Top 10 Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts in the World, 2026

Steps from the Champs-Élysées, the George V is the most decorated hotel dining address in the world: it reconfirmed six Michelin stars across three restaurants in the 2026 Michelin Guide France — Le Cinq (three stars), L'Orangerie (two) and Le George (one). Add Jeff Leatham's theatrical floral installations, a marble spa and a courtyard for summer dining, and it is Paris palace luxury at full volume.

Reached across a teak footbridge into the canopy, Sayan floats above the Ayung River valley in a sea of terraced rice paddies — a lotus-pond roof crowning the arrival that remains one of the great hotel entrances anywhere. Twice named the #1 Top Hotel in the World in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards (2005 and 2018), its riverside suites and villas and the Sacred River Spa define jungle luxury.

A 14th-century convent transformed into a cliff-top palace above the Ionian Sea, with Mount Etna smoking on the horizon and the Greek theatre a short walk away. Familiar to the world as the setting of The White Lotus season two, it pairs cloistered gardens and frescoed salons with an infinity pool over the bay and Michelin-starred dining. Sicilian drama at its most refined.

A Belle Époque villa on seventeen acres at the tip of the Riviera's most exclusive peninsula, with pine-shaded gardens dropping to a legendary cliffside saltwater pool and Club Dauphin. Grand yet discreetly private, it has hosted a century of aristocrats and film stars, and remains the definitive Côte d'Azur address between Nice and Monaco.

Two restored Renaissance palazzi set around the largest private garden in Florence — the eleven-acre Giardino della Gherardesca — a green oasis minutes from the Duomo. Frescoed ceilings, bas-reliefs and centuries-old trees give it a museum-like grandeur, while the walled garden and pool feel a world away from the city's crowds.

Ranked the #2 hotel in the world on the 2025 World's 50 Best Hotels list, this riverside landmark descends toward the Chao Phraya through a series of art-filled courtyards, gardens and reflecting pools designed by Jean-Michel Gathy. Four riverfront pools, the acclaimed Yu Ting Yuan Cantonese restaurant and BKK Social Club bar make it Bangkok's most complete luxury stay.

Built around Shakusui-en, an 800-year-old pond garden once celebrated in a 12th-century poem, Four Seasons Kyoto is a rare piece of preserved history in the temple district of Higashiyama. Rooms overlook the garden and its koi pond; the spa, the tea ceremonies and the proximity to Kiyomizu-dera make it the city's most serene luxury address.

In the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of Baa Atoll, Landaa Giraavaru pairs vast beach and over-water villas with one of the most serious wellness and marine programmes in the Indian Ocean — a Marine Discovery Centre and manta-ray research project, plus a landmark Ayurvedic retreat. Snorkelling with mantas in Hanifaru Bay is on the doorstep.

Rising above Victoria Harbour in Central, Four Seasons Hong Kong is one of the most awarded hotels in Asia — home to Lung King Heen, the first Chinese restaurant in the world to earn three Michelin stars, and Caprice, its French counterpart. Two infinity pools over the harbour and a destination spa complete a city hotel that punches at resort level.

Set on a rise above a busy watering hole in the central Serengeti, the lodge lets guests watch elephants drink from an infinity pool — a rare full-service safari hotel in the heart of Great Migration country. Game drives, a discovery centre and family-friendly comforts make it the most accessible way into the Serengeti at this level.