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One resort Selected for each country of the Mediterranean, from Portugal to Morocco.
The Finest Resorts
From the cliffs of the Algarve to the Nile at Aswan, these are the places we would choose to stay: one resort or hotel Selected for each country, judged on MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide stars, The World’s 50 Best Hotels and long reputation.
Each has its own page, with why we chose it, the rooms and suites, the restaurants, the spa, how to arrive and the homes nearby. Where a second address is just as remarkable, we name it too.
Checked 31 October 2026. Awards are given with their year.
Selected by TheMediterranean.com
Portugal to Morocco, in order along the shore.
Porches, the Algarve. Clifftop gardens above the Atlantic, a cove of its own below, and Portugal's most decorated kitchen.
ViewThe Golden Mile, Marbella. The address that made Marbella: a princely beach estate on the Golden Mile, still the heart of the Costa del Sol.
ViewOcean Village, Gibraltar. A five-star superyacht hotel permanently docked in Ocean Village Marina, below the Rock of Gibraltar.
ViewCap d'Antibes, the Côte d'Azur. The legend of the Riviera: a white villa among the pines, and a seawater pool cut into the rocks above the sea.
ViewPlace du Casino, Monte-Carlo. The palace hotel of Monaco since 1864, on the Place du Casino and above the Grand Prix circuit.
ViewMoltrasio, Lake Como. An 18th-century villa on terraced gardens above Lake Como, and Italy's highest-ranked hotel in the world.
ViewValletta, Malta. Four restored town houses on the bastions of Valletta, facing the Grand Harbour and the Three Cities.
ViewGozd Martuljek, the Julian Alps. Five suites in a modernist mountain house above Gozd Martuljek, facing the peaks of the Julian Alps.
ViewDugi Otok, Dalmatia. Eight rooms hidden beneath a century-old olive grove on an island of the Zadar archipelago.
ViewCentral Sarajevo. An Austro-Hungarian landmark in the heart of Sarajevo, a short walk from Baščaršija and the Old Town.
ViewKumbor, the Bay of Kotor. The first One&Only in Europe, where the Bay of Kotor opens to the Adriatic.
ViewPalasë, the Albanian Riviera. A five-star MGallery hotel above the Ionian Sea, opened in June 2025.
ViewVouliagmeni, the Athens Riviera. A pine-covered peninsula on the Athens Riviera, with three private beaches, thirty minutes from the Acropolis.
ViewParadise Bay, Bodrum. Terraced gardens and olive groves round Paradise Bay, on the north shore of the Bodrum peninsula.
ViewNeo Chorio, near Paphos. A resort built like a Byzantine village above Chrysochou Bay, at the edge of the wild Akamas peninsula.
ViewOld Jaffa, Tel Aviv. Eight centuries of Jaffa in five restored buildings, with a rooftop pool over the Mediterranean.
ViewAswan, on the Nile. The Victorian palace of the Nile, on a granite bluff above the First Cataract, facing Elephantine Island.
ViewGammarth, north of Tunis. On the beach at Gammarth, close to Carthage and Sidi Bou Said, and Forbes Four-Star in 2026.
ViewAlgiers. The former Hôtel Saint-George, a hotel since 1889 and Eisenhower's Allied headquarters in 1942 and 1943.
ViewThe medina, Marrakech. A medina within the medina: 53 private riads behind the walls of Marrakech, each with its own roof terrace.
ViewFinest Resorts by country
Each country page shows the Selected resort first, then its Premier places and the other addresses that meet our standard.
More to come
Each country will show up to five Premier resorts, with the Selected resort first. Premier resorts are placed above the other listings, with their own page linked from the country, Territory and real estate pages, where buyers look for somewhere to stay.
| Year | Annual investment |
|---|---|
| Year 1 | US$50,000 |
| Year 2 | US$75,000 |
| Year 3 | US$100,000 |
| Year 4 and beyond | To be determined |
One rate for everyone, paid once a year in advance. An advertising fee, never a commission. Places are offered first come, after approval.
Resorts wishing to be considered: [email protected].
The Mediterranean Season Letter
Four letters a year, one for each season: the Mediterranean from spring to autumn, and Beyond the Mediterranean, into the Alps, in winter. The one best hotel to book, and the events worth crossing a sea for.
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