Valbusenda Hotel Bodega & Spa

The Toro wine designation sits just upriver from Portugal's Douro Valley, and this sleek winery hotel makes the most of that geography. Thirty-five contemporary rooms, indoor and outdoor pools, and a hydrotherapy spa fill the modern structure, with the wine list doing at least as much heavy lifting as the spa menu. It's resort-level comfort in a part of Spain most visitors fly straight over on their way somewhere else.