Legendary addresses: a Venetian palazzo on the lagoon, a cliffside hideaway in Ravello, a palace above Iguassu Falls. The most storied hotels in the Belmond collection.
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Legendary addresses: a Venetian palazzo on the lagoon, a cliffside hideaway in Ravello, a palace above Iguassu Falls. The most storied hotels in the Belmond collection.
Maroma, a Belmond Hotel (Riviera Maya, Mexico)
One of Mexico's oldest luxury beach properties, in a private bay on the Riviera Maya with 200-year-old trees shading its beach and extraordinary access to the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef just offshore. The Kinan Spa and its cenote-inspired treatment rooms are among the region's best.
Copacabana Palace, a Belmond Hotel (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Rio's legendary white palace on the Copacabana beachfront, the address of choice since 1923 for royalty, presidents, and artists. The Piano Bar and poolside terrace overlooking the avenue remain iconic gathering points in the city.
Belmond Hotel das Cataratas (Iguassu Falls, Brazil)
The only hotel inside Iguassu National Park, a pink colonial-era building with direct private access to the falls at dawn before day-trippers arrive. Proximity to the walkways and the on-site naturalist program make it the definitive base for experiencing one of the world's great natural wonders.
Mount Nelson, a Belmond Hotel (Cape Town, South Africa)
Cape Town's grande dame since 1899, the pink-painted manor surrounded by nine acres of gardens at the foot of Table Mountain. Afternoon tea on the terrace is a Cape Town institution, and the hotel's history of hosting Churchill, Kipling, and John Lennon is woven into every corridor.
Belmond Cap Juluca (Anguilla)
A string of whitewashed Moorish-inspired villas along two miles of Maundays Bay, the finest stretch of Anguillan beach. Cap Juluca is one of the Caribbean's most iconic resort addresses, and its recent renovation under Belmond brought the villas and spa to a new level.
Belmond Eagle Island Lodge (Okavango Delta, Botswana)
A remote fly-in camp in the heart of the Okavango Delta, reachable only by light aircraft and explored by motorboat and mokoro canoe. Seasonal flooding transforms the landscape and concentrates wildlife from the surrounding Moremi Game Reserve.
Belmond Hotel Caruso (Ravello, Italy)
Perched 1,200 feet above the Amalfi Coast, this 11th-century palace offers an infinity pool whose edge dissolves into views of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Named for the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, a former guest, it is consistently ranked among Italy's very best hotels.
Belmond Hotel Splendido (Portofino, Italy)
The defining address of the Italian Riviera, a former monastery turned hotel clinging to the hillside above Portofino's harbor since 1901. Its terrace bar, watched over by wisteria and bougainvillea, is one of the great afternoon perches in Europe.
Palacio Nazarenas, a Belmond Hotel (Cusco, Peru)
A former convent turned all-suite Belmond hotel steps from Cusco’s Plaza de Armas, with oxygen-enriched rooms to ease the 11,000-foot altitude. Andean-baroque stonework, a heated outdoor pool, and a serene courtyard make it the city’s most refined base for the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu.
Belmond Hotel Cipriani (Venice, Italy)
On the tip of Giudecca island, reached by private launch from St. Mark's Square, with a heated Olympic-size pool that is one of Venice's great anomalies. The restaurant Cip's Club and the signature Bellini made here have been drawing guests since Giuseppe Cipriani opened the hotel in 1958.
Ranked across 3 sources: The Luxury Travel Expert; World's 50 Best Hotels 2025; Live Pricing · 5–6 Months Out (June 2026). Full scoring is on the Methodology tab above.
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