The Resort: A fixture on the French Riviera for more than a century, the Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat sits on the tip of a towering promontory between Nice and Monte Carlo. The 74-room resort—which reopened last year after a 14-month, roughly million renovation that included the addition of a new …

The Resort: "No problem" is the response to most requests made at Laucala Island. From coconut-milk baths to midnight tee times at the David McLay Kidd–designed golf course, the more than 300 staff members at this private-island resort—located 45 minutes by plane from Fiji’s international airport—are equipped to arrange just …

The Resort: Several of the 34 guest rooms, suites, houses, and cottages at Eden Rock on St. Barts are named and themed after past guests of the 60-year-old resort. Howard Hughes and Greta Garbo are among those celebrated by the accommodations, which are set along a sandy cove or atop …

The Resort: Black lava rock blankets the landscape for miles along the Big Island of Hawaii’s Highway 19, and the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka'upulehu—located just off the highway on a half-mile stretch of oceanfront—incorporates the volcanic rock into everything from the architecture of its 243 bungalow-style rooms …

When Laurence Graff, chairman of Graff Diamonds Holdings, acquired South Africa’s Delaire Winery in 2003, he did so as much for the property’s views as for its vintages. In May the British jeweler realized his vision for the site—now known as Delaire Graff Estate—with the opening of a spa, two …

during the belle epoque, noblemen, millionaire industrialists, financiers, and kings seeking civilized retreats from civilization carved up the rocky coast of the French Riviera, planting exotic gardens as stage settings for an extraordinary assortment of pastel pleasure palaces, such as the Villa Rose-Pierre at Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat featured in this …

The Resort: The Palmilla was one of the first hotels in Los Cabos, and it remains among the few authentically Mexican properties on this now-touristy stretch along the Sea of Cortez. Reopened as a One&Only in 2004, the resort sprawls across 250 oceanfront acres, where palm trees shade hacienda-style structures …

The Resort: The six guest lodges at the &Beyond Phinda Private Game Reserve in South Africa range from a glass-walled house built on stilts to suites perched on the side of a rocky cliff to thatch-roofed bush cottages. Regardless of their chosen quarters, Phinda guests enjoy exclusive access to the …

Gone are the red oil lamps that once guided early-20th-century seafarers into port at Singapore’s Clifford Pier. Today the Fullerton Bay Hotel gleams as the pier’s new beacon.
Opened in July, the six-story Fullerton Bay is the first waterfront hotel within Singapore’s master-planned Marina Bay development. The 106-room property is …

The Freycinet Peninsula on Tasmania’s east coast has long been known as a place of spectacular natural beauty—the area became a national park in 1916—but until recently few accommodations in the area exceeded the campground category. The June opening of Saffire Freycinet—a million resort with 20 lavish suites and …