The hotels in our itineraries
Each page here covers a hotel named in one of our sample itineraries: what it is, where it sits, which room to ask for, what it costs and when to go.
Every fact comes from a source named on the page, and every rate is a published price with its date. We add a hotel only when we can source what we say about it, so the list is short and grows slowly. It carries no ratings or reviews.

Kathmandu, Nepal · Heritage
The Dwarika's Kathmandu
A hotel assembled from traditional Newari houses and salvaged carved timber, in the Battisputali district of Kathmandu.
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Hanoi, Vietnam · Heritage
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi
Hanoi's grand colonial hotel, open since 1901, with a historic wing and a 1990s extension.
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George Town, Penang, Malaysia · Heritage
Eastern & Oriental Hotel
A seafront colonial hotel in George Town, founded by the Sarkies Brothers in the 1880s and reopened in 2001.
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Beijing, China · Luxury
The Peninsula Beijing
A central Beijing hotel that opened in 1989 as China's first luxury hotel and was rebuilt in 2016 with larger rooms.
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Siem Reap, Cambodia · Heritage
Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor
Siem Reap's grand hotel since 1932, built for travellers coming to Angkor Wat, in French Art Deco style with Cambodian influences.
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Gobi Desert, Mongolia · Lodge
Three Camel Lodge
A lodge of ger-style rooms in Mongolia's Gobi Desert, sold as a package of three or four nights.
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Taipei, Taiwan · Luxury
Mandarin Oriental, Taipei
A 303-room luxury hotel on Dunhua North Road in Taipei's Songshan district, open since May 2014.
Read the pageUdaipur, India · Palace
Taj Lake Palace
A white-marble summer palace on an island in Lake Pichola, run as a hotel by Taj since 1971.
Read the pageJodhpur, India · Palace
Umaid Bhawan Palace
A palace built between 1929 and 1943 that is today a royal residence, a Taj hotel and a museum under one roof.
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Shanghai, China · Heritage
Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund
A hotel on the Bund in the former Shanghai Club building and a 24-floor tower, open since 2010.
Read the pageNikko, Japan · Heritage
Nikko Kanaya Hotel
A hotel open since 1873 beside Nikkō Tōshō-gū, described as the oldest Western-style resort hotel in Japan.
Read the pageBangkok, Thailand · Luxury
Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
A riverside hotel on the Chao Phraya with roots in the nineteenth century, known as The Oriental until 2008.
Read the pageDambulla, Sri Lanka · Resort
Heritance Kandalama
A hotel designed by Geoffrey Bawa that wraps around a cliff above the Kandalama Reservoir, near Dambulla and Sigiriya.
Read the pageGalle, Sri Lanka · Heritage
Amangalla
A hotel inside Galle Fort, in a complex built in 1684 and a hotel since 1865, in the Aman group since 2005.
Read the pageBangkok, Thailand · Luxury
The Peninsula Bangkok
A 37-floor riverside hotel on the Thonburi bank of the Chao Phraya, open since November 1998.
Read the pageBangkok, Thailand · Luxury
Capella Bangkok
A 101-room hotel on the Chao Phraya, open since 2020 and sharing a campus with the Four Seasons.
Read the pageFort Kochi, India · Heritage
Brunton Boatyard
A heritage hotel on the site of a boatyard founded around 1895, opened by CGH Earth in 1999.
Read the pageGalle, Sri Lanka · Luxury
Jetwing Lighthouse
A Geoffrey Bawa hotel on a rocky promontory just north of Galle Fort, open since June 1997.
Read the pageKandapola, Sri Lanka · Heritage
Heritance Tea Factory
A tea factory in the hill country, converted into a hotel in 1996 at an altitude of about 2,000 metres.
Read the pageColombo, Sri Lanka · Luxury
Cinnamon Grand Colombo
A central Colombo hotel on Galle Road, opened in 1975 as the Hotel Lanka Oberoi and renamed in 2005.
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Shangri-La Colombo
A 31-floor hotel at 1 Galle Road, open since November 2017 as part of the One Galle Face development.
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Palace Hotel Tokyo
A hotel in Marunouchi on the moat opposite the Imperial Palace gardens, with 266 rooms and 18 suites.
