, Ecuador.
As our team has traveled to many of these locations throughout the year, we’ve been scouting out some of the best places to stay while visiting—including stays at some of the just-opened hotels that helped destinations make the list in the first place. From boutique hotels to regenerative wellness retreats, safari wilderness treks, and more, here are 23 editor-vetted hotels to stay in when visiting one of our Best Places to Go, this year and beyond.
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Adrian GauthotelInness
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Readers' Choice Awards 2022Featured in: The Best Places to Go in 2024
Within minutes of arriving at this rustic but refined compound, you realize what a welcome shift it heralds for hospitality in the Catskills. With its 28 cabins and 12-room farmhouse and social hub, it marries Scandinavian-style minimalism and throwback Americana, with echoes of the Borscht Belt summer resorts that used to be ubiquitous in this part of the state. There is an excellent restaurant, naturally, with a menu of comfort food with shades of Italian and Middle Eastern cooking. The surrounding area is paradise for hikers and cyclists from spring through fall; in winter, the cabins, with their simple Shaker-style furniture and wood-burning stoves, are cozy refuges for relaxing under a throw and gazing out at the frost-kissed landscape. —Jesse Ashlock
Christian HoranhotelMontage Big Sky
$$ | Hot List 2022 Readers' Choice Awards 2023Featured in: The Best Places to Go in North America & the Caribbean in 2024
Montage Big Sky has always been more rugged than refined, but the debut of this slopeside resort has Aspen and Jackson Hole loyalists rethinking their next ski vacation. With a 11,000-square-foot spa (the first true spa in the region), buzzy bar scene, and stellar restaurants, the property ensures that even non-skiers will keep occupied. Most of the 139 rooms, suites, and residences have terraces and balconies with mountain views, and gas fireplaces turn on with a flip of a switch. Head to Beartooth Pub & Rec for a menu of comfort foods, like Wagyu nachos and oversized hot pretzels served alongside cold-smoked beer-cheese dip. —Jen Murphy
John Athimaritis/Six Senses La Sagesse GrenadahotelSix Senses La Sagesse Grenada: First In
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For Six Senses’ hallmark approach to barefoot luxury and a warm, welcoming vibe that befits the Spice Isle and its people. The hotel’s 71 rooms, suites, and villas are built into the slopes around the lagoon and across a bluff. In the thatched beachfront suites, each room (including the bathroom) is designed to offer direct access to a private pool and the ocean shore. Grenada is ever so tiny—12 miles by 21 miles long. Still, the resort is set away from the bustle of Grenada’s capital, St. George's, the popular beaches of Grand Anse and BBC, and treks into the rainforests—and getting to any of these takes about 30 minutes by car. Out of 200 employees here, 180 have been hired locally—in many cases, hyper-locally from the parish of St. David. This is part of the Six Senses commitment to integrate with local communities across its global footprint. The result is a resort that mimics the friendliness and easy hospitality of Grenada’s people, and the best way to enjoy this is to slip right into an island state of mind with them. —Arati Menon
Sammy T. Dyess/Silversands Beach HousehotelSilversands Beach House
$$$ | Hot List 2024Featured in: The Best Places to Go in 2024
Grenada is just 21 miles long, but it packs a punch: Here you will find lush rainforests, nature reserves, spice plantations, the charming town of St. George’s, and beaches so perfect that they look photoshopped. For those seeking a serene island escape, the 28-room Silversands Beach House is the place. Time seems to stop here, a feeling that begins the moment you drive up the entrance and the turquoise waters of Portici Beach come into view. The rooms and suites are so lovely—private terraces, floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the sea, calming shades of cream and light wood—that you may never want to leave; but the dreamy infinity pool and sandy beach just a few steps away make a great case for venturing out. The food at the upscale Mediterranean-inspired Azzurro restaurant is another highlight: Pasta is made in-house, seafood is locally sourced, and the roasted vegetable pizza (plus addictive sorrel cocktails) is the perfect finale to a day spent on the water. There’s also plenty to experience nearby, and the staff will gladly guide you through activities, whether it’s touring the beautiful island or a rum tasting. The vibes are unhurried, gracious, and sweet, and you’ll feel yourself slipping into island time along with everyone else. —Pallavi Kumar
