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The Best Hotels and Resorts in the U.S. and

Canada: The 2019 Gold List

by CNT EDITORSDecember 11, 2018

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This year's Gold List of our editors' favorite hotels, resorts, and cruise ships in the

world is the first transatlantic list for Traveler, created by teams in New York and

London. It spans six continents and 36 countries. They're gold as in exceptional.

Gold as in classic. Gold as in brilliant. Gold as in you'd do it all tomorrow. (Click here

to view every Gold List 2019 pick.)

Courtesy The Robey/Photo by Adrian Gaut

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Our editors' favorite hotels and resorts of all time.

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Courtesy Sunset Tower Hotel

HOTEL

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Piercing the blue Californian skies on Sunset Boulevard, this elegant Art

Deco tower has long been a landmark of the city, home to Hollywood

greats since its arrival in 1931, courtesy of architect Leland A. Bryant. In

those days it was Clark Gable and Greta Garbo, Frank Sinatra and Ava

Gardner—and John Wayne, who apparently kept a cow on his balcony to

ensure fresh milk for his coffee. Now it’s shiny again after a multi-million-

dollar renovation, and 21st-century stars are coming here just for a night

or to grab a drink at the see-and-be-seen Tower Bar on the notorious

Sunset Strip. Maître d’ Gabé Doppelt discreetly juggles regular guests

such as Jennifer Aniston with those who prefer dim lighting or need

private corners for tête-à-têtes, while the bottom of the menu firmly reads:

"No photographs. No phone calls." The spicy tuna tartare is nearly

everyone’s favorite; the seared scallops with black leek and truffle sauce a

close second. The 81 bedrooms are done up in dusty pinks and browns

with dazzling bathrooms clad in metallic gold wallpaper designed by

fashion illustrator Donald Robertson, and there’s a Joanna Vargas spa for

those red-carpet moments. The newly refreshed outdoor terrace

overlooking the small but beautiful pool is one of the loveliest spots—in a

city with a strong alfresco game—for a breakfast of mashed avocado on

sourdough with poached eggs, or simply to relax for an hour or so, taking

in the spectacular views of L.A. and basking in that brilliant golden

sunshine.

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HOTEL

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This independent, family-run hotel was founded in 2001 by siblings Joe

and Catherine Bartolomei, whose great-grandfather migrated from Italy

and acquired a ranch and vineyards, building the house where Catherine

still lives today. She and Joe are a constant presence, checking in with

regulars at the restaurant and joining in afternoon wine tastings

(including a knockout red-field blend from their own Lost & Found label).

Their deep Sonoma roots translate into perks for guests at local wineries,

restaurants and shops, whose owners invariably light up at their mention,

and the pair’s enthusiasm percolates through to the easygoing attitude of

the longtime staff. You’re as likely to get a great oyster shack or hiking trail

tip from the parking attendant as you are from the concierge desk. Of the

bedrooms, the newer ones at the quieter, wooded end of the hotel are best,

with porches that feel suspended among the trees. Inside you’ll find a

conga drum refashioned as a cocktail stand, a vintage ladder propped

against one wall under the vaulted wooden ceiling. A double-sided

fireplace faces both the bedroom and the Adirondack chairs outside on the

porch. The inn’s restaurant has become a destination in itself: chef Steve

Litke has a light touch with his Mediterranean-inflected menu, including

a delicate Hokkaido scallop with Moroccan spices, and a thyme-scented

trio of rabbit (applewood-smoked loin, confit of leg, roasted rack with

mustard cream). But you can also take the electric car out and head

westward to the coast for lunch at the inimitable Marshall Store, where

Sonoma’s best oysters (raw and wood-fire-grilled) are served on wooden

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barrels along the shore of Tomales Bay. Family-owned hotels are now a

rarity in California’s wine country, which makes this switched-on place so

exceptional.

