The founders of the World›s 50 Best Restaurants and Bars lists have crowned the world›s best hotel for the first time—and its Lake Como›s Passalacqua. The tiny, 24-room hotel only just opened in June 2022 after a years-long restoration to its 18th-century building. The hotel›s instant, meteoric rise in popularity among the jet set has come largely on the heels of charismatic owners Paolo, Antonella, and Valentina De Santis. «If you can dream it, you can do it! Here we are!» said Valentina De Santis, visibly moved as she received the top award. «We don›t have big shoulders behind us, and we still arrived here.»
No. 45: About The Oberoi Amarvilas (India)
For travelers heading to see India’s most important tourist attraction, the Taj Mahal, there is no better place to stay than the Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra. With every single one of its immaculately designed rooms and suites offering unobstructed views of the wonder, there’s nowhere else like it in the world.
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