Courtesy One&Only MandarinahotelOne&Only Mandarina
$$$ | Hot List 2021 Readers' Choice Awards 2022, 2023Featured in: The Best Places to Go in North America & the Caribbean in 2024
This glossy, globetrotting hotel group might pick up new destinations as if they were passport stamps, but each is uniquely rooted in place. Here, along the Riviera Nayarit on the wild Pacific coast, that means drawing deeply on Mexico’s magic, with considered references to the Indigenous Cora and Huichol people. Bedrooms, whether oversized treehouses or ocean-facing villas, are a celebration of local culture, from the traditional textiles and pottery to the robes by contemporary Mexico-based label Candor. The spa, set in a natural volcanic-rock garden, is based on ancient healing practices and offers treatments including temazcal sweat-lodge rituals. The hotel has also tapped the country’s top chef, Enrique Olvera—of Mexico City’s Pujol—for Carao, where feasts begin with fresh ceviche and end on homemade cinnamon buñuelos. Meanwhile Alma, an open-air, garden-to-plate spot helmed by French-Mexican Olivier Deboise, is centered around wood-fired, Pan-American-meets-Mediterranean dishes. It might be a step up from the surf hotels down the road, but one that still feels very much in step with Nayarit’s spirit. —Michaela Trimble
Naviva, A Four Seasons Resort, Punta MitahotelNaviva, A Four Seasons Resort, Punta Mita, Mexico
$$$ | Hot List 2023Featured in: The Best Places to Go in North America & the Caribbean in 2024
This is not your parents’ Four Seasons. Formalities, like a front desk, have disappeared, and the traditional concierge has been replaced with guides who can help arrange everything from dinner reservations to surf lessons. The all-inclusive model means the entire stay is blissfully transaction-free, and the intimate scale—at just 30 guests, the size is also a shift for the brand—allows for unscripted experiences such as mezcal tastings with local distillers. And the tented suites are what it takes to persuade travelers to book a hotel in Punta Mita that isn’t right on the beach. Terraced into 48 acres of forested Pacific-facing cliffs, this adults-only luxury tented resort was designed by sustainably minded safari-tent pioneers Luxury Frontiers. Each of its 15 spacious rooms has an indoor soaking tub, an outdoor shower, and a private plunge pool with sunset views. Taking in and getting out into nature is at the heart of Naviva, but a visit to the two spa pods is a must for treatments informed by Mesoamerican traditions, like the five-hour Refuge Retreat. It includes a copal cleansing and Mayan mud massage, plus post-pampering time to soak in the pod’s oversized palm-shaded tub. Guests have access to the amenities at sister property Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, just next door, but it’s doubtful you’ll want to leave this jungle oasis. —Jen Murphy
Habitas AtacamahotelOur Habitas Atacama
$$ | Hot List 2024Featured in: The Best Places to Go in 2024
There’s a stillness in the Atacama Desert, where undulating red-sand landscapes are graced with brittle shrubs, slow-moving camelids, and the impending volatility of geological formations. But safe from the towering volcanoes and bursting geysers, ripe for days of exploring, the recently opened Our Habitas Atacama is an oasis for adventure travelers. Here, adobe walls and thatched roofs keep travelers rooted in the destination, with earthly pleasures like a plant-focused menu and desert-herb body scrub that speak to the wellness-inclined. The sprawling 51-room lodge is a natural extension of the Our Habitas brand—which has already found a home in bohemian destinations like Bacalar, Mexico, and Agafay, Morocco—promising creature comforts like a shimmering pool with cocktail service, as well as quiet gardens where you can plop down to stargaze at night. The elevated but unfussy atmosphere is a treat in a destination best known for its backpacker accommodations and ultra-high-end lodges: Much like the nearby Licancabur volcano, which straddles the Chile-Bolivia border, Our Habitas lands invitingly in the middle. —Megan Spurrell
RosewoodhotelRosewood São Paulo
$$$ | Hot List 2022 Readers' Choice Awards 2022, 2023Featured in: The Best Places to Go in Central & South America in 2024