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HOTEL

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A Canadian glamping experience like no other. Accessible only by air and

water, the coastal rainforest and glacial lakes on this tip of Vancouver

Island make quite an impression on guests landing by floatplane on

Bedwell Sound. A horse-drawn carriage waits to whisk them off to the log-

cabin cookhouse, as if at the start of a James Fenimore Cooper novel, for a

glass of blanc de noir and salmon tartare. The waterfront tents are tents in

name only—safari-style, with vintage oil lamps and a cast-iron fireplace, a

spacious bathroom with heated floors and an outdoor shower. There’s a

tent for the piano, and even one for a billiards table. The whole set-up here

is determinedly relaxed, like a summer camp for outward-bound adults. It

draws folk from all walks of life, who share a headstrong attitude to

wilderness adventure, heading out in all weathers in rubber boots and

good spirits for heli-fishing and wildlife spotting. An ocean safari on a

lightning-fast Zodiac boat is the best way to spot bald eagles, sea lions,

Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, Vancouver Island, British

Columbia, Canada

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grey whales, sea otters, and solitary black bears digging up crabs on the

beach. Make sure to go foraging with the chef, picking spruce tips, wild

blackberries, salal berries and mushrooms for dinner. Clayoquot has been

open since 1997, and its founder is fiercely committed to protecting

Clayoquot Sound’s eco-system, putting millions into restoring the salmon-

spawning grounds. It’s the sort of place that will reset your compass for a

long time.

HOTEL

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Over the years, guests here have included Elizabeth Taylor, Wallis

Simpson, and the Shah of Iran. Winston Churchill used to rent two

cabanas, one to paint in and one “for naps.” (And drinks, as during

Prohibition spirits were served illegally here.) Set in Surfside at the less-

developed northern end of Miami Beach, this hacienda-style hotel has

been brilliantly extended by Richard Meier, whose 12-story glass towers

seem to float above the terra cotta tiles of the original 1930s

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Mediterranean-style pantile roofs. The cabanas now house part of the

charming spa, where even the brushed-brass key pads on the lockers are a

thing of beauty, as well as a handful of Cabana Studio bedrooms, each a

pale-but-interesting essay in contrasting textures: canvas, rattan, and

travertine. Of course, the restaurants are as much of an attraction: The

Surf Club by superchef Thomas Keller opened its doors in summer 2018,

and Le Sirenuse Miami comes from the owners of its namesake hotel in

Positano. Densely planted with exotic palms, the latter evokes a cultivated

jungle, a setting that is almost as memorable as Antonio Mermolia’s deft

cooking, where the attention to detail extends to dyeing the ice over which

they serve oysters the bluish-green of an iceberg. Try the Kumamotos,

flown in daily from Washington state and dressed in a zingy citronelle

emulsion. "Spectacular" was the word the Miami Herald ran in a headline

for the Surf Club in November 1959. And so it is, nearly 60 years on.

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Bruce Buck

HOTEL

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Even the most unaffected New Yorkers can’t help but feel a tinge of

nostalgia when passing through the gilded revolving doors of the St Regis,

promptly greeted by a gentleman with white gloves and a smile. The sense

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of the city’s golden era lingers in that lobby, where shining chandeliers

warm the pale walls to create a necessary calming counter to the crush of

cabs and suits in Midtown Manhattan. It’s precisely the atmosphere John

Jacob Astor IV sought to capture when he opened this 18-story, Beaux-

Arts landmark at the turn of last century. Today, there’s more Michael

Kors than mink in the King Cole Bar, though the order hasn’t changed:

Ignore the lengthy cocktail list and go for a note-perfect dry Martini or a

Bloody Mary, the house speciality, and fall into conversation with the

bankers in from Boston sitting at the bar. For those who do stay on for

another martini (or three), it’s nice to know that your suite is just an

elevator ride away. It may be done up in lipstick-ruby wallpaper or blue

velvet curtains and striped white walls, with classic pieces such as silk-

stitched love seats and oil paintings to resemble that glamorous pied à

terre everyone fantasizes about. This is a New York institution that

channels the city’s glamorous past like no other, steps from the Fifth

Avenue buzz.

