Six Senses Krabey, Koh Krabey Island. The experience is in an ocean rainforest

Forty rooms – each is an independent construction hidden in the forest: a living room, the bedroom and a bathroom with stone floors. The details of the furnishings are a work of local craftsmanship

Post Ranch Inn, California. Technically ideal for stargazing

Cliffs, canyons, red sand and rebellion. A Big Sur cowboy turns a ranch into a luxury hotel

The Siam, Bangkok. Tentacular gardens and the Chao Phraya River

An understated entry into The Siam, Bangkok. A few steps lead up to the first courtyard. This could easily be the entrance to a patrician’s home in ancient Rome

Palazzo Magnani Feroni, Florence. Feeling at home

Borgo San Frediano is across the Arno river, or ‘diladdarno’, as the Florentines say. Rooms as big as private apartments. It’s a choice, not luxury

Ruma, Kuala Lumpur. Rumah means home

Ruma is a modern structure, in line with the style of the city yet referring to ancient Malaysian culture and its esthetic values in every corridor, room and space.

Verdura Resort, Sciacca. Straddling time and the sea

Green, blue and palm trees, a watchtower on the beach. There is more to Sicily than the Valley of the Temples: it is a land of dukes, poets and artists

Capella, Sentosa. Colonial architecture by Norman Foster

Capella is the third brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere: it is also the name of a hôtellerie collection in Asia. Here is a review of Capella Sentosa, Singapore