Brand Collection · 78 Properties Scored
Best Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Worldwide
More than 130 hotels and resorts across 47 countries, the largest luxury hotel collection under a single name.
More than 130 hotels and resorts across 47 countries, the largest luxury hotel collection under a single name.
Four Seasons runs the most consistent five-star service operation in the world, and the George V in Paris is our pick as its definitive flagship, with Bora Bora the resort benchmark. Below, all 78 properties we profile, mapped by region and occasion, with honest calls on where the rate premium stops making sense.
Four Seasons was founded in 1961 by Isadore Sharp in Toronto and is now majority-owned by Bill Gates's Cascade Investment, with Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding as the minority partner. The company built the template for the modern five-star hotel: personal service consistent enough that the brand's standards travel with you from Tokyo to Toronto.
The portfolio spans more than 130 hotels and resorts across some 47 countries, from the George V in Paris and Gresham Palace in Budapest to private-island resorts in the Maldives and Bora Bora. There is no points programme; the booking advantage comes instead through Four Seasons Preferred Partner travel advisors, who can add breakfast, credits, and upgrades at no extra cost.
We profile and score the 78 properties below, organised by region. Each entry links to a full editorial review with the rooms to book, the honest drawbacks, and which occasion the property genuinely serves. For head-to-head brand decisions, see Rosewood vs Four Seasons and Four Seasons vs Ritz-Carlton.
"The tallest building in New England. The lobby sets expectations the rooms exceed. Boston's most authoritative luxury address since 2019."
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"In Recoleta, 165 rooms in restored Mansion La Mansion and tower."
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"The Magnificent Mile's most reliably excellent hotel. The lake views from the upper floors close every negotiation."
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"The only Strip address that makes you forget you're on the Strip. No casino floor, no slot machines, just the highest staff-to-guest ratio in the city."
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"Pretty Woman was filmed here. The lobby earns it every morning. Rodeo Drive begins at the front door."
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"285 rooms. Every single one with a private balcony. The Four Seasons standard, applied without concession."
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"Richard Meier's white modernism, draped over a 1930 Russell Pancoast clubhouse. Two Michelin Keys earned, not bought."
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"The lobby alone closes deals. Everything after that is simply gravy, very good gravy."
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"On the Athenian Riviera, 303 rooms across 75 acres with three private beaches."
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"On the Athenian Riviera at Vouliagmeni, 198 rooms beachfront, sister to Astir Palace."
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"Two Renaissance palaces, the largest private garden in central Florence, an outdoor pool ringed by frescoed loggias, and Il Palagio, Michelin-starred again in the 2026 guide under chef Paolo Lavezzini."
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"Newly renovated suites with Hyde Park framing every window. The rooftop spa does the rest."
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"Tower Bridge from the window, the City a five-minute walk. The Four Seasons service standard, applied to London's historic east."
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"Seven historic buildings, eight years of restoration, an art collection most museums would envy. Dani Brasserie by Dani García on the seventh-floor roof terrace and the 14-metre spa pool above it are the strongest case for paying Canalejas rates."
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"The 1928 palace just off the Champs-Élysées, and our pick as the brand's definitive flagship worldwide."
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"100 villas, every one with a private pool, the most beautiful resort architecture in Vietnam."
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"On Laem Yai Beach, 60 villas with full beach access, Four Seasons' polished Samui property."
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"A 25-minute speedboat from Malé rather than a seaplane, on a garden island in North Malé Atoll's classic surf zone; the family-friendly counterpart to Landaa Giraavaru."
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"Opened 2024, 175 rooms with Gensui restaurant, Four Seasons' newest Japan property."
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"In Gwanghwamun near Gyeongbokgung Palace, 317 rooms with full Four Seasons standard."
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"In Orchard, 254 rooms in a traditional Four Seasons setting, with two pools, one Michelin-starred Jiang-Nan Chun, and the brand's residential standard."
