Luxury Explorer - The World Atlas of Luxury Travel - is a hand-picked collection of the World's best luxury hotels:

Luxury hotels

Our Luxury Explorer inspectors travel the World, personally reviewing and selecting the World's finest 5 star luxury hotels. We have created a unique collection that includes

famous grand-luxe hotels such as Claridges and The Dorchester in London, Hotel Plaza Athenee and Hotel Meurice in Paris, and Hotel Cipriani and Luna Hotel Baglioni in Venice. All the hotels in our website push the

boundaries of 5 star excellence; we feel we can justly claim to be the first collection of '6 star hotels' on the web.

5 star beach resorts include the magnificent Aman Resorts' properties in Bali, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia and beyond, as well as Carlisle Bay in Antigua, Cocoa Island in the Maldives and The Oberoi Mauritius and Taj Exotica in Mauritius.

In Italy we offer an outstanding collection of beautiful 5 star luxury hotels from Rome to Venice, Milan, Florence, Portofino, Ravello and Positano. In Bali we have selected the finest resorts on the island: Amandari, Begawan Giri, The Oberoi Bali and Uma Ubud.

We are particularly fond of our luxury hotels in Mallorca: La Residencia in Deia, Gran Hotel Son Net in Puigpuynent and, newly opened this year, Gran Hotel Son Julia - a beautifully restored 15th Century finca 20 minutes south of Palma.

Boutique hotels

Our luxury boutique hotels have all the luxury, comfort, style, good food and service you would expect in a five star hotel, but on a more intimate scale. We prefer to use the term 'petit-luxe' to describe this type of hotel. We have some of the best luxury boutique hotels in London, including: One Aldwych, Threadneedles, The Metropolitan, The Sanderson and St Martin's Lane. Our beautiful boutique hotels worldwide include: The Royalton in New York, Delano in Miami, The Glasshouse in Edinburgh, Casa Angelina on Italy's Amalfi Coast, Gran Hotel La Florida overlooking Barcelona, Amanjena outside Marrakech and the Metropolitan in Bangkok.

Grand palace hotels

Our collection also includes the World's finest palaces, chateaux and castles. We have the Taj Lake Palace in Udaipur and Rambagh Palace in Jaipur, Copacabana Palace in Rio and Chateau de Bagnols, Chateau Eza and Chateau de Mirambeau in France.

7 star hotel

If you seek out-of-this-world opulence, discover the World's only 7 star hotel - the Emirate's Palace in Abu Dhabi, near Dubai. This awe-inspiring 7 star resort compliments Abu Dhabi's beautiful mosques and is one of the city's most impressive landmarks.

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A Sparkling Stay in Epernay

There is always an excuse for Champagne. Even if we can only tolerate small amounts, the feelgood factor of the popping cork, the first gassy sip, holding the stem of a fluted glass, is deeply entrenched in our serotonin receptors. There is only one way to really appreciate all the magic in these centuries-old bubbles and that is to stay at the Royal Champagne in Epernay: only 90 minutes from Paris, 2 hours from Calais and 20 minutes from Reims airport.

Royal Champagne has a twist of Swiss-chalet architecturally, though the interiors are extremely French-Florentine with rich Nobilis fabrics, tasteful Limoges and exhilarating vistas. It's refreshing here: the air seems crisp, almost alpine, and the vines of Epernay are every room's visual delight.

The Suites or Chalets
All the 'chalets' are separate from the main hotel, forming a double ridge with southerly aspects of the enchanting effervescent valley below. We stayed in a recently refurbished suite, number 10, with private balcony, freshly laid

Special Offer

Luxury Explorer Exclusive Offer

Book a stay at lovely Royal Champagne and enjoy complimentary breakfast, VIP welcome with flowers and homemade delicacies, afternoon tea and an upgrade upon availability.

In addition you will also receive a complimentary visit to the Moet & Chandon Champagne House in Epernay.

This offer is valid throughout 2009 subject to availability.

Luxury Explorer plants a tree for every room night booked through us. If you found a hotel on our site and book by phone, just email us your booking details (names, dates, rates) to reservations and we will plant the requisite number of trees, each labelled with your name.