Hotel Casa Higueras, Valparaíso, Chile
Up-to-the-minute design; an excellent restaurant; spa pampering aplenty; and palatial, sun-drenched Mediterranean-style terraced gardens that spill down to the infinity pool; all wedged into picturesque Cerro Alegre. This warm, sophisticated 20-room boutique hotel spread over 1600 square-metres and five floors of an original aristocratic 1920s Valparaíso mansion has lots of lovely details to make your stay super-special, including an interesting programme of local excursions.