La Mamounia Marrakech, Morocco

Ravishing and regal, La Mamounia hotel is set in royal gardens, styled with Moorish opulence, and as sensuous as a seraglio. Aware that its guests (Winston Churchill was a fan) expect the best, the legendary den of decadence recruited luxury-lifestyle luminaries including Jacques Garcia and Olivia Giacobetti for its recent refurbishment, and world-class chefs to captain its restaurants. Its magnificent park, unique in Marrakech, its mythical Churchill Bar, its lounges, its Spa, its rooms designed to the minutest detail in the Moroccan tradition, all reflect the soul of the Red city.