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"The top six floors of the 39-storey Otemachi One tower, 190 keys looking straight across the Imperial Palace gardens; the newer of the brand's two Tokyo addresses."
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"Just 57 rooms beside Tokyo Station, the smallest Four Seasons in Asia. Boutique scale, Four Seasons standard, and the most personal service in Tokyo's luxury cluster."
View Hotel →"On Al Maryah Island, 200 rooms with full city views, direct connection to The Galleria mall, and the most polished business-luxury experience in the capital."
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"In West Bay with private beach access, 232 rooms, the most polished Four Seasons family-luxury option in the Gulf."
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"The 19th-century Atik Paşa palace on the European shore, with a private Bosphorus frontage, a heated infinity pool at the water line, and Aqua's Mediterranean terrace running out to the quay."
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"Sixty-five rooms in the 1918 neoclassical Ottoman prison building, three minutes' walk from the Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, and the Topkapı Palace. Reopened in 2022 after a hotel-wide Goddard Littlefair redesign."
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"The only hotel in Austin with a private dock on Lady Bird Lake. The business traveller's undisputed first choice, and the romantic one's second thought that becomes a conviction."
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"On the Chao Phraya river, 299 rooms in twin riverside towers, opened 2020 by Four Seasons after they exited the Wireless Road property."
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"Closed since the 2020 port-blast damage and under full reconstruction. A Q1 2026 reopening was announced but is not yet confirmed open and bookable as of mid-2026 — do not book until the reopening is verified."
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"The restored 1906 Gresham Palace, Zsigmond Quittner's Art Nouveau masterwork on Széchenyi István tér, opposite the Chain Bridge, turned into 179 rooms by Four Seasons in 2004 after a two-year, $110 million restoration."
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"On the East Cape, 60 minutes north of San José del Cabo airport and 90 from Cabo San Lucas: the quiet, swimmable side of Los Cabos."
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"In Mae Rim valley, 99 pavilions across rice paddies, Four Seasons' Chiang Mai flagship."
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"High-rise downtown luxury with Rocky Mountain views from the upper floors. The business traveller's dependable address and a spa that makes a Denver layover feel intentional."
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"Opened in 1834 as the Hôtel des Bergues, the oldest hotel in Geneva and the historic answer to where to stay in the city. 115 rooms and suites on the Quai des Bergues facing the Rhône, with the Jet d'Eau across the water."
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"US News Gold Badge. Ski-in ski-out at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain. The valley's undisputed luxury benchmark, winter or summer."
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"91 villas and pavilions on Tanjung Rhu, Langkawi's most polished resort."
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"On Anahita estate, 134 villas with championship golf course."
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"The newest five-star in the Midwest, and the only Four Seasons between Chicago and the West Coast. The bar is finally where it should be."
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"The newest serious hotel in the city. Marcus Samuelsson in the kitchen, a 38th-floor spa, and the Holt Renfrew Ogilvy luxury arcade attached at the hip."
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"On the legendary Naples Beach Hotel parcel, 216 keys, an 18-hole course, and the most anticipated US opening of the decade. Opening late 2026."
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"The only Forbes Five-Star resort inside Walt Disney World. Extra Magic Hours, a five-acre water park, and the rare adult pool that justifies the word retreat."
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"Four Seasons signature property in Orlando."
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"The Breakers' serious competition. The beachfront position, the Florie's restaurant, and the Four Seasons service standard make it Palm Beach's most complete luxury resort."
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"Four restored buildings, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, modern, woven together on the Vltava riverbank. The only Forbes Five-Star hotel in the Czech Republic, seven years running, with CottoCrudo's riverside terrace facing the Castle."
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"Currently closed for restoration after 2024 storm damage. When she returns, she will again be the grand dame of Butterfly Beach."
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"Puget Sound views from floor to ceiling, and the Four Seasons service standard applied to the Pacific Northwest. The pool is heated and the view is not obstructed."
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"On Petite Anse Mahé, 67 hillside villas with private pools."
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"The only true five-star in the city. The eighth-floor pool faces the Arch, a view that turns ordinary trips into memorable ones."
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"The hometown flagship of the brand that invented modern luxury hospitality. Yorkville's address of record, and the bar at Café Boulud still closes the deal."
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"Forbes Five-Star, Vail Village address, ski concierge that delivers warm boots to your chair. The Rockies' most polished hotel, and it shows."
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"Georgetown's most authoritative address since 1979. The lobby has processed enough Washington power that it has absorbed some of it by proximity."
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"AAA Five-Diamond, Travel + Leisure's number-one resort in Canada, and the only Whistler property where the service genuinely matches the setting."
View Hotel →Editorial profiles for every Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts property, by occasion, by city, by signature programme. Find the Four Seasons that fits your celebration.
Browse All Cities →The seventy-eight properties profiled here do not interchange. The brand guarantees the service floor; the building, the city, and the setting decide whether the rate is worth it.
Bora Bora for the overwater classic, Landaa Giraavaru for the Maldives marine programme, The Nam Hai for beach plus culture. More in our honeymoon rankings.
George V in Paris, Gresham Palace in Budapest, and Firenze are the stays where the building is the event.
Tokyo Marunouchi tops our Tokyo business ranking; Embarcadero leads San Francisco. See all business rankings.
For a milestone trip, skip the corporate-city properties (Atlanta, Austin, Houston, Denver): excellent bases, not destinations. And in Las Vegas, remember the hotel occupies floors of the Mandalay Bay tower; serene, but you share the building.
The George V in Paris is our pick as the brand's definitive city flagship: a 1928 palace hotel off the Champs-Elysees where the building, the flowers, and the dining all perform at flagship level. Among resorts, Four Seasons Bora Bora sets the overwater benchmark, with Landaa Giraavaru in the Maldives close behind.
Bill Gates's Cascade Investment holds the majority stake, with Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding as minority partner; founder Isadore Sharp's family retains a small interest. Sharp founded the company in Toronto in 1961, and the corporate headquarters remain there. The brand manages rather than owns most of its hotels.
No points programme exists. The brand's answer is Four Seasons Preferred Partner: booking through an affiliated travel advisor typically adds daily breakfast, a property credit, space-available upgrades, and early or late checkout at no extra cost. If you pay rack rate booked direct with no advisor, you are leaving real value on the table.
Four Seasons Bora Bora for the classic overwater stay, Landaa Giraavaru in the Maldives for a bigger island with a serious marine programme, and the Nam Hai in Hoi An for a beach honeymoon with culture within reach. City-side, the George V and Florence's Firenze carry the romance better than any business-district property.
More than 130 hotels and resorts operate across roughly 47 countries, with a steady pipeline of openings. This index profiles and scores 78 of them, every property for which we maintain a full editorial review, organised by region above.
Skip the business-city properties for milestone trips: hotels like Atlanta, Austin, Houston, and Denver are polished corporate bases, not destination stays. Spend the flagship premium where the building itself is the event: George V, Gresham Palace in Budapest, Astir Palace in Athens, the Surf Club in Miami. Same brand, very different returns on the rate.
Not as of mid-2026. The hotel has been closed since the 2020 Beirut port blast damaged the building, and it is under full reconstruction. Kingdom Holding announced a first-quarter 2026 reopening, but that had not been confirmed as open and bookable when we last checked, so treat it as closed and verify directly with Four Seasons before planning a stay.
For families, the strongest Four Seasons options are Anguilla and Doha for beach-and-pool resorts, Kuda Huraa in the Maldives for an easy 25-minute speedboat transfer rather than a seaplane, and the Orlando resort at Walt Disney World for theme-park trips. Each pairs the brand's service floor with genuine kid-friendly space that the business-city hotels do not offer.
A ranked shortlist, a special offer worth booking, and the overpriced stay to skip. Straight from the editors.
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