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  • HAWAII
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  • AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
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  • CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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  • AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND SOUTH PACIFIC
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Top Resorts in the Continental U.S.
Rank 2014 Rank 2013 Name Score
1 10 Ocean House, Watch Hill, Rhode Island 96.20
2 1 Lodge at Sea Island Golf Club, Georgia 95.58
3 25 Stein Eriksen Lodge, Deer Valley, Utah 94.97
4 2 The Cloister at Sea Island, Georgia 94.10
5 11 Inn at Palmetto Bluff, a Montage Resort, Bluffton, South Carolina 93.86
6 8 White Elephant Hotel, Nantucket, Massachusetts 93.68
7 - Four Seasons Resort & Residences, Vail, Colorado 93.52
8 - Ventana Inn & Spa, Big Sur, California 93.36
9 15 Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tennessee 93.29
10 - L’Auberge Carmel, California 92.94
11 5 Cavallo Point Lodge—The Lodge at the Golden Gate, Sausalito, California 92.88
12 14 Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, California 92.81
13 - Montage Laguna Beach, California 92.72
14 9 Stephanie Inn Hotel, Cannon Beach, Oregon 92.63
15 12 The Sebastian Vail–A Timbers Resort, Colorado 92.62
16 - Inn by the Sea, Cape Elizabeth, Maine 92.47
17 - The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia 92.31
18 22 San Ysidro Ranch, Santa Barbara, California 92.25
19 4 Grand Del Mar, San Diego 92.11
20 2 Old Edwards Inn & Spa, Highlands, North Carolina 92.00
21 - Bardessono Hotel, Restaurant & Spa, Yountville, California 91.88
22 - Viceroy Snowmass, Snowmass Village, Colorado 91.78
23 - Wequassett Resort & Golf Club, Harwich, Massachusetts 91.75
24 - Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain Resort & Spa, Paradise Valley, Arizona 91.57
25 33 Enchantment Resort, Sedona, Arizona 91.49
26 - Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Ojai, California 91.24
27 31 Little Nell, Aspen, Colorado 91.20
27 - Montage Deer Valley, Park City, Utah 91.20
29 27 The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, South Carolina 91.14
30 - Sundance Mountain Resort, Sundance, Utah 91.05
31 26 Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch, Avon, Colorado 91.00
32 37 Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa Rancho, Santa Fe, California 90.91
33 - Hammock Beach Resort, a Salamander Golf & Spa Resort, Palm Coast, Florida 90.82
34 - Lodge at Pebble Beach,, California 90.67
35 - Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst, North Carolina 90.50
36 - Hotel Terra, Teton Village, Wyoming 90.44
37 - Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa, Beaver Creek, Colorado 90.32
38 20 Carneros Inn, Napa, California 90.30
39 - Four Seasons Resort & Residences, Jackson Hole, Wyoming 90.25
40 30 Solage Calistoga, California 90.23
41 - Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, Florida 90.22
42 40 Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, California 90.21
43 28 Lodge & Club at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 90.13
44 - St. Regis Aspen Resort, Colorado 90.13
45 50 Inn on Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina 90.11
46 - Four Seasons Hotel, Westlake Village, Los Angeles 90.11
47 - Destination Kohler, Kohler, Wisconsin 90.00
47 32 LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort, Naples, Florida 90.00
47 - Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, St. Petersburg, Florida 90.00
47 - Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe, Truckee, California 90.00

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

Debut Debut denotes a World's Best Awards debut.

Budget Budget denotes a rate of $250 or less

Hall of Fame Hall of Fame denotes Hall of Fame

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.

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