Amomoxtli

Beamed ceilings and hand-laid tilework set the tone at this luxury boutique hotel in Tepoztlán, the mountain town outside Mexico City where Aztec ruins and a national park have long drawn day-trippers without anywhere decent to sleep. Rooms come with patios or terraces and that particular mountain view. The spa folds conventional massage into Aztec-inflected ritual, which sounds like a lot but the setting earns it. It holds a Michelin Key.

One honor, in evidence: