24 country house hotels worth crossing the world for.

A whitewashed masseria-village of its own — piazzas, bougainvillea courts, and Puglia's Adriatic light.

Zannier resort of 45 stilted wooden villas set amid rice paddies outside Siem Reap, styled as a traditional Cambodian village.

Whitewashed farmhouse estate turned agritourism hotel among its own vineyards near Cala en Porter, with understated rooms and Menorcan countryside views.

Spa-and-gastronomy resort founded by chef Michel Guérard in a Landes thermal village, pairing thermal baths with celebrated Michelin-starred cuisine.

Hilltop hamlet of linked stone houses facing Mont Ventoux, with terraced restaurants, pool, and spa in the rural Vaucluse.

Five restored colonial-era tea planters' bungalows at 1,250 meters among working Bogawantalawa tea gardens, with butlers and all-inclusive dining.

Restored 200-year-old family farming estate near Monsaraz, with 40 rooms, a Susanne Kaufmann spa, winery, and 780 hectares of olive groves.

Eight-room stone hotel built into a working olive estate on Dugi Otok island, with two restaurants and its own award-winning oil.

Cape Dutch farm hotel amid vast fruit-and-vegetable gardens, with farm-to-table restaurants, spa and its own winery in the Cape Winelands.

A hilltop bastide above the Luberon valley, Provençal to its bones.

Riverside Lanna-inspired retreat on the Ping River with 33 suites showcasing northern Thai craftsmanship, weaving, and terrace living.

Christian Louboutin's 13-room boutique hotel in the village of Melides, layering Portuguese azulejos, antiques, and theatrical interiors near the Alentejo coast.

A 150-acre Cotswolds farm-village of honeyed stone — cookery school, meadow spa, and kitchen gardens.

A frescoed 19th-century palazzo deep in the Salento, stripped back to art-gallery minimalism, nine vast rooms around a courtyard pool.

Fifty-five-casita wellness resort on a restored 18th-century henequen hacienda outside Mérida, with a Maya-inspired spa built around a cenote.

Thirteenth-century estate turned country-house hotel near Siena, with working farm, kitchen gardens, spa, and farm-to-table restaurants.

Eleven's converted sheep farm on Iceland's Troll Peninsula — heli-skiing, geothermal pools, and the northern lights.

Georgian country house on a 400-acre Hampshire estate with 45 rooms, a biodynamic home farm, Skye Gyngell restaurants, and Little Bothy spa.

Family-owned inn at the gates of Saint-Paul-de-Vence, famed for its collection of works by Picasso, Matisse, and Calder.

Thirty-five-suite landscape hotel set in Todos Santos farmland and cactus fields, with brutalist concrete architecture, rooftop soaking tubs, and included guided experiences.

Montecito's storied cottages and gardens — honeymoon of the Kennedys, refuge of Churchill.

Working 19th-century cattle ranch turned all-inclusive hideaway on 6,600 private acres of granite, pine and blue-ribbon trout water, with lodge rooms, historic barn suites and canvas glamping cabins.

Adults-only all-inclusive Relais & Châteaux retreat on 300 wooded acres, formerly Sinclair Lewis's farm, with individually designed rooms, cottages, and treehouses.

All-suite hotel on the Château La Coste wine estate near Aix-en-Provence, set among contemporary art and architecture pavilions.