Rosewood’s first property in South America is already one of the city’s hottest destinations—the lobby restaurant and bar are buzzing every night of the week with Brazilian models and well-heeled entrepreneurs. And who can blame them? Though the hotel is unlike any other property in the city, it feels distinctly of São Paulo. Perhaps that’s thanks to the art commissioned for every space imaginable, from the illustrated rooftop pool floor to the custom pillow covers in each room. Or perhaps it’s the fantastic dining concepts, ranging from Brazilian-French fusion to pan–Latin American cuisine. It no doubt owes some thanks to the living and breathing Paulistas who are already flocking, infusing the space with life around the clock. —Megan Spurrell
Sofitel Grand Casco Viejo PanamahotelSofitel Legend Casco Viejo
$$ | Hot List 2023 Readers' Choice Awards 2023Featured in: The Best Places to Go in Central & South America in 2024
Casco Viejo is the historic and walkable heart of Panama City’s nightlife scene for visitors and tourists alike, so for those in-the-know it may come as no surprise that Sofitel’s sixth Legend property in the world came to town in early 2022. The brand has garnered a loyal following by preserving famed addresses and transforming them into luxe cultural getaways true to the history of a place. This one, a former social club, fuses the country’s Spanish- and French-colonial pasts (France tried and failed to build the Panama Canal here before its U.S. completion) to a truly show-stopping and high-design renovation that stays true to the building’s original French-colonial architecture. Rooms range from 375-square-foot superior level options to spacious suites with large sitting balconies—and 87 percent of rooms have an ocean view. All floors except the bottom level have balconies, which make for in-room breakfasts with an incredible view of the cityscape and adjacent historic district. —Shannon McMahon
TitilakahotelTitilaka
$$$Featured in: The Best Places to Go in Central & South America in 2024
Titilaka is a decadent retreat on the shores of ocean-like Lake Titicaca—where days are spent leisurely navigating the sacred body of water, and evenings play host to sundowners and quiet nights by the fire. The hotel is surrounded by a small agricultural community, livestock, rolling landscapes, and not much else. You're here to be here! Attentive and ever-helpful, you'll miss the staff when you leave, particularly the guides who feel like old friends after just a day of excursions together. The guests here, in their North Face vests, just-bought baby alpaca sweaters, and wide-brimmed hats, are ready to soak it all up—then toast their adventures over a well-earned glass of Malbec and lake-sourced trout crudos on the patio. —Megan Spurrell
Salva LopezhotelKalesma Mykonos
$$$ | Hot List 2022Featured in: The Best Places to Go in 2024
Set on a bougainvillea-scented hilltop overlooking Ornos Bay, this serene, whitewashed sanctuary is a refreshingly discreet alternative to Mykonos’s flashy party scene. With just 25 suites and two villas spread across five acres, Kalesma could be mistaken for a private estate, meticulously landscaped with 60-year-old olive trees and fuchsia bougainvillea vines. Interiors of whitewashed walls, stone floors, and chestnut-and-bamboo ceilings were inspired by old-world Cycladic architecture, and the beds have been perfectly angled so you can wake to watch the sunrise above the Aegean through the floor-to-ceiling French doors. Both owners frequent the property, making you feel like a very special guest at the island’s best-hosted dinner party. —Jen Murphy
Middleton LodgehotelMiddleton Lodge
Featured in: The Best Places to Go in 2024
When it comes to rural retreats, Middleton Lodge might just have it all. Slap bang in the middle of the North Yorkshire countryside, guests come here to unwind, recharge, and tuck into homegrown, Michelin Green Star-worthy food. Rooms are rustic, light and airy, with cloud-like beds and deep, squashy sofas. And then there’s The Forest Spa—a space so special it’s worthy of a day trip to Middleton Lodge alone. There’s a menu of bespoke treatments from Aromatherapy Associates and VOYA, plus a heated outdoor pool so striking you’ll want to pull your phone out of your robe pocket for a snap. But above all, it’s the estate’s eco-forward ethos that really sets this place apart, all thanks to owner James Allison’s passion for conservation. The impressive walled garden is an integral part of James’ plans for Middleton Lodge to become entirely self-sufficient; not to mention a beautiful place to stroll while you spot what might end up on your plate at Forge later that evening. —Sarah Allard
Martha VosdouhotelGundari Resort
Featured in: The Best Places to Go in 2024
