We’re staying at all 50

The World’s 50 Best Hotels, reviewed honestly after we’ve slept in the bed. And if we think there’s a better alternative, we’ll tell you.

Mediterranean pines framing a yacht-lined bay below a hotel garden path

How this works

Every review comes from a stay we booked ourselves. We say what the room, the service and the food were actually like, what the price buys you, and where it stops making sense. Then we name the hotel we would book instead: usually far less money, often every bit as good.

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