Condé Nast TravelerDec 15, 2025
12 Best Hotels and Resorts in Africa and the Middle East, According to Our Editors
Our global editors across four continents share their favorite places to stay.
barefoot retreat on a private stretch of sand in Diani
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- Al Moudira HotelHotelA Moorish fever dream on Luxor ’s quieter west bank, Al Moudira offers a lush, artfully aged jumble of hand-painted…
- Raffles DohaHotelshaped like a scimitar, towers over Lusail Marina
- Mount Gahinga LodgeHoteleight bandas with papyrus roofs on Uganda-Rwanda border
- Our Habitas AlUlaHotellow-slung villas dissolving into sandstone cliffs
- The St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu DhabiHotelFor a palatial stay on the white shores of Saadiyat Island, with the UAE’s most beautiful beach and Abu Dhabi’s top…
- Wilderness Bisate LodgeHotelvillas on a volcanic caldera overlooking Virunga Massif
- Bvlgari Resort DubaiHotelsecret refuge away from Dubai’s main traveler trail
- Al MoudiraHotelcupola-topped suites on Luxor’s quiet west bank
- Blue Cigar LoungeRestaurantlounge lined with 7,000 antique books
- HegraSightUNESCO-listed tombs, a 20-minute drive away
- The St. Regis Saadiyat IslandHotelgrandest of resorts on Abu Dhabi’s beautiful beach
- The Ritz-Carlton Ras Al Khaimah, Al Wadi DesertHotelescape where gazelles and Arabian oryx traverse sands
- Sterrekopje FarmHotelhealing hotel on a 124-acre farm near Star Hill
- Somalisa CampHotelsafari lodge in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park
- SussurroHotelstone-colored property with thatched roofs on a peninsula
- Kinondo KwetuHotelbarefoot retreat on a private stretch of sand in Diani