The world’s best hotels have officially been crowned for 2025 – here’s the full list

What are your non-negotiables when you’re booking a hotel? Good breakfast? A great location? Maybe a lovely spa, if you’re feeling fancy? Whatever it is, we can guarantee that the best hotels in the world right now, which have just been crowned by the World’s 50 Best Hotels, will have it (and then some).

In order for a hotel to make it into the 50 best on Earth, it has to really shine. The service, the food, the amenities, the views; every single aspect has to be on top form, to impress the panel of industry experts who vote. After a longlist was revealed earlier this month, crowning hotels in spots 51 - 100, the top 50 list has finally landed.

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This year, Asian resorts dominated, with six out of the top 10 split between Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Singapore. Beating out all of the rest to become the official best hotel in the world for 2025 was the Rosewood in Hong Kong, which judges described as ‘a beacon of modern Asian minimalist hospitality’.

The World’s 50 Best Hotels was impressed by Rosewood's impressive scale. Offering over 400 ultra-luxe rooms, it was noted that ‘none can match Rosewood's ability to deliver all-out hospitality for as many guests concurrently’. Overnight stays start at just shy of €750, so it’s not exactly a budget-friendly option, but it is literally the best hotel in the entire world, so that doesn’t come as a huge surprise.

In second place was the Four Seasons Bangkok on the banks of the city’s Chao Phraya River. World’s 50 Best Hotels praised it for achieving a resort feel in the middle of a bustling city, saying; ‘each of its rooms is contemporary, spacious and primed to get guests in a relaxed state of mind’.

In third was last year’s winner, Capella Bangkok. After it took the crown last year, Time Out’s travel editor Grace Beard checked in to find out if it was really worth the hype – here’s what she made of the serene city-centre escape.

The best hotels in the world, according to the World’s 50 Best Hotels

Here are the top 10 hotels in 2025 as rated by the expert judges at World’s 50 Best Hotels.

1. Rosewood, Hong Kong
2. Four Seasons Bangkok at Chao Phraya River, Bangkok
3. Capella Bangkok, Bangkok
4. Passalacqua, Lake Como
5. Raffles Singapore, Singapore
6. Atlantis The Royal, Dubai
7. Mandarin Oriental Bangkok, Bangkok
8. Chablé Yucatán, Chocholá
9. Four Seasons Firenze, Florence
10. Upper House Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Here are the rest of the hotels named in the World’s 50 Best Hotels list for 2025.

• Copacabana Palace, Rio de Janeiro
• Capella Sydney, Sydney
• Royal Mansour, Marrakech
• Mandarin Oriental Qianmen, Beijing
• Bulgari Tokyo, Tokyo
• Claridge's, London
• Four Seasons Astir Palace, Athens
• Desa Potato Head, Bali
• Le Bristol, Paris
• Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab, Dubai
• Cheval Blanc Paris, Paris
• Bulgari Roma, Rome
• Hôtel de Crillon, Paris
• Rosewood São Paulo, São Paulo
• Aman Tokyo, Tokyo
• Hotel Il Pellicano, Tuscany
• Hôtel du Couvent, Nice
• Soneva Fushi, the Maldives
• The Connaught, London
• La Mamounia, Marrakech
• Raffles London at The OWO, London
• The Emory, London
• Maroma, Riviera Maya Mexico
• The Calile, Brisbane
• The Lana, Dubai
• Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo, Monaco
• Janu Tokyo, Tokyo
• The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai
• One&Only Mandarina, Riviera Nayarit Mexico
• Singita, Kruger National Park South Africa
• Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles
• The Mark, New York
• Las Ventanas al Paraíso, Los Cabos
• The Tokyo Edition Toranomon, Tokyo
• Hotel The Mitsui, Kyoto
• Estelle Manor, Oxfordshire England
• Grand Park Hotel Rovinj, Rovinj Croatia
• Hotel Sacher Vienna, Vienna
• Mandapa, Bali

You can read more about each of the top 50 hotels on the World’s 50 Best Hotels website here. 

For Time Out’s picks of the best hotels worldwide, head to our global hotels page. 

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