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HOTEL

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With this fresh urban crash pad, Mexico’s Grupo Habita has, once again,

demonstrated its knack for sniffing out budding star designers and

promising hot spots. Taking up residence in Northwest Tower, The Robey

jostles alongside artisanal coffee shops, independent boutiques, and pop-

up restaurants in Chicago’s creative corner between the hipster

neighborhoods of Bucktown and Wicker Park. The slender, triangular-

shaped Art Deco pile slots like a slice of pie right into the junction where

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Milwaukee, North, and Damen avenues meet. Of the 69 rooms, the best are

the corner suites, where wraparound windows shed natural light onto

low-key, unfussy interiors by Belgium’s Nicolas Schuybroek and Marc

Merckx. The real head-turners, though, are the collection of bars and

restaurants, not least the curbside Café Robey, which hums from the first

plate of eggs and hash browns in the morning to last call at night. The

Lounge, on the second floor, is a wind-down joint with live music, but the

Up Room, the 13th- floor rooftop bar, is the place to go for the full Chicago

effect, with its sprawling cityscape views. Here, custom-made seating is

interspersed with mid-century modern finds that don’t detract from the

building’s original features: terrazzo flooring, brass details, and marble

wall panels. Come summer, the only place to be is on the sixth-floor

outdoor pool terrace, the Cabana Club, with a basil gimlet in hand. Barely

two years old, The Robey has already shaped up to be a hotel heavy hitter

in this heavy-hitting town.

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HOTEL

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The ancient lava fields and low-lying scrub of the surrounding area make

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it feel more like Namibia than Hawaii. But as soon as your driver pulls off

Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway and onto a private lane, the landscape shifts

from Martian to tropical—lush with palms, canary-yellow hibiscus and

musk ferns. Inhale the plumeria-infused cold towel, bowing to receive the

simple kukui nut lei, and you know exactly where you are. Creating this

distinct sense of place without employing gimmicky tropes (all too easy to

do in a place like Hawaii where a little puka shell goes a long way) is what

makes Hualalai stand out on an island of upscale hotels. The Hawaii-ana

is restrained—hand-woven palm mats, tropical wallpaper in neutral tones

—and the buildings are modeled on classic architecture that really pushes

the indoor-outdoor living. The soaring lobby opens onto teak lanais

overlooking the secluded stretch of coastline, miles from touristy Kona to

the south and the resort village of Waikoloa to the north. Authenticity

shines through, too, in the way this place interacts with its environment;

for example, rather than clearing the hardened lava from various

eruptions, Four Seasons used traditional hand-stacking techniques to

build walls, stocked the King Pond with injured rescue fish from the

ocean, and implemented a commercial fishing ban to allow the depleted

waters in front of the property to recover. And the staff emit the

characteristically chill aloha spirit while being super-attentive to the

overworked tech couple from Silicon Valley or the stylish family of five

escaping an endless New York winter.

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HOTEL

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When a hotel opens in New York it’s not uncommon for locals to barely

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notice. This is, after all, a city crawling with them—big, small, modern,

classic. In this town, it really takes an exceptional property, in an

exceptional neighborhood, to capture the collective consciousness. Which

is exactly what happened in 2016, when The Beekman opened. First off,

consider its location in the Financial District. Pre-9/11, this area catered to

bankers and stockbrokers who scurried back uptown or to Westchester as

soon as the market’s closing bell chimed. Post 9/11, bars and restaurants

opened and flourished; shops came; smart apartment buildings popped

up. And then came the Beekman. The landmark building was built in the

1880s with a nine-story, glass-ceiling atrium, but throughout the past

century, the atrium had been covered up as the building functioned as just

another office. And thank goodness, because when the property was being

developed the covers were torn down, revealing the glasswork and

wrought-iron railings beautifully intact. Now the glass skylight soars once

again above the lobby’s Art Deco bar where New Yorkers flock to—come 6

p.m. it’s nearly impossible to find a free bar stool. The rooms all have

vintage furnishings, with dark wood floors and distressed leather

headboards—they’re just what you’d want your New York apartment to

feel like: comfortable but not so much so that you don’t want to leave and

miss out on everything happening around you. The hotel is also home to

two restaurants, Keith McNally’s bistro Augustine, a sister restaurant to

the perennially hip Balthazar, and Tom Colicchio’s classic American spot

Temple Court, both worthy of a dinner reservation. So many hotels like to

say they’ve made the neighborhood, but in the case of the Beekman it’s

actually true.