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Aman Tokyo
Aman's city hotel on the top floors of the Otemachi Tower in Tokyo, open since 2014.
Read the pageKyoto, Japan · Luxury
Aman Kyoto
An Aman retreat of suites and pavilions in a forest garden in the Takagamine hills, north of central Kyoto.
Read the pageParo, Thimphu and Punakha, Bhutan · Lodges
Amankora
Five lodges across the central and western valleys of Bhutan, from 8 to 24 suites each.
Read the pageLuang Prabang, Laos · Luxury
Amantaka
An Aman hotel of 24 suites on a garden estate at the foot of Mount Phousi in Luang Prabang.
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Siem Reap, Cambodia · Luxury
Amansara
An Aman retreat of 24 suites in a 1960s New Khmer building that once housed guests of King Sihanouk.
Read the pageJaipur, India · Luxury
The Oberoi Rajvilas
A 32-acre hotel of rooms, villas and tents in walled gardens on Goner Road, outside Jaipur.
Read the pageKochi, India · Heritage
Taj Malabar Resort & Spa
A hotel on Willingdon Island open since 1935, run by Taj since 1984 and reopened after a renovation in 2024.
Read the pageKyoto, Japan · Ryokan
Hoshinoya Kyoto
A riverside ryokan of 25 rooms in Arashiyama, beside a gorge, used for the Kyoto nights in two of our Japan itineraries.
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Hoshinoya Tokyo
A high-rise ryokan of 84 rooms in Otemachi, where each floor works as a private six-room ryokan.
Read the pageGalle, Sri Lanka · Boutique
Fort Bazaar
A small hotel of 18 rooms inside Galle Fort, in a restored spice merchant's home.
Read the pageChiang Mai, Thailand · Heritage
137 Pillars House
A historic teak house on Nawatgate Road in Chiang Mai with named suites around a garden.
Read the pageLuang Prabang, Laos · Luxury
Rosewood Luang Prabang
A riverside resort in the Nahm Dong Valley with waterfalls on the grounds, a short drive from the old town.
Read the pageKrabi, Thailand · Resort
Rayavadee
A resort of 94 two-storey pavilions and 7 villas in tropical gardens on the Phranang Peninsula, in Krabi Province.
Read the pageSigiriya, Sri Lanka · Luxury
Jetwing Vil Uyana
A hotel of 36 rooms among paddy fields, reed beds and lakes in Sigiriya, 6.9 km from the rock.
Read the pageNuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka · Heritage
Jetwing St Andrew's
A restored country mansion in the hill station of Nuwara Eliya, advertised with 'old world charm from 1875'.
Read the pageHakone, Japan · Ryokan
Gora Kadan
A ryokan in Hakone Gora on the grounds of the Kan'in-no-miya Villa, once a summer retreat of the Imperial Family.
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Hoshino Resorts KAI Kinugawa
A ryokan of 48 rooms in Kinugawa Onsen, near Nikko, with an indoor and an outdoor bath.
Read the pageKyoto, Japan · Luxury
Hotel The Mitsui Kyoto
A 160-room hotel beside Nijo Castle, on the site of the Kyoto home of the Mitsui family.
Read the pageUbud, Indonesia · Boutique
COMO Uma Ubud
A hotel of 46 suites and villas on the edge of Ubud, with the COMO Shambhala wellness programme.
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Siem Reap, Cambodia · Boutique
Zannier Phum Baitang
A hotel of 45 villas on stilts among rice paddies and sugar palms, on the outskirts of Siem Reap.
Read the pageAhungalla, Sri Lanka · Resort
Heritance Ahungalla
A beachfront hotel of 152 rooms in five categories on Galle Road, in Geoffrey Bawa's tropical modernism.
Read the pageSigiriya, Sri Lanka · Boutique
Water Garden Sigiriya
A hotel of 30 villas among streams and lakes at Indigaswewa, beneath Sigiriya Rock.
Read the pageColombo, Sri Lanka · Luxury
Taj Samudra
A 300-room hotel opposite Galle Face Green in Colombo, reopened in 2018 after a US$20 million renovation.
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