Andrew Harper has actually introduced its Editors’ Choice Awards for 2022, a selection of one of the most fascinating small luxury resorts, notable restaurants as well as distinct traveling experiences from around the globe. The highlights of the year are shown in the January edition of Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report and are online at www.andrewharper.com/editors-choice.
To be considered for the Editors’ Choice Awards, hotels need to likewise have actually been evaluated in a 2021 edition of the monthly Hideaway Report. Quality needs to be fairly tiny in dimension, possess a strong personality and also demonstrate a dedication to personal solution.
This year, Four Seasons Sensei Lanai, an adults-only wellness hotel on the remote Hawaiian island of Lanai, has actually taken the top honor of Hideaway of the Year. Visitors can create a tailored wellness trip concentrating on three paths– movement, sustenance as well as remainder. “Few residential or commercial properties produce an incredibly favorable first impression,” states the Hideaway Report‘s editor-in-chief, “and also handle to just improve from there. This was one such rare and also happy event.”
“The pandemic maintained individuals near to residence,” he continues, “however with traveling beginning to rebound, Andrew Harper participants will once more have the chance to discover the globe’s most glamorous destinations, where they can develop treasured memories, while taking pleasure in the most effective that life needs to provide.”
Retreat Report editors spend the year circling the world to discover unique and also unusual locations, along with perennial favorites such as Italy and France. They take a trip incognito and also pay their own method, never receiving concessionary prices from the areas they go to, so they can provide their testimonials with full self-reliance as well as credibility.
Making use of an extensive vetting process that considers character, comfort and also individual solution, the editors’ task is to identify the just excellent from the absolutely charming. Hotels that fall short to satisfy the needed standards are immediately eliminated from the checklist of recommendations.
Each January, the team reflects on its previous 12 months of globetrotting to pick the Editors’ Choice receivers, focusing on the secluded hotels and the connected experiences that showed one of the most permanently unforgettable.
Along with the Hideaway of the Year, the 2022 awards additionally identify 14 various other preferred resorts, plus noteworthy restaurants and bars. Extra groups consist of best white wine tastings, facilities and indulgences. Honors are additionally given for ideal traveling experiences, consisting of wild animals experience of the year, a lot of remarkable hike, best driving scenic tour as well as best outdoor adventure.
Right here is the full list of this year’s champions of the Editors’ Choice Awards 2022.
Secluded of the Year: Four Seasons Sensei Lanai, Lanai City, Hawaii
Fave Hotels of the Year
- The Maker, Hudson, New York (imagined)
- Primland Resort, Meadows of Dan, Virginia
- Commodore Perry Estate, Austin, Texas
- Montage Healdsburg, Healdsburg, California
- Park Hyatt Aviara, Carlsbad, California
- Hotel Esencia, Playa Xpu-Ha, Mexico
- Nayara Tented Camp, La Fortuna, Costa Rica
- Airelles Château de Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle, Versailles, France
- Hotel Château du Grand-Lucé, Le Grand-Lucé, France
- The Maybourne Riviera, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
- Belmond Castello di Casole, Casole d’Elsa, Italy
- Castello di Reschio, Lisciano Niccone, Italy
- Angama Mara, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
- Little Chem Chem, Burunge Wildlife Management Area, Tanzania
Dining establishments of the Year
- Porto, Chicago, Illinois
- Buccan, Palm Beach, Florida
- Pierre’s Restaurant, Islamorada, Florida
- Hestia, Austin, Texas
- Addison, San Diego, California
- Miro Kaimuki, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Assa, Blois, France
- Arnolfo, Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
- Pedro dos Leitões, Mealhada, Portugal
Most Memorable Tastings
- Lunch at Cāpo Creek, Healdsburg, California
- Enoteca Falorni, Greve in Chianti, Italy
- Tenuta Canto alla Moraia, Castiglion Fibocchi, Italy
- Desert Door Distillery, Driftwood, Texas
- Quinta de Lemos, Dão Region, Portugal
Hospitality Awards
- Cook of the Year:Mauro Colagreco
- Staff of the Year:Belmond Castello di Casole, Casole d’Elsa, Italy
- Sommelier of the Year:Victor Bigot, The Maybourne Riviera
- The Majority Of Innovative Hoteliers: Count Benedikt Bolza, Castello di Reschio, Lisciano Niccone, Italy
- Guide of the Year: James Kirisia from Ol Donyo Lodge, Kenya
Best Amenities
- Best Pool:Castello di Reschio, Lisciano Niccone, Italy
- Finest Beach:Hotel Esencia, Playa Xpu-Ha, Mexico
- Many Glamorous Bath: Rancho Valencia, Rancho Santa Fe, California
- Finest Room With a View: Angama Mara, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
- Ideal Spa:Four Seasons Sensei Lanai, Lanai City, Hawaii
- A Lot Of Unconventional Indulgence: Thermal spring water bathtub at Castello di Velona, Castelnuovo dell’Abate, Italy
Best in Class
- Best City Hotel: Commodore Perry Estate, Austin, Texas
- Many Charming Hotel: Les Sources de Cheverny, Cheverny, France
- Most Glamorous Suite: Villa 1, Sanctuary Olonana, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
- A lot of Romantic: Airelles Château de Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle, Versailles, France
- Ideal Hotel Restaurant: Ceto, The Maybourne Riviera, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
- Most Family-friendly: The Ranch at Emerald Valley, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Favorite Ecolodge: Kasiiya Papagayo, Matapalo, Costa Rica
Best Travel Experiences
- Wild animals Experience of the Year: Elephants in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
- Most Memorable Hike: Hidden Craters Hike, Big Island, Hawaii
- Ideal Driving Tour: Tuscany
- Ideal Itinerary: Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania
- Ideal Outdoor Adventure: Swimming with manatees in Mexico
Unforgettable Memories of 2021
- Staring at Lake Nicaragua from my jacuzzi, ORIGINS, Costa Rica
- Driving through a deserted Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
- Checking out the Burel factory, Manteigas, Portugal
- Rainbow and coyotes on the last hole at Silvies Valley Ranch, Oregon
- Glamour-fishing on sunset cruise off Lanai, Hawaii
- Uncommon bee health spa therapy, Riviera Maya, Mexico
- Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys
- Space Walk at Primland Observatory, Virginia
Andrew Harper’s Secluded Report traces its origins to 1979, when its beginning editor left corporate life to take a trip the globe, looking for little secludeds in untainted corners of the world. He shared his searchings for in a newsletter for sophisticated travelers under the pseudonym Andrew Harper.
This magazine has actually advanced into a membership-based firm offering an expanded menu of curated content, consisting of resort reviews and referrals of restaurants and also take a trip locations in the month-to-month Hideaway Report e-newsletter, The Andrew Harper Collection guidebooks and at AndrewHarper.com.
