Beautiful Hotels in the U.S.

One of America's most beloved cities just got its first luxury waterfront hotel. The Cooper opened on March 1, 2026 as Charleston's first and only luxury waterfront hotel on the peninsula, perched right on the banks of the Cooper River in the French Quarter. The 191-room property by BHC features residential-style guest rooms designed by Champalimaud in collaboration with Atelier Kim, four distinct dining venues led by signature restaurant The Crossing, a 7,000-square-foot recovery spa, and a rooftop infinity pool with sweeping views of Charleston Harbor. A private marina with a fleet of luxury vessels, including a Hinckley yacht, makes the entire city accessible by water, setting a new standard not just for Charleston but for the South.

Set amid lush gardens within the illustrious One Beverly Hills development, Aman Beverly Hills offers an oasis of tranquility and sophistication, where the legendary Aman service ethos elevates every moment. Architectural inspiration draws from American mid-century culture, brought to life by globally sourced materials and bespoke details that flow seamlessly from private suites to spa-like bathrooms and expansive terraces overlooking the cityscape. Guests and residents enjoy privileged membership to the Aman Club, a private sanctuary spanning 100,000 square feet devoted to wellness, fine dining, and holistic rejuvenation. Here, privacy, design excellence, and tailored experiences converge, making Aman Beverly Hills a destination for those who cherish both exceptional luxury and a refined sense of place.

Marking One&Only's debut in the United States, Moonlight Basin represents a masterclass in alpine hospitality, where architect Tom Kundig's thoughtfully restrained design allows Montana's dramatic peaks and pristine forests to command center stage. Anchored by two private lakes and bordered by over 17,000 acres of permanently protected land, the resort seamlessly weaves together bespoke outdoor adventures, Michelin-starred culinary experiences, and a 17,000-square-foot spa sanctuary designed for complete renewal. From the moment you arrive, floor-to-ceiling windows frame breathtaking vistas of Lone Peak and the Spanish Peaks, while in-room fireplaces, private soaking tubs, and thoughtfully curated local materials create an intimate connection to the landscape. Whether carving through Big Sky Resort's legendary terrain in winter or fly-casting for native trout in pristine alpine lakes come summer, this is a destination that honors Montana's untamed spirit while delivering the refined comforts of true luxury.

The ground floor is still a working ferry terminal, and the boats to Governors Island load below while the hotel keeps its own porte-cochere and lobbies off the side. Upstairs, the harbor is the whole view. Walker and Morris finished the Battery Maritime Building in 1909, a Beaux-Arts ferry house in iron and copper that the city landmarked in 1967 and that spent later decades holding municipal paperwork. In the conversion completed in 2021, Marvel rebuilt the third and fourth floors into guestrooms and set a glass addition on the water-facing elevation to carry the club above, with Thierry Despont's office taking the interiors. Of the Great Hall's 130-foot glass laylight only a failing steel grid had survived, so the pattern was drawn back from old photographs. Twenty-eight rooms and nineteen suites fill those two floors, finished in custom Italian mahogany with marble bathrooms, walk-in wardrobes and Art Deco in the detailing, and turned toward the East River, the Brooklyn Bridge or the Statue of Liberty. Many suites open onto private terraces set under pergolas, and on the Garden Suite the patio is larger than the suite, 807 square feet against 755. The two Presidential Suites, Roebling and Bartholdi, carry wraparound terraces and Loro Piana interiors. A room key opens the club and the wellness floors for the length of the stay, access that is otherwise a matter of membership. The house car runs drop-offs within twelve blocks, shoes are shined daily, and the Times or the Journal arrives with the morning. The boats keep leaving below.

The ground floor holds a dark, spa-quiet room on the 57th Street side, a few chairs and some dark-leaved plants in it, and two lifts. The lobby is fourteen floors up. Warren and Wetmore put the Crown Building up for August Heckscher between 1920 and 1922, French Renaissance over a nine-story base, an octagonal tower under a steep pyramid roof, and a gold-plated rooster turning on top of it until 1942, when it came down for the war's scrap drives. The Museum of Modern Art opened in six rooms on the twelfth floor in November 1929 and stayed until 1932. Douglas Leigh gilded and lit the crown in 1983, and the city landmarked the building in 2024. The restoration Jean-Michel Gathy began in 2017 opened in August 2022, leaving 83 suites on the floors below the lobby, the smallest around 718 square feet and none of them without a working fireplace. Ceilings reach nearly eleven feet over oak and walnut, bronze and blackened steel. Backlit rice paper panels sit inside pivoting louvre doors that shut the bath and its free-standing oval tub off from the bedroom. One of the Homes opens onto a terrace with an infinity pool facing Central Park. A butler comes with every stay. The lobby runs double height, Peter Gentenaar's paper and bamboo sculptures hanging between four stone columns, and off it a wraparound terrace of 7,000 square feet sets a circular fire pit inside a square reflecting pool. A retractable glass roof keeps it open all year. Below, the spa takes three floors and 25,000 square feet, a hammam and a banya in two private houses beside a 65-foot pool, and the jazz club runs deeper still, the one room here that admits anyone. It is underground.

The Delano Miami Beach is back, and it was worth the wait. Originally opened in 1947 and famously reimagined in the 1990s by hotelier Ian Schrager and designer Philippe Starck, the South Beach landmark sparked the modern boutique hotel era and became one of the most culturally charged addresses in the world. After a complete renovation, the iconic Art Deco property has reopened with 171 redesigned rooms and suites, two pools, a beachfront amenity deck, and a spa. Four restaurant and bar concepts round out the experience, including a revival of the legendary Rose Bar and the first U.S. location of Gigi Rigolatto, the beloved Italian lifestyle concept from Paris Society.