The World's Top 10 Hotels

A 14-story hotel whose wood-paneled lobby invites you to linger by the fireplace or settle into a quiet nook with a drink in hand. The front desk extends a genuine welcome, and the rooms are spare and composed, designed for guests who prefer understated comfort over spectacle.

A sprawling Art Deco resort built around a 1939 original, the Loews Miami Beach anchors Collins Avenue with nearly eight hundred rooms, multiple restaurants, and an Exhale Spa outpost. The 2017 renovation preserved the building's period charm while adding the infrastructure of a modern convention hotel—a formula that appeals equally to families and business travelers.

A recent Kimpton arrival on 8th Avenue carves out stillness amid Times Square's chaos, its 364 rooms positioned within walking distance of the Theater District and Central Park South. Nine minutes from Radio City and Rockefeller Center, it functions less as a landmark than as a composed staging ground for midtown's relentless attractions.

The Boro Hotel's sprawling lobby doubles as a de facto workspace for the neighborhood, its airy common rooms offering respite from Manhattan's density. Rooms facing west capture the Queensboro Bridge in profile—a view that justifies the trek across the East River.

Above Bar Covell on Hollywood Boulevard, Hotel Covell houses nine rooms outfitted with record players, clawfoot tubs, and locally stocked Smeg refrigerators, each one distinctly furnished for a different sensibility. The place feels less like a hotel than a collector's carefully edited vision of how a room might speak to you.

A European hostel brand claims its first American foothold in this restored Art Deco building on Collins Avenue, offering bunks and private rooms with spartan, functional design. The stripped-down aesthetic—numbered beds, minimal decoration, shared facilities—caters to travelers who prefer affordability and social proximity over solitude.

A bayfront hotel where the enormous pool—ringed with lemon-yellow loungers—functions as both refuge and stage, drawing Art Basel crowds and reality-TV fixtures into its deliberately unhurried orbit. The spa's hammam and eucalyptus steam room promise the kind of restorative silence that only a place this visibly stylish can afford to offer.

A former South Beach hotel reclaimed as a budget hostel, Freehand Miami anchors itself around Broken Shaker, a patio bar that traffics in inventive cocktails and draws locals who'd otherwise avoid the neighborhood. The place trades exclusivity for accessibility, offering travelers affordable beds and a social atmosphere that feels genuinely rooted rather than designed.