Ann Abel

Leading architects, design firms—including a famous film director—and countless artisans have breathed new life into the family-owned Palazzo Talìa, an intimate cocoon in the Baroque heart of Rome.

Let's be honest: North America was never going to have a grand old luxury train in the 1920s style of the Orient Express from Paris to Istanbul , or

Yes, Davos and St. Moritz are here, but so is plenty of low-key luxury. Switzerland’s largest canton is one of its prettiest, with storybook villages and grand hotels.

The boutique Capelongue hotel is the epitome of modern, relaxed French hospitality. Its renovation and expansion earlier this year cements Beaumier's status as a luxury hotel brand to know.

A German sculptor and a family of Portuguese entrepreneurs turned the abandoned schist village of Cerdeira into a one-of-a-kind art and nature retreat

A family company specialized in real estate investments in northern Portugal bought a 16th-century building in a fire sale, then spent a decade turning it into a shining new hospitality star of the city.

One of the Mediterranean's top luxury hoteliers has acquired the intimate hotel and infused it with new energy, while maintaining its Caribbean authenticity and generosity of spirit.

A close connection with wild nature and Italian culture sets the two hotels of Valle dell'Erica apart from the shinier, newer outposts of luxury in the nearby Costa Smeralda.

Homegrown and international chefs and restaurateurs are continuing to innovate and excel in Portugal's booming capital city, which is now punching far above its weight in gastronomy.

Just shy of its 100th birthday, the classic midtown hotel was reborn as part of the Royal Sonesta brand, with a design inspired by fictional friends, signature suites and a serious sleep program.