2008 World’s Best Hotel Values

Every year in our World’s Best Awards survey, we ask T+L readers to review their recent travels in terms of value. Here, you’ll find the winners, grouped by region and price range—whether an affordable European city hotel for under $200 or an African safari camp that will run you more than $2,000—so you can decide when to save or splurge.

1. Peninsula Bangkok 89.34 ($280*)
2. Il Falconiere, Cortona, Italy 89.06 ($386)
3. Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, India 88.97 ($745)
4. Strand Hotel, Yangon, Myanmar 88.89 ($450)
5. Sweetwaters Tented Camp, Sweetwaters Game Reserve, Kenya 88.75 ($335)
6. Fairmont Mara Safari Club, Masai Mara, Kenya 88.46 ($560)
7. Four Seasons Hotel, Bangkok 88.39 ($338)
8. Ritz-Carlton Millenia, Singapore 88.24 ($545)
9. Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza 88.00 ($340)
10. Milestone Hotel, London 87.50 ($523)
11. Tortilis Camp, Amboseli National Park, Kenya 87.50 ($880)
12. Fullerton Hotel, Singapore 87.50 ($558)
13. The Oriental, Bangkok 87.40 ($390)
14. Singita Sabi Sand, Kruger National Park, South Africa 87.21 ($2,600)
15. Woodlands Resort & Inn, Summerville, South Carolina 86.96 ($325)
16. The Conrad, Bangkok 86.91 ($205)
17. Jao Camp, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana 86.84 ($2,670)
18. Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul 86.84 ($400)
19. Four Seasons Hotel, Buenos Aires 86.79 ($450)
20. Kichwa Tembo, Masai Mara, Kenya 86.67 ($855)

1. Tu Tu’ Tun Lodge, Gold Beach, Oregon 84.21 ($233)
2. Inn at Montchanin Village, Delaware 84.00 ($179)
3. Auberge Saint-Antoine, Quebec City 82.96 ($199)
4. Madrona Manor, Healdsburg, California 81.82 ($240)
5. Monmouth Plantation, Natchez, Mississippi 80.95 ($195)

1. Woodlands Resort & Inn, Summerville, South Carolina 86.96 ($325)
2. Post Hotel & Spa, Lake Louise, Alberta 81.45 ($315)
3. Fearrington House Country Inn, Pittsboro, North Carolina 80.44 ($250)
4. Planters Inn, Charleston, South Carolina 80.26 ($295)
5. Keltic Lodge Resort & Spa, Ingonish Beach, Nova Scotia 80.21 ($301)

1. Four Seasons Resort Whistler, British Columbia 82.69 ($435)
2. Rusty Parrot Lodge & Spa, Jackson Hole, Wyoming 79.84 ($405)
3. Blantyre, Lenox, Massachusetts 79.35 ($550)
4. Sooke Harbour House, Vancouver Island, British Columbia 79.17 ($495)
5. Wickaninnish Inn, Tofino, Vancouver Island 78.47 ($480)

1. Four Seasons Resort Lanai, The Lodge at Koele 79.52 ($345)
2. Kahala Hotel & Resort, Oahu 74.14 ($395)
3. Maui Prince Hotel 73.81 ($255)

1. Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, Hawaii 80.05 ($775)
2. Hotel Hana-Maui & Honua Spa, Maui 79.63 ($495)
3. Halekulani, Oahu 78.13 ($445)

1. Hôtel d’Europe, Avignon, France 82.56 ($249)
2. Domaine des Hauts de Loire, Onzain, France 79.17 ($191)
3. Hotel Eisenhut, Rothenburg, Germany 75.00 ($229)
4. InterContinental Budapest 74.51 ($162)
5. Grand Hotel Minerva, Florence, Italy 74.27 ($218)

1. Il Falconiere, Cortona, Italy 89.06 ($386)
2. Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul 86.84 ($400)
3. La Bastide de Moustiers, Provence, France 81.82 ($279)
4. Le Méridien Bristol, Warsaw 80.00 ($292)
5. G Hotel, Galway, Ireland 77.63 ($294)

