Source: cntraveler.com

LONDON – Condé Nast Traveller today announced the winners of its annual Readers' Choice Awards, ranking the best hotels, resorts, cities, countries, islands, villas, tours, trains, airlines, airports, and cruises in the world.

The 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards is the third year running Condé Nast Traveller has teamed up with its sister title in the USA. With restrictions lifting and the industry unlocking, responses from more than 800,000 readers reveal travellers are raring to go, with the majority saying they wanted to take more trips now than ever before, and to seek out new destinations. In a year when travel was more wishful thinking than reality, this browse through the virtual holiday album will help inspire a whole year of adventures, close by and far from home.

“As restrictions ease, it is clear that our readers have spent much of the last year and a half dreaming about travel and planning future adventures,” said Divia Thani, Global Editorial Director, Condé Nast Traveller. “The diversity and vibrancy of our Readers’ Choice Award winners represent a desire to get back out into the world and experience the best of what the travel industry has to offer.”

The 2021 winners are celebrated in the November issue of Condé Nast Traveller, available via digital download on newsstands today.

The best hotels as voted for by Condé Nast Traveller’s readers in the Readers’ Choice Awards 2021 are:

Best Hotels in London

  1. Chiltern Firehouse
  2. COMO The Halkin
  3. Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square
  4. The London Edition
  5. The Milestone Hotel
  6. The Bloomsbury
  7. Shangri-La Hotel, At the Shard, London
  8. Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane
  9. Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London
  10. The Beaumont

Best Hotels in the UK (excluding London)

  1. Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, Wiltshire
  2. The Pig, Hampshire
  3. The Newt in Somerset
  4. Heckfield Place, Hampshire
  5. Summer Lodge Country House Hotel & Restaurant, Dorset
  6. Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh - The Caledonian
  7. The Fife Arms, Scottish Highlands
  8. Glencoe House, Scottish Highlands
  9. The Balmoral, A Rocco Forte Hotel, Edinburgh
  10. University Arms Hotel, Autograph Collection, Cambridge

Best Hotels in Ireland

  1. The Marker Hotel, Dublin
  2. Lough Eske Castle, Co. Donegal
  3. Ballyfin, Co. Laois
  4. Conrad Dublin
  5. Park Hotel Kenmare, Co. Kerry
  6. The Morrison Hotel, Dublin
  7. Kilkea Castle, Co. Kildare
  8. The Merrion, Dublin
  9. The Westbury, Dublin
  10. Ballynahinch Castle Hotel, Co. Galway

The best resorts in Europe as voted for by Condé Nast Traveller’s readers in the Readers’ Choice Awards 2021 are:

Best Resorts in Europe (excluding Greece)

  1. Cheval Blanc, Courchevel, France
  2. Airelles Courchevel, Les Airelles, France
  3. Royal Champagne Hotel & Spa, Champillon, France
  4. The Bodrum Edition, Turkey
  5. Gleneagles, Scotland
  6. Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco, Montalcino, Italy
  7. Ashford Castle Hotel & Country Estate, Co. Galway, Ireland
  8. Cristallo, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
  9. Six Senses Kaplankaya, Turkey
  10. Chewton Glen Hotel & Spa, Hampshire, England

The best cities to travel to as voted for by Condé Nast Traveller’s readers in the Readers’ Choice Awards 2021 are:

Best Cities (UK)

  1. London
  2. Edinburgh
  3. Liverpool
  4. Glasgow
  5. Manchester

Best Cities (World)

  1. Istanbul
  2. Oporto
  3. San Sebastián
  4. Salzburg
  5. Siena
  6. Dubrovnik
  7. Bruges
  8. Reykjavik
  9. Galway

The best countries to travel to as voted for by Condé Nast Traveller’s readers in the Readers’ Choice Awards 2021 are:

Best Countries

  1. Portugal
  2. New Zealand
  3. Japan
  4. Morocco
  5. Sri Lanka

For the full list, see the November issue of Condé Nast Traveller available on newsstands and via digital download now, or visit cntraveller.com.