With no airport or cruise terminal, Folegandros has remained one of the most tranquil islands of the Cyclades, keeping a low profile while a majority of travelers flock to Santorini. Folegandros is sleepy, yet alive with cultural authenticity and groundedness. As the island’s first luxury boutique resort, Gundari offers unspoiled landscapes, authenticity, and a refuge from its energetic neighbors in the Cycladic archipelago. While the resort pulls heavily from the history, natural flora and fauna in every aspect, the Athens-based architectural studio, Block722—in charge of the room designs—opted not for the classic white Cycladic style but for brown, local limestone that blends into the natural surroundings. The 27 bio-climatically designed suites and villas are all south-facing to shelter against the northern meltemi winds in summer. Over half of them are subterranean. Travelers can roam across 35 miles worth of trails during the day and enjoy panoramic sea views and vinyl tunes pulsing in the background during dinner. —Noo Saro-Wiwa
Francisco Nogueira/Courtesy Aethos EriceirahotelAethos Ericeira
$Featured in: The Best Places to Go in Europe in 2024
Aethos appears seemingly out of nowhere on a quiet coastal road—then you walk through the front doors and are dropped onto the pages of Architectural Digest. We’re talking creamy stone and light wood as the backbone; lusciously curved furniture, like boucle barrel chairs; and gorgeous coffee table books about surfing always an arm’s reach away. It joins a category of elevated surf boutiques—I’m reminded of Marram Montauk, in New York—though it’s perhaps the most design-forward approach I’ve seen. The crowd of young and middle-aged couples effortlessly supports the narrative, perusing 80-euro boardshorts in the lobby, and gilded in their tans as they motion for a drink by the pool. —Megan Spurrell
Paige Fiddes/WildernesshotelWilderness Mokete, Botswana: First In
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East of Botswana’s Okavango Delta, where seasonal floodplains, parched grasslands, and towering woodlands meet, Wilderness Mokete opens in a previously uncharted region of Botswana as a chic-yet-unfussy safari camp that speaks to today’s intrepid traveler. With ultra-high densities of lions, elephants, and buffalo competing for resources, this is wild Botswana at its best. Even better: Mokete’s 193-square-mile concession remains exclusive to its guests, meaning the jaw-dropping action is reserved for the lucky few. Mokete is an inimitable standalone destination showcasing Botswana in the raw and a much welcome addition to Wilderness’ Botswana safari circuit. —Paul Rubio
North Island OkavangohotelNorth Island Okavango
$$$ | Hot List 2024Featured in: The Best Places to Go in 2024
Natural Selection’s intimate new “micro-camp” is proof that the best safaris happen when the wildlife comes to you. Here, elephants snuffle in the shadows of overhanging jackalberry, fig, and ebony trees; at night, hippos splutter clumsily, fish eagles squeal, and frogs belt out a lullaby chorus from the surrounding lagoon. Active wild dog dens have lured natural history filmmakers, and sightings of leopards and lions are on the rise. This daringly modern island escape in the African bush delivers the best of the Okavango Delta: top-class game viewing (by land and water), eye-widening scenery, and sunsets demanding moments of reverential silence every evening. Prioritizing privacy, four villas fan out along walkways that weave between termite mounds on either side of the dining area and marble-top honesty bar—the place is even intimate enough for an exclusive-use buyout. An outdoor gym, hot tub, and rainbow selection of fresh juices nod to an evolving trend of health-conscious safaris. Guilt-free on so many levels, the camp runs on 100% solar energy; operates in partnership with local partners, the Nakwa and the Magobagoba Youth Trust; and provides jobs and revenue as part of a private community-owned concession on the edge of the Delta’s panhandle. Guest benefits include the option to game drive off-road through grasslands and floodplains beyond dawn and dusk—but all roads lead temptingly back to the villas, where afternoons are spent dipping in plunge pools, reading on wrap-around verandas, or watching animals from the comfort of your bed. —Sarah Marshall
hotelInterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort
$$ | Readers' Choice Awards 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022Featured in: The Best Places to Go in Asia in 2024
