The Best Hotels in Genting Highlands

A floral installation by British artist Rebecca Louise Law greets you in the lobby, setting the tone for this Forbes Five Star hotel perched high in the Genting Highlands. All 140 rooms face unobstructed mountain views, so sunrise arrives without an alarm. The entrance stays deliberately discreet despite sitting beside a mega-mall and indoor theme park, which makes the quiet inside feel like a small, earned miracle.

Perched at the top of the vast Resorts World Genting complex an hour from Kuala Lumpur, this Forbes Four Star hotel sits high enough to feel removed from the casino floors humming below it. Rooms come with double vanities, soaking tubs, and mountain views that do most of the decorating. The M Spa, the L'TITUDE lounge, and a direct connection to the gaming floor mean there's always somewhere to be, or somewhere to recover from having been there.

Rooms here are reserved for casino guests only, which gives this mid-campus hotel a quiet exclusivity that the 7,000-plus-room neighbor down the hill cannot claim. It sits inside the sprawling Genting Highlands resort complex about 45 minutes from Kuala Lumpur, but its restaurants are open to all, so non-guests turn up anyway. The Belgravia suite runs to three bedrooms and a ceiling covered in living greenery, which is one way to forget you're inside a casino resort.