Europe’s 100 Best Hotels 2025

The official canon of heritage and modern mastery — recognizing properties that unite design intent, service choreography, culinary leadership, and a profound sense of place.

Data at a Glance

Introduction

The World’s 100 Best Group is honored to present Europe’s 100 Best Hotels 2025, the official record of hospitality excellence across the continent’s capitals, cultural cities, coastlines, islands, lakes, and alpine regions. This edition enshrines properties that reconcile heritage with modern mastery and elevate service from efficiency to art.

Continental Picture

Italy Sets the Pace

An unmatched breadth from reimagined palazzi to lakeside icons and countryside addresses where culinary leadership is inseparable from place. Rome/Florence urban ritual meets Como/Amalfi coastal poise.

France & the United Kingdom

Metropolitan prestige at a fine edge: Parisian palace exactitude and London’s modernized grand-hotel gravitas turn hotels into civic cultural addresses as much as places to sleep.

Greece’s Modern Classicism

Architecture as topography; sea, light, and stone rendered as daily rituals. Wellbeing is not amenity but reason to book.

Central & Alpine Europe

A discipline of craft: rooms engineered to polish, spas with clinical precision, and restaurants that express regional produce with modern elegance — a restorative counterpoint to coastal Europe’s breezy ease.

What Defines Excellence in 2025

• Architecture with Intent — Sightlines that stage rivers and piazzas; materials that localize international design.
• Service as Choreography — Pre-arrival precision, anticipatory care, and a graceful exit that anchors memory density.
• Culinary Programs as Cultural Engines — Chef-led dining rooms and destination bars as citywide magnets.
• Wellbeing as a Core Promise — Thermal circuits, hydro-therapy, movement, and philosophies drawn from local tradition.
• Sustainability that is Felt — Short supply chains, heritage stewardship, and light-touch builds aligned with place.

Brand Landscape: Identity Over Inventory

Performance is driven by coherence of identity: Belmond (6) for heritage stewardship; Rosewood (5) for residential warmth and couture design; Aman (4) for silence, space, and ritualized calm; Four Seasons (4) for predictable excellence across cities and resorts. A supporting cast — Fairmont, Mandarin Oriental, Raffles, Rocco Forte (3 each) — demonstrates distinct paths to the same conclusion: service as choreography.

Conclusion

Europe’s 100 Best Hotels 2025 is the continent’s definitive authority on hospitality excellence — a syllabus for the industry and a reliable compass for discerning travelers.

Above all, it records how European luxury feels at its highest level: considered, confident, and timeless.