Though just 30 minutes from the Da Nang airport, InterContinental’s flagship Vietnam property feels much farther away from the “real world.” Scattered amongst the lush hills of the Son Tra Peninsula nature reserve and down to the sandy shores of the East Sea, the resort—which opened in 2012—has become one of the top picks in the country for relaxing getaways. While families tend to rule here, it's also a hit with couples and groups of friends, particularly those interested in cuisine and wellness. Adults can have their fun around the grown-ups-only infinity pool (there’s a garden pool for all ages), at daily activities like tai chi classes, and at the award-winning Harnn Heritage Spa, where the treatments range from holistic therapies to luxe mani-pedis created by French pedicurist Bastien Gonzalez. From the ocean- or mountain-view rooms and suites to the penthouses and the multi-bedroom villas, it's the perfect pick for some beachside R&R while in Vietnam. —Sandra Ramani
Six Senses Southern DuneshotelSix Senses Southern Dunes
$$$ | Hot List 2024Featured in: The Best Places to Go in 2024
If it seems peculiar that the first hotel in Saudi Arabia’s ambitious new constellation of Red Sea stays has opened a 45-minute drive from the coast, then be clear: This 10,800-square-mile virgin territory is about much more than water. Guests can take a predawn hike across silent, sinuous dunes to a cinematic sunrise show, with the sea on the horizon. This new Six Senses is an oasis in the truest sense of the word. Surrounded by a vast expanse of desert and rock undulations, it is clustered with palms and heat-resistant plants. Here, the sonorous splash of water meets the melodious cooing of doves, drawn by the shade of petal-shaped rope awnings. Foster + Partners–designed, dune-hugging villas are desert-modernist in mood, with sweeping angular canopies providing natural shade from the harsh sun and solar-heated plunge pools for cool respite. In the sprawling spa, treatments cover everything from detox and weight management to antiaging and biohacking; but for sheer relaxation it’s hard to beat the Desert Bliss, a cranio-sacral massage performed on a bed of warm quartz sand. Zero-proof cocktails are dispensed around a palm-fringed main pool on lazy days, and at the resort’s highest point, Arabic fine-dining restaurant Al Sarab revolves around what’s local—abundant seafood and cheese—enjoyed against a fiery sunset backdrop. —Nicola Chilton
Courtesy Three Camel LodgehotelThree Camel Lodge
$$$ | Readers' Choice Awards 2018, 2022Featured in: The Best Places to Go in 2024
Three Camel Lodge is part of the Beyond Green portfolio, a collection of the world’s most sustainable properties that prioritize community, culture, and conservation, with values guided by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and 50 sustainability indicators. Three Camel Lodge has undergone extensive evaluation in the subjects of environmentally friendly practices, protection of natural and cultural heritage, and social and economic well-being of local people and is listed among many other successfully evaluated properties. Beyond Green recently partnered with Nomadic Expeditions, Three Camel Lodge’s parent company, to create responsible itineraries. Sustainability is never an afterthought for this lodge. —Jonny Bierman
Anson SmarthotelAce Hotel Sydney
$ | Hot List 2023Featured in: The Best Places to Go in Australia, New Zealand & the South Pacific in 2024
This hipster-hotel titan has spent two decades establishing itself as a shortcut to a city’s pulse. Its first iteration in the Southern Hemisphere, located in Sydney’s city center in the cool-kid neighborhood of Surry Hills, doesn’t disappoint. The Ace, 18 stories high with 257 rooms, is located in a magnificent early-20th-century building that vibrates with top-to-toe creative energy. Revived by Australia’s most in-demand interior architects, Flack Studio, the former brick factory has kept its old bones—high ceilings and exposed brick and concrete walls—offset with one-of-a-kind furniture, art, and bric-a-brac by the country’s best designers, artists, and makers. The deeply comfortable rooms come in varying sizes, some with terraces, living rooms, and marble-clad bathrooms with deep bathtubs and kitchens; all rooms are soundproofed, and some have turntables and vinyl. By day, the lobby, an homage to 1970s suburbia with a burnt-orange-and-tan sunken lounge, is busy with freelancers fueled by flat whites. By night, the lights dim, DJs move in, and olive-leaf martinis flow from the high-shine ochre-and-red marble bar, while the wine bar, Good Chemistry, is a striking mint-green terrazzo-and-tadelakt space that champions the natural-wine movement. Upstairs, the retractable-rooftop restaurant Kiln has been designed by Fiona Lynch with linen walls and colorful Pollock-style splotches, and chef-about-town Mitch Orr delivers an on-trend wood-fired menu, with views every which way across Sydney’s cityscape. —Kate Hennessy