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HOTEL

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This hotel is the most talked-about hideout on the planet. Out in the

remote lands of southern Utah, where shark-tooth fossils, arrowheads,

and dinosaur bones poke through the crusty earth, Amangiri materializes

out of the wobbling desert air. Seen from a distance, it has a phantasmic

appearance, like a train of earth-toned cubes among the boulders. Inside,

it’s a sleek homage to nature, with 34 airy, minimalistic suites and

common areas that blend into the landscape. This is where retired rock

stars, exhausted A-listers seeking tune-ups, and athletes with deep

pockets gather for creative Southwestern-style cooking and stargazing on

the decks at night. Scramble up the hilly splendor that goes on as far as the

eye can see—about 600 uninhabited acres. Or hike to the Via Ferratas,

triumphantly executing the breathtaking, high-altitude treks and hearing

all about the hoodoos, promontories, pinnacles, caves, and iron-flat mesas

of this untrammeled place from the on-site guide and geologist. Then

there’s the pool, which wraps around an immense boulder in the heart of

the grounds, or the spa, where Native American-influenced treatments

rule the day. Amangiri, just a four-hour drive from Las Vegas, is a low-rise

outpost in the dusty desert that goes beyond satisfying creature comforts:

it’s an invitation to live deeper.

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Courtesy The Dewberry Charleston

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It could be argued that the most significant thing about this hotel is its

quite brilliant location, dominating the eastern border of Marion Square,

just north of Calhoun and the line dividing old Charleston from new. But

that would be missing the point. John Dewberry’s eight-year quest to turn

a drab Sixties-era federal building into a modernist work of art—in a city

that trades on Southern colonial quaintness—was nothing short of a

smashing success. The Dewberry embraces its mid-century roots with

class and charm, drawing on elegant geometries—clean, cool lines broken

by intervals of density that allude to deep character without getting fussy

—and a muted palette of dark woods, hammered copper, Mediterranean

greens and blues. Rooms are bright and airy, with high ceilings and wide-

frame views of the skyline (catch them from the deep cast-iron soaking tub

in the bathroom). The common spaces shine, with dark paneled wood and

low leather seating, and are made for Daiquiri sipping. This is a hotel for

grown-ups—but, being Southern, ones that like to have fun. The proof is

in the Living Room bar, where the mixing is done in white jackets and the

decor in dry wit. Anywhere else, The Dewberry might border on stuffy,

but here, drowned in light from floor-to-ceiling windows looking onto

Marion Square, it’s just right.

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People who don’t live in Los Angeles have a fantasy of what life in L.A.

must look like. Towering palms. Bougainvillea. Birds of paradise. And a

fabulous bungalow tucked right in the thick of it, where every hour is

golden hour. The Hotel Bel-Air, in the heart of the residential

neighborhood of the same name, is this fantasy come to life. One of the

first sights to spot across the threshold is a swan lake. A lake with actual

swans frolicking in it. The 12-acre gardens are part of the magic and made

for meandering, with streams, footbridges, guava, pineapple, lemon, and

orange trees, as well as coastal redwoods that are most certainly not

common in these parts. Out-of-towners and peace-and-quiet-seeking

locals come here for privacy and to shelter from real life. Most never leave

the grounds. In 2011, Alexandra Champalimaud did a full revamp of the

lobby and spa, and designed the sizable rooms to be lived in—they are

cozy, with fireplaces, high ceilings and towels as thick as blankets. The bar

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is effortlessly cool, with photographs by Norman Seeff covering the walls,

and the Wolfgang Puck restaurant, reimagined by David Rockwell a

handful of years ago, is completely al fresco. You could venture out and

explore L.A., or you could order a crisp white and kick back beside the

always-set-to-28˚C pool, forgetting there’s a world beyond the swan lake.

This is where you want to stay in L.A. to feel like a high roller—even if

you’re not one.

