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Top International Boutique Hotels: Editor's Top 10

Our Editor's Top 10 list for Top International Boutique Hotels helps you decide where you want to go. Editor's Top 10 lists offer selections from our editors that help you plan your travel based on your lifestyle, entertainment, sightseeing, or recreation options.

Fancy a stay at a luxurious, intimate or simply unique boutique-hotel? Tired of the routine, uninspiring sleep factories where hundreds of guests buzz about? Plan a visit to one of the boutique properties on this list and you won't be disappointed. You'll find that they offer all the amenities and comforts of the bigger chain properties—and even some special touches of their own.
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1. Hosteria Las Balsas Add to eGuidebook
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$310-$500 
Built: 1990 
Renovated: 2002 
Bahia Las Balsas, Villa La Angostura, Argentina
On the shore of Nahuel Huapi Lake, 45 km from the border of Chile and 80 km from San Carlos de Bariloche airport, this Relais & Chateaux property is an intimate boutique hotel existing in its own lakeside world. The renowned restaurant is the main draw, but many guests decide to extend their reserva... Read Entire Review »
2. Royal Olympic Hotel Add to eGuidebook
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Built: 1968 
Renovated: 2007 
28-32 Diakou, Athens, Greece
Opposite the Temple of Jupiter and a large park pocked with ongoing archeological excavations, the hotel is a 10-minute walk from Syntagma Square and the Acropolis. Once a drab and dated commercial hotel, the Royal Olympic Hotel came to a new life following a radical renovation, completed in 2006. A... Read Entire Review »
3. Xandari Resort & Spa - Costa Rica Add to eGuidebook
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$165-$295 
Built: 1995 
Renovated: 2003 
APDO 1485 - 4050, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Constantly renewing and upgrading, this multi-award winning boutique hotel, featured in Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report for luxury travel, is an architectural wonder perched on a tropical forested mountain in the Central Valley, located surprisingly close to the airport. Off the main road to Poas V... Read Entire Review »
4. The Shilla Seoul Add to eGuidebook
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$235-$444 
Built: 1979 
Renovated: 1999 
202, Jangchungdong 2-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
The grandeur of arrival at the Shilla is unparalleled elsewhere among the capitol's hotels. Guests proceed through a 23-acre park landscaped to appear natural and rustic despite its central location near the city's main business district. Yeong Bin Gwan, a Korean-style building that was formerly the... Read Entire Review »
5. Palacio Ca Sa Galesa Add to eGuidebook
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$237-$435 
Built: 1576 
Renovated: 1995 
Carrer de Miramar 8, Palma, Mallorca Island, Balearic Islands, Spain
This sweet boutique-hotel lies just behind the city's breathtaking cathedral, two minutes' walk from the beautiful white sand beaches leading towards Portixol and the high-end shops of the city center inland. Those seeking nightclubs and more Dionysian pleasures may feel more at home on the southwes... Read Entire Review »
6. InterContinental Hotel Toronto Add to eGuidebook
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$378-$491 
Built: 1989 
Renovated: 2002 
220 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON
This is an elegant hotel that, for many, surpasses the larger and more commercial Four Seasons and comes very close to Le Royal Meridien King Edward. The eight-story brick structure is lined with modern bay windows that jut out in an orderly fashion, allowing panoramic views from the guest quarters.... Read Entire Review »
7. Regency Hotel Add to eGuidebook
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$348-$1,049 
Built: 1870 
Renovated: 1986 
Piazza Massimo d'Azeglio 3, Florence, Italy
In an out-of-center location, 1,500 m northeast of the Duomo, this property occupies a pair of century-old villas facing a large verdant piazza. Along with the contemporary Anthenaeum, this hotel is the best haunt on the east side of Florence, with a super staff and a deluxe residential quality that... Read Entire Review »
8. Holiday Suites Add to eGuidebook
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$279 
Built: 1980 
Renovated: 1997 
4 Arnis St, Athens, Greece
This 29 room property, built in 1980, renovated in 1997 is located near E. Venizelos Intl airport. Facilities/Services available: pets allowed.... Read Full Listing »
9. Vincci Hotel Add to eGuidebook
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$112-$310 
Renovated: 1999 
Calle Goya, 79, Madrid, Spain
Steps from the Goya metro station, this pleasant boutique-hotel shows more commercial touches than the other design-hotel in the neighborhood, the Adler. This hotel also has a livelier atmosphere, lower rates and less polished service than the competition. Yet even so, this hip hotel wins oodles of... Read Entire Review »
10. Hotel Metropole Add to eGuidebook
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$191-$263 
Built: 1917 
Renovated: 1993 
Praca do Rossio 30, Lisbon, Portugal
Facing the great square, as well as Castelo Sao Jorge on the majestic hill beyond, this fine boutique-hotel offers good but limited service, inviting traditional public areas, and guest rooms yearning for a remodel. About as central a hotel as there is in decentralized Lisbon, it is a convenient bas... Read Entire Review »
11. AC Santo Mauro Hotel Add to eGuidebook
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$391-$711 
Built: 1894 
Renovated: 2002 
Zurbano, 36, Madrid, Spain
One block west of Paseo de la Castellana, this renovated ducal palace dating from the late 19th century has served at various times as the embassy of Canada, Romania and the Philippines. Opened as a hotel in 1991, this lavish eclectic property is the flagship of trendy AC Hoteles (see also AC Aitana... Read Entire Review »