7 New Hotels

Boca de Agua Bacalar

Bacalar, Mexico

Boca de Agua fully immerses you in the Yucatán, plopping you right on the banks of the Bacalar lagoon and its outrageously clear turquoise waters. Rooms come treehouse style, lifted on stilts to minimize their footprint while also affording sweeping vistas of the jungle — and, if you’re lucky, a spider monkey.

Il Boscareto Resort

Serralunga d’Alba, Italy

Halfway from Turin to the Ligurian Sea, on a hillside in Piedmont’s Langhe wine country, Il Boscareto Resort & Spa sets out a vision of food- and wine-focused hospitality that’s on a level with anything in Italy. In contrast to the weathered old villas of Tuscany, however, Il Boscareto is proudly contemporary in style.

Hotel Balzac Paris

Paris, France

Not only is Hôtel Balzac set on the Rue Balzac, but it’s built on the site of Honoré de Balzac’s final place of residence. It’s been a hotel for a while, but was reborn in 2024 under the guidance of hotelier Olivier Bertrand, whose Saint James Paris is a local institution. The Balzac seems destined for just as lofty a reputation.

Fontsanta

Mallorca, Spain

The Balearic Islands are plentifully endowed with rocky cliffs, pristine beaches, evergreen forests, and rugged mountains, but only a singular occurrence of natural hot springs. Fontsanta Thermal Spa & Wellness is the closest hotel — so close that its spa is built around the springs’ mineral-rich thermal waters.

Caerula Mar Club

Driggs Hill, Bahamas

When it opened in 2020, Caerula Mar Club was the first new hotel on the Bahamian island of South Andros in decades. And there’s no question that the property is stylish — clean lines, earthy hues, bright white umbrellas around a sparking aquamarine pool with sweeping views of the Caribbean.

Grand Hotel Belvedere

Wengen, Switzerland

Grand Hotel Belvedere’s name suggests a classic grand hotel from over a century ago, and that’s what it was before it was acquired — and thoroughly renewed — by France’s Beamier hospitality group. No mere restoration, their reimagining of the Belvedere leaves it as modern as any luxury hotel in Switzerland.

Quinta Camarena

Cercal do Alentejo, Portugal

A pair of New Yorkers set out for Alentejo in search of their dream home. After they found it on a forested hillside near the beach, they didn’t keep it all to themselves. This is Quinta Camarena, a sustainability-focused boutique hotel that doubles as a laid-back retreat for surfers and yoga enthusiasts.