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As if the Pen didn’t already tower above the competition—and it has from

the day it opened, right opposite Saks on Michigan Avenue, in 2001—a

$37-million renovation in 2016 took it way over the top. Bedrooms were

always large for downtown Chicago but feel even more spacious now,

thanks to clever ship-cabin cabinetry. Indeed, interiors have a yacht-like

feel, in both the space-saving design and the burled wood and leather

finishes. Even the entry-level rooms have a separate living area. With

muted pale-blue and steel-grey tones, the palette nods towards Lake

Michigan, while a wall-size, hand-embroidered rendering of a

chrysanthemum refers to Peninsula’s Asian roots without feeling overly

on-the-nose. But it’s the in-room tech that’s the true knockout here, with

all sorts of ingenious smart-home conveniences. From the bathtub, one

touch on the ‘Spa’ button will soften the lighting, stream in a not-at-all-

annoying soundtrack, and activate the do-not-disturb sign. Maybe you’ve

encountered similar tech elsewhere; the difference here is that it actually

works—and you don’t need a 15-minute tutorial to figure out the controls.

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While it’s very hotel-room-of-the-future, the Pen doesn’t feel brave-new-

world impersonal: there’s a warmth and softness to the design that feels

timeless and embracing. Try and tear yourself away from your room to

check out Green River for craft cocktails and Gibsons for steaks.

Abundantly comfortable, smooth as hand-embroidered silk but never too

sleek, the Pen is far and away Chicago’s top-dog hotel.

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Courtesy Wynn Resorts

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Strolling into this hotel is a rich, sensory experience unlike any other in

town. The atrium is filled with a dozen ficus trees wrapped in delicate

white lights and dotted with lavish ‘Are they real?’ floral arrangements.

The answer is, of course. Since opening in 2005, Wynn has remained the

high-rolling kingpin of Sin City names, partly because of its money-no-

problem approach to design and services, but also because it likes to poach

big spenders—as well as newly minted winners on the casino floor. There

are nearly 40 designer shops (including two Chanel stores) spread

throughout three shopping hubs, the newest of which, Wynn Plaza, just

opened this autumn with a Cipriani restaurant and a SoulCycle outpost.

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Elsewhere, there’s a multiplicity of restaurants, nightclubs, a beach club,

pools, spas, and bars (our personal tip is the pretty Parasol Down for its

fanciful cocktails and waterfall views). Rumor has it the cost to maintain

the floral displays at Wynn and its sister tower, Encore, is in the millions.

But not everything is gilded fantasy here. Wynn recently opened its own

solar field, which offsets up to three-quarters of its energy usage, and

every restaurant has a vegan or vegetarian menu. A golf course designed

by Tom Fazio will open at the end of the year. The Strip has no shortage of

hotels, but despite its size, the Wynn manages to feel intimate and draws a

clued-up international crowd who appreciate a player with style.

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Courtesy The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel

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“If we want things to stay as they are,” Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

famously wrote, “things will have to change.” Anyone who knows and

loves The Carlyle will want things at this Upper East Side institution to

stay as they are, while also understanding that a certain amount of

tweaking is, alas, necessary. Designer Tony Chi, who did such a fine job at

The Carlyle’s sister property, Rosewood London, is currently overhauling

80 percent of the hotel’s 190 rooms. The first of these will become

available in early 2019. Renovations here have always been a fraught

business, not least because, as well as being a hotel, it also contains 50 or

so privately owned apartments spread across its 35 floors, making it

impossible to do the whole place up all at once. Thus some rooms are

florid and chintzy; some are 1920s time capsules; some are slick and

steely; and still others are something in between. Broadly speaking, they

get better the higher the floor. Plus, you get to spend more time in the

elevators—not an activity to enjoy in everyday life, but this is not everyday

life. The ones at The Carlyle are the stuff of legend, as much admired as the

astounding Dorothy Draper lobby or Bemelmans Bar. Imagine if you had

been there when Princess Diana, Michael Jackson, and Steve Jobs all piled

in (true story). You would have been in awe. Not of them, of course, but of

the real superstar—the unflappable, icy-calm, white-gloved Carlyle

elevator operator.

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