These are the 25 best hotels in Europe

«Condé Nast Traveller» has been publishing its list of the best hotels in the world for 31 years. The magazine selects the top hotels on the basis of their design, comfort and exceptional service, coupled with the factor of how many emotions they trigger. A total of 72 hotels feature on the list, each one more beautiful than the next.

Here we present the 25 hotels from Europe that made it onto the list:

• Adare Manor – Limerick, Ireland
• Adlon Kempinski – Berlin, Germany
• Canaves Oia Epitome – Santorini, Greece
• Cap Rocat – Mallorca, Spain
• Castello di Reschio – Umbria, Italy
• Ett Hem – Stockholm, Sweden
• Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten – Hamburg, Germany
• Four Seasons Hotel Firenze – Florence, Italy
• Gran Hotel Inglés – Madrid, Spain
• Gstaad Palace – Gstaad, Switzerland
• Hotel Grande Bretagne, A Luxury Collection Hotel – Athens, Greece
• Hotel Santa Caterina – Amalfi, Italy
• Kalesma Mykonos – Mykonos, Greece
• La Posta Vecchia – Ladispoli, Italy
• Le Bristol – Paris, France
• Les Roches Rouges – Saint-Raphaël, France
• Le Royal Monceau, Raffles Paris, France
• Lime Wood – Lyndhurst, United Kingdom
• Marbella Club – Marbella, Spain
• Palazzo Margherita – Bernalda, Italy
• Severin’s Resort & Spa – Sylt, Germany
• Splendido, A Belmond Hotel – Portofino, Italy
• The Connaught – London, United Kingdom
• The Fife Arms – Braemar, Scotland
• The Ritz-Carlton, Vienna – Vienna, Austria

The publication of Condé Nast Traveller’s Gold List 2025 of the best hotels in the world has sparked jubilation in the Bernese Oberland. The Gstaad Palace is the only hotel in Switzerland to make it onto this list.

«We are naturally very proud of this early Christmas present», says Andrea Scherz, General Manager and co-owner of the third-generation hotel. «We are on the right track with our jewel, which I and the entire Palace Family have had the honour of managing for 111 years. It is a great honour and at the same time a constant call to action – we want to continuously develop our Gstaad Palace, move with the times and at the same time remain true to our values as a family-run business.»