The best boutique hotels
Boutique has been used to mean everything, so we use it narrowly: small, owner-shaped, and specific to where it stands.
These are the ones guests scored highest.
How we chose
Small, design-led, independently minded houses. Only properties already in the Places You Will Love collection appear here, ranked by verified guest score.
The best boutique hotels, ranked
- Jaya House River Park — Siem Reap, Cambodia · 9.9/10 from 644 verified reviews
- Constance Moofushi Maldives — South Ari Atoll, Maldives · 9.9/10 from 294 verified reviews
- Can Joan Capó - Adults Only — Sineu, Mallorca, Spain · 9.8/10 from 411 verified reviews
- Constance Halaveli — North Ari Atoll, Maldives · 9.8/10 from 174 verified reviews
- Santre dolomythic home — Bressanone, South Tyrol, Italy · 9.7/10 from 1711 verified reviews
- Tropicana Hotel, Suites & Villas Mykonos — Paradise Beach, Mykonos, Greece · 9.7/10 from 742 verified reviews
- Lefay Resort & SPA Dolomiti — Pinzolo, Dolomites, Italy · 9.7/10 from 696 verified reviews
- Bambootel Sawah View — Ubud, Bali, Indonesia · 9.7/10 from 692 verified reviews
- Capella Shanghai, Jian Ye Li — Shanghai, China · 9.7/10 from 200 verified reviews
- Maison Carla Rosa — Cannes, France · 9.7/10 from 150 verified reviews
- La Nauve, Hôtel & Jardin — Cognac, France · 9.7/10 from 125 verified reviews
- Vila Origens Urban Beach Retreat — Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal · 9.7/10 from 57 verified reviews
- Adriatic Hotel by Maistra Collection — Rovinj, Croatia 🇭🇷 · 9.6/10 from 914 verified reviews
- Kinsterna Hotel — Monemvasia, Peloponnese, Greece · 9.6/10 from 659 verified reviews
- La Pausa Hotel Bistró — Guatapé, Antioquia, Colombia · 9.6/10 from 602 verified reviews
- Villa Magalean Hotel & Spa — Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain · 9.6/10 from 528 verified reviews
- The Maybourne Riviera — Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France · 9.6/10 from 215 verified reviews
- Arantza Hotela — Navarra, Spain · 9.6/10 from 71 verified reviews
- Rock House — Providenciales, Turks and Caicos · 9.6/10 from 70 verified reviews
- Viroth's Hotel — Siem Reap, Cambodia · 9.6/10 from 52 verified reviews
- Atrio — Estreito da Calheta, Madeira, Portugal · 9.5/10 from 421 verified reviews
- Octant Vila Monte — Moncarapacho, Algarve, Portugal · 9.5/10 from 401 verified reviews
- Dusit Thani Maldives — Baa Atoll, Maldives · 9.4/10 from 312 verified reviews
- GA Palace Hotel & Spa, a XIXth-Century Villa — Porto, Portugal
- Maison Albar Hotels L'Amoure — Lousada, Portugal
Frequently asked questions
What counts as a boutique hotel?
For this guide: a small independent property with a coherent design point of view — not a chain sub-brand of the same name.
Are boutique hotels more expensive?
Not reliably. Several of the highest-scoring boutique properties in the collection cost less than the large hotels around them.
Do small hotels score better?
In our data, consistently — smaller properties dominate the top of the verified-score rankings, largely on service and quiet.
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