Anson Smart/Sun RanchhotelSun Ranch
Hot List 2024Featured in: The Best Places to Go in 2024
Byron’s center of gravity has long been swinging inwards from its shorelines to its greener pastures and charming weatherboard villages. Already the not-so-secret postcode for eco-entrepreneurs and Hollywood hideouts, the Byron Hinterland has increasingly felt out of bounds to anyone without an invitation to one of its hillside homes, which has made the opening of Sun Ranch inevitable. The hotel is the vision of Jamie Blakey, who launched rock ’n’ roll denim brand One Teaspoon, and her best friend, Julia Ashwood, who grew up in the area and has cofounded some of the buzziest restaurants in this go-slow region. Spread across more than 55 acres of undulating green hills, this groovy ranch is a loud maximalist hee-haw of color, textile, and pattern. There are bright walls in shades from azure to flamingo, swirling terra-cotta flooring, opulent velvet lounges, and sculptural beaded chandeliers. In the coral Cowboy Bar, bottles of tequila and mezcal are infused with chillies for varying levels of spicy kick. In the main “rambler” house, the four bedrooms offer access to a private pool. Outside, where horses roam, families staying in the colorful two-bedroom timber barns have a hoot on electric bicycles, while young couples and mates down by the dam time each other in the wood-fired sauna and ice bath. Up in the distance, overlooking the property, a monolithic slab of concrete has been chiseled into the Pool Club, where sunbaking and lazy laps to a background of funky jazz and tequila are the order of the day. —Chloe Sachdev
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RALF TOOTENhotelW Sydney
Featured in: The Best Places to Go in Australia, New Zealand & the South Pacific in 2024
There are a staggering 588 rooms, including 162 long-term studios and speciality suites equipped with kitchen—making this the largest W Hotel in the world, with a price tag of one billion Australian dollar. Each room reflects the color of the Darling Harbour marina in electric cobalt blue, some with giant wave murals on the walls, others with blue and white nautical stripes, and all with roomy walk-in magenta wardrobes, shiny metallic minibar cabinets (with pre-batched cocktails by acclaimed cocktail bar Maybe Sammy), and playful touches like giant floral sharks on beds. The W is part of the already iconic Ribbon building, inside, geometric lights, metallic surfaces, and bright pops of color make it feel like a high-shine hive of activity, from the lobby Living Room bar to the rooftop Wet Deck infinity pool. Wrapped in skyscrapers and twin flyovers, you’re given wide-screen views of Sydney’s urban sprawl and are very much part of the thrum of the city. —Chloe Sachdev
Southern Ocean LodgehotelSouthern Ocean Lodge: First In
$$$ | Hot List 2024 Readers' Choice Awards 2017, 2018, 2019Featured in: The Best Places to Go in Australia, New Zealand & the South Pacific in 2024
When the catastrophic “black summer” bushfires of 2020 burnt down Southern Ocean Lodge, many thought it was the end of the story for one of Australia’s greatest luxury lodges. A fixture on Kangaroo Island’s sensational stretch of wild southwest coast, the resort was originally opened in 2008 by husband-and-wife duo James and Hayley Baillie, and it quickly became the soft-landing of choice to explore the “Australian Galápagos.” This story received a much-welcomed plot twist in December 2023, when the resort reopened as a near replica of its former sci-fi self, shaped like a low-flying saucer hovering above the Southern Ocean, with uninterrupted last-stop-before-Antarctica views across the sea. The resort now comprises 25 glass-fronted suites that extend across the limestone cliffs, each with midcentury-modern curves, sunken living rooms, fireplaces, and sliding doors that open to private patios and the fresh Antarctic breeze. On the western edge of the lodge, the four-bedroom Baillie Pavilion suite is a new addition—it sits like an amphitheater with an infinity pool, a plunge pool/spa, and views across the coastal cliffs. Another tweak is the now north-facing spa, complete with a chill-out lounge, small gym, sauna, three treatment rooms, and hot and cold plunge pools. The reoriented spa turns its back to the sea to give guests a glimpse of the 250 acres of nature reserve surrounding the resort, all while they’re being massaged and scrubbed with the island’s bounty of lavender, eucalyptus, and pure Ligurian honey. —Chloe Sachdev