1. Milestone Hotel, London 87.50 ($523)
2. Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet 85.00 ($456)
3. Four Seasons Gresham Palace, Budapest 83.51 ($500)
4. 41, London 82.96 ($405)
5. Four Seasons Hotel, Prague 82.42 ($499)

1. The Conrad, Bangkok 86.91 ($205)
2. Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Bangkok 85.97 ($231)
3. Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok 84.59 ($240)
4. Grand Hyatt Erawan, Bangkok 83.33 ($229)
5. JW Marriott Hotel, Bangkok 81.25 ($210)

1. Peninsula Bangkok 89.34 ($280)
2. Four Seasons Hotel, Bangkok 88.39 ($338)
3. The Oriental, Bangkok 87.40 ($390)
4. Sofitel Metropole, Hanoi 82.90 ($259)
5. Peninsula Manila 80.56 ($250)

1. Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, India 88.97 ($745)
2. Strand Hotel, Yangon, Myanmar 88.89 ($450)
3. Ritz-Carlton Millenia, Singapore 88.24 ($545)
4. Fullerton Hotel, Singapore 87.50 ($558)
5. Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur, India 84.90 ($751)

1. Rockhouse Hotel, Jamaica 86.67 ($150)
2. Club Med Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 86.25 ($170)
3. Playa Linda Beach Resort, Aruba 83.33 ($295)

1. Couples Sans Souci, Jamaica 86.25 ($746)
2. Jumby Bay, Jumby Bay Island, Antigua 85.35 ($1,250)
3. Jamaica Inn, Jamaica 84.78 ($550)

1. Hotel Grano de Oro, San José, Costa Rica 82.21 ($105)
2. Hotel Museo Casa Santo Domingo, Antigua, Guatemala 81.73 ($190)
3. Grand Hyatt São Paulo 78.95 ($225)
4. Porta Hotel Antigua, Guatemala 77.78 ($165)
5. Claridge Hotel, Buenos Aires 77.50 ($152)

1. Park Hyatt Mendoza, Argentina 84.29 ($265)
2. Turtle Inn, Placencia, Belize 83.04 ($370)
3. Four Seasons Resort Carmelo, Uruguay 82.14 ($310)
4. Las Mañanitas, Cuernavaca, Mexico 81.82 ($306)
5. Lapa Rios Ecolodge, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica 81.25 ($295)

1. Four Seasons Hotel, Buenos Aires 86.79 ($450)
2. Ritz-Carlton Santiago, Chile 82.61 ($419)
3. La Casa Que Canta, Zihuatanejo, Mexico 79.79 ($465)
4. Sofitel Buenos Aires 79.69 ($430)
5. Marquis Los Cabos, Mexico 79.46 ($470)

1. Sweetwaters Tented Camp, Sweetwaters Game Reserve, Kenya 88.75 ($335)
2. Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza 88.00 ($340)
3. Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at the First Residence 86.49 ($340)
4. Four Seasons Hotel Amman 81.58 ($368)
5. Fairmont The Norfolk, Nairobi, Kenya 80.65 ($280)

1. Fairmont Mara Safari Club, Masai Mara, Kenya 88.46 ($560)
2. Tortilis Camp, Amboseli National Park, Kenya 87.50 ($880)
3. Singita Sabi Sand, Kruger National Park, South Africa 87.21 ($2,600)
4. Jao Camp, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana 86.84 ($2,670)
5. Kichwa Tembo, Masai Mara, Kenya 86.67 ($855)

1. Four Seasons Hotel Sydney 78.42 ($370)
2. Observatory Hotel, Sydney 78.13 ($325)
3. InterContinental Sydney 75.45 ($332)
4. Millbrook, Queenstown, New Zealand 74.19 ($304)
5. Park Hyatt Melbourne 73.00 ($311)

1. Huka Lodge, Taupo, New Zealand 81.25 ($1,833)
2. Treetops Lodge and Wilderness Experience, Rotorua, New Zealand 76.32 ($647)
3. Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa 72.92 ($691)
4. Hotel Bora Bora 72.83 ($742)
5. The Westin Sydney 71.64 ($551)

*Throughout, hotel prices are for a standard double room, high season (resorts) or rack rate (city hotels).