Design hotels

Val d'Isere 2019 $$$$

Le Refuge de Solaise

A transformed 1939 cable car station pairing preserved industrial steelwork with knotty pine walls and massive alpine windows.

Champs-Elysees, Paris From $1,200

Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris

Philippe Starck interiors blend op-art striped corridors, mirror-clad bathrooms, and an acoustic guitar in every room.

Grand Cul de Sac, St. Barts From $2,500

Le Sereno Hotel

Christian Liaigre interiors frame lagoon panoramas with dark ipé timber and louvered shutters.

Positano, Amalfi Coast From $1,800

Le Sirenuse

Hand-painted Vietri tiles and Neapolitan antiques meet Nicolas Party mosaic pool installations.

Franschhoek $$$$

Leeu Estates

Restored Cape Dutch manor architecture meets sisal textures, marble bathrooms, and monumental vineyard sculptures by South African artists.

Pinzolo 2019 From $450

Lefay Resort & SPA Dolomiti

Terraced bio-architecture using Adamello tonalite stone and larch with pyramid windows framing valleys.

Con Au, Can Tho $$$

Legacy Mekong, Can Tho, Autograph Collection®

Low-slung timber pavilions and pool villas set under ancient banyans and lotus ponds.

Yen Tu, Uong Bi $$

Legacy Yen Tu Hotel Uong Bi - MGallery Collection

Handcrafted rice-husk plaster walls, ceramic tiles, and copper fittings recreate a thirteenth-century Tran Dynasty grand monastery.

Lapalala Wilderness, Vaalwater $$$$

Lepogo Lodges, Noka Camp

Stilted clifftop villas featuring cantilevered glass-floor sky beds designed to minimize impact on the surrounding gorge.

Courchevel $$$$

Les Airelles

Austro-Hungarian hunting lodge architecture displays hand-painted frescoes and gingerbread-hued woodwork.

Sainte-Avoye, Paris From $450

Les Bains Paris

Tristan Auer interiors balance custom Warhol sofa replicas, Gainsbourg-style woven carpets, and rock iconography with sleek white marble.

Palmeraie, Marrakesh $$$

Les Deux Tours

Architect Charles Boccara shaped secluded villa compounds under traditional tartari ceilings.

Saubion 2015 From $350

Les échasses

Modernist timber lodges on stilts over a private lake, constructed with raw wood, zinc, and glass.

Megeve 1989 From $800

Les Fermes de Marie

Reassembled centuries-old Savoyard farm timbers, roaring stone hearths, and baroque alpine antiques.

Petite France, Strasbourg From $150

Les Haras Hôtel by Stay Collection

Patrick Jouin and Sanjit Manku pair saddle leather with eighteenth-century timber framing.

Le Dramont, Saint-Raphael $$$$

Les Roches Rouges Hotel, Saint Raphaël, Beaumier

Festen restored the 1950s modernist architecture with polished concrete and terracotta.

Cheverny 2020 From $300

Les Sources de Cheverny

Restored stone barns and stilted lake cabins furnished with Loire antiques.

Faubourg-Montmartre, Paris $$$$

Les Suites Cinabre

Necchi Architecture pairs archival Pierre Frey fabrics and vintage rosewood with restored Hi-Fi turntables and winter gardens.

Old Town, Korcula $$$$

Lešić Dimitri Palace

Silk Road motifs, intricate moucharabieh screens, and restored barrel vaults across individually styled medieval residences.

Lyndhurst, New Forest $$$$

Lime Wood Hotel

Regency architecture reframed with bespoke British furniture and a retractable glass-roofed courtyard bar.

Garraf, Sitges $$$

Little Beach House Barcelona

Custom terracotta floor tiles and woven hessian blend with open ocean views.

Mombo, Okavango Delta $$$$

Little Mombo Camp

Elevated stilt architecture weaving between jackalberry trees with copper fireplaces and wraparound decks.

Zona Centro, San Miguel de Allende From $400

Live Aqua San Miguel de Allende

AoMa Estudio creates a modern hacienda with water stairs and monumental sculptures.

Puerto Panuelo, Bariloche From $300

Llao Llao Hotel

Alejandro Bustillo combined exposed cypress timbers with local stone beneath Norman tiles.

Troncones, Zihuatanejo $$$

Lo Sereno Casa de Playa

Raw concrete, hand-built stone walls, and sliding Parota wood slatted doors facing private oceanfront patios.

Camaiore 2011 $$$

Locanda al Colle

Reclaimed terracotta and Cardoso stone layered with mid-century furniture and contemporary art.

Enge, Zurich $$

Locke am Platz, Enge

Velvet wall drapes and petrol-blue marble frame beds inside theatrical modernist apartments.

Friedrichshain, Berlin $$

Locke at East Side Gallery, Friedrichshain

Pastel tones soften raw concrete beneath kiln-formed glass inspired by the River Spree.

Avenida da Liberdade, Lisbon From $90

Locke de Santa Joana

Monastic stone arches meet custom oak joinery and hand-painted azulejo tiles.

Marshall 2023 From $300

Lodge at Marconi

Home Studios reimagined the cedar-clad cottages with saturated earthy hues, asymmetric rooflines, and custom wood millwork.

Huli, Xiamen From $300

Lohkah Hotel & Spa

Fujian Tulou-inspired courtyards lined with local granite, rust stone, and clay screen detailing.

Esvres 2020 From $400

Loire Valley Lodges

Stilted canopy lodges styled by contemporary artists, featuring five-meter panoramic windows and private forest-facing hot tubs.

Lower Zambezi National Park 2022 $$$$

Lolebezi

Biophilic timber pavilions built around winterthorn acacia trees, with green marble counters.

Zlatni Rt, Rovinj $$$

Lone Hotel by Maistra Collection

A Y-shaped modernist frame with Ivana Franke sculptures suspended inside a six-story atrium.

Uluru 2017 $$$$

Longitude 131

Steel-stilted tented pavilions feature fabric-canopied ceilings and floor-to-ceiling glazing framing direct views of the sandstone monolith.

Fairlight, Hastings $$$

Looking Glass Lodge

Electrochromic glass facades and cedar cladding cantilevered over a woodland embankment.