Condé Nast TravelerDec 15, 2025
21 Best Hotels and Resorts in Europe and the UK: The Gold List 2026
Our global editors across four continents share their favorite places to stay.
CO2-neutral resort in the Italian Dolomites
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- CastelfalfiHotelWhole-village resort with 146 rooms, boutiques, gelaterias, pizzerias
- Bar Ecrù & LoungeRestaurantOne of four restaurants in the main building
- Coworth ParkHotelDorchester Collection country hotel near Heathrow
- Woven by Adam SmithRestaurantMichelin-starred restaurant serving British food
- Badrutt’s PalaceHotelHotel in St. Moritz, celebrating 130 years in 2026
- Chesa VegliaRestaurantRestaurant connected via underground passageways
- BeaverbrookHotel470-acre estate in Surrey with a spa and two restaurants
- Grand Hôtel StockholmHotelHotel with Ingrid Bergman suite and two restaurants
- Seafood GastroRestaurantMichelin-starred restaurant focusing on Nordic flavors
- Grand SoleilRestaurantRestaurant with alfresco octopus salad and Sancerre
- Ca’ Da MostoHotelRestored 13th-century property on the Grand Canal
- Souvenir by Fabio VialeSightRe-creation of Michelangelo’s Pieta on the quayside
- Grand Hotel Son NetHotelMallorcan hotel with 17th-century courtyard and spa
- Claridge’sHotelHotel with Art Deco interiors, spa, and bakery
- Fumoir BarRestaurantDimly lit bar at Claridge’s
- Painter’s RoomRestaurantHolds alternative afternoon teas at Claridge’s
- Claridge’s BakeryRestaurantTo open later this year at Claridge’s
- AkelarreRestaurantHotel with two restaurants, including a three-Michelin-starred one
- Espazio OteizaRestaurantMore relaxed restaurant concept at Akelarre
- ForestisHotelCO2-neutral resort in the Italian Dolomites
- YeraRestaurantConcept restaurant celebrating forest fruits around a firepit
- Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel AthensHotelModernist resort on pine-scented hills near Athens
- Taverna 37RestaurantInformal restaurant for salt-baked sea bass
- HeliosRestaurantEatery offering daily tiradito
- Verina AstraHotelCliffside hotel on the wild eastern coast of Sifnos