About the show
Hotels where the stay is the destination.
Five extraordinary hotels, one region, ranked. Every episode tours a region of the world and counts down its coolest places to stay, cities and escapes alike, with No. 1 revealed last.
The regions
Where we go
The Americas
New York · Los Angeles · Miami · Chicago
The five most extraordinary places to stay from New York to Los Angeles, Miami to Chicago, and the escapes in between.
See the ranking →Northern Europe
London · Paris
London and Paris, plus the country houses and coastlines within reach.
The Mediterranean
Madrid · Rome · Athens
Madrid, Rome and Athens, and the islands and coasts between them.
AI hosts
Four segments, eight hosts
Each segment has its own pair, a woman and a man. The hosts are AI, and the show says so wherever they appear.
- 01
The Check-In
The flagship ranking. Tours a region and reveals its top five, No. 1 last.
- CMCeleste MarlowLead anchor, dry wit
- JOJulian OkaforDesign eye, calls the rank
- 02
The Suite Spot
The best room in the house: the one suite that justifies the trip.
- NHNoor HaddadLuxury insider
- MBMarco BelliniInteriors and detail
- 03
Off the Map
Treehouses, ice suites, cliff pods. The stays you travel for.
- FLFreya LindqvistAdventure lead
- KMKai MendesField reporter
- 04
Rooftop Hour
Where to drink at the hotel, even if you are not staying there.
- ACAva ChenNightlife and bars
- DPDesmond PriceCity-scene regular
Standards
How we rank
Cool, not just expensive
A story worth telling, design worth seeing and a moment you can only have there. Price never earns a place.
Five per region
A fixed five keeps every list strong. When a region runs deeper, it gets a city special instead of a padded ranking.
Independent
Hotels do not pay to appear. Booking links may earn a commission, which never changes a rank.
Honest photography
Photos are freely licensed and credited on every page until the show shoots its own.
Made by
World's Coolest Hotels is a HipBits show, produced by Orph Labs AI, Inc. World's Coolest Hotels is independent. Hotels do not pay to appear, and our hosts are AI.