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Top Resorts in US/Canada

Rank	'09	Name	Score
1	4	San Ysidro Ranch, A Rosewood Resort, Santa Barbara, California	96.17
2	13	Four Seasons Resort, Jackson Hole, Wyoming	93.43
2	1	Inn at Palmetto Bluff, an Auberge Resort, Bluffton, South Carolina	93.43
4	42	Wickaninnish Inn , Tofino, British Columbia	93.14
5	4	Post Hotel & Spa, Lake Louise, Alberta	93.07
6	28	Sonnenalp Resort of Vail, Colorado	92.52
7	14	Montage Laguna Beach, California	92.15
8	9	Little Nell, Aspen, Colorado	91.78
9	-	Meadowood Napa Valley, St. Helena, California	91.67
10	7	Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, California	91.61
11	-	Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa	91.51
12	-	Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tennessee	91.46
13	-	InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa, Paradise Valley, Arizona	91.45
14	22	Whiteface Lodge, Lake Placid, New York	91.25
15	36	Inn at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach, California	91.20
16	12	Lodge at Sea Island Golf Club, Georgia	91.00
17	16	Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, South Carolina	90.98
18	27	Hotel Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California	90.89
19	50	Stein Eriksen Lodge, Park City, Utah	90.88
20	46	Inn on Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina	90.76
21	6	Cloister at Sea Island, Georgia	90.55
22	-	Resort at Pelican Hill, Newport Coast, California	90.49
23	18	Calistoga Ranch, Napa Valley, California	90.13
24	19	Ritz-Carlton, Naples, Florida	90.10
25	-	Brazilian Court Hotel & Beach Club, Palm Beach, Florida	90.00
26	-	The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida	89.95
27	10	Lodge at Pebble Beach, California	89.86
28	25	Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, California	89.85
29	-	L'Auberge de Sedona, Arizona	89.73
30	26	Mirror Lake Inn Resort & Spa, Lake Placid, New York	89.71
31	-	Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club & Spa, Point Clear, Alabama	89.62		$
31	45	Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida	89.62		$
33	49	Royal Palms Resort & Spa, Scottsdale	89.58
34	8	Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch, Beaver Creek, Colorado	89.58
35	31	The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colorado	89.57
36	23	Four Seasons Resort, Whistler, British Columbia	89.57
37	48	Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, Florida	89.52
38	-	The Phoenician, A Luxury Collection Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona	89.51
39	-	Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples, Florida	89.46
40	-	Sandpearl Resort, Clearwater, Florida	89.30
41	37	Stephanie Inn, Cannon Beach, Oregon	89.12
42	-	Villagio Inn & Spa, Yountville, California	89.00
43	-	L’Auberge Del Mar , Del Mar, California	88.86
44	-	Park Hyatt Aviara Resort (Formerly Four Seasons Resort Aviara), North San Diego	88.85
45	-	Atlantic Resort & Spa, Fort Lauderdale	88.73
46	-	Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, California	88.72
47	-	Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Orlando	88.64
48	21	Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore, Santa Barbara, California	88.53
49	-	WaterColor Inn & Resort, Santa Rosa Beach	88.50
49	15	White Elephant, Nantucket, Massachusetts	88.50
51	-	The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia	88.48		$

- means that the property was not among the top-ranked in this category last year.

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$ Great Value icons denote a rack rate of $250 or less

Press Release | Methodology

Throughout the World’s Best Awards, scores are rounded to the nearest hundredth of a point; in the event of an exact tie, properties, companies, or destinations share the same ranking.