17+ of the World’s Best Hotel Bathrooms (Take a Peek!)

Many of the hotel’s bathrooms feature frangipani-shaped, terrazzo tubs and purple-domed ceilings soaring at least 20 feet high. Ornate trays hold Salvatore Ferragamo bath products and mother-of-pearl vanity boxes.

We also had a second outdoor bathtub in a desert garden.

This is easily one of the most luxurious hotel bathrooms we’ve enjoyed!

2) Kingston Treehouse

Now this is a loo with a view.

The Kingston Treehouse at Lion Sands Game Reserve in South Africa has a separate glass-and-wood bathroom perched above the trees – surrounded by gasp-inducing wilderness views.

3) Shangri-La Hotel, at the Shard

It’s a jungle out there. An urban jungle.

And one of the best places to contemplate London’s urban jungle is from your bathtub at the Shangri-La Hotel, at the Shard.

The hotel is the tallest in London, occupying 18 floors of the iconic Shard building (levels 34 to 52).

Marble bathrooms boast heated floors, mirrors with built-in TV screens, Acqua Di Parma bath products and stunning bird’s eye views through floor-to-ceiling windows.

Soaking here, high above the city lights, feels deliciously decadent.

4) andBeyond Mnemba Island Lodge

The most amazing hotel bathrooms are often ones that blur the line between indoors and out – and that’s exactly what we remember from our barefoot stay at the private-island paradise of andBeyond Mnemba Island Lodge in Zanzibar.

Accommodations are in rustic-chic bandas (cottages) with woven grass floors and a deliciously castaway feel.

A covered walkway leads from the bedroom to a separate open-air bathroom, with mirrors hanging from the ceiling (yes – no walls!) and a round coral-lined shower open to the sky. A tiny crab even popped by during one shower – a moment we still smile about.

6) Time+Tide Miavana

Imagine castaway eco-luxury at its most exclusive. It probably looks a little like Time+Tide Miavana.

Each of the resort’s 14 luxury villas has a showstopping bathroom, complete with a unique shower tucked inside a stone turret and open to the sky above. There’s also a sunken soaking tub positioned to face the sea.

7) The Reverie Saigon

When it comes to luxury hotel bathrooms, those in the 13 Romance Suites at The Reverie Saigon are unapologetically over-the-top.

With the help of top Italian designers, the hotel is dressed in a Liberace-meets-Versace style.

Think hand-laid mosaic floor tiling, exquisitely carved Asian furniture and glittering chandeliers.

Is it a bit gaudy? Perhaps. But it’s gaudy in a knowingly lavish, joyfully extravagant way.

8) Kayumanis Villas

Of course there are hotels with beautiful bathrooms in Bali!

Our open-air bathroom pavilion at Kayumanis Ubud Private Villas & Spa had no walls on three sides – just a soaring thatch roof and floor.

It quickly became one of our favorite spaces in our 3,000-square-foot walled villa.

The garden was planted with lobster claws, burgundy ginger and calla lilies. Hummingbirds zipped past, squirrels leapt through the trees – and we soaked it all in.

Turning a grain silo into a 5-star hotel is no easy feat. But, then, the Silo Cape Town is no ordinary hotel – it’s completely visionary.

Each of the bathrooms for the 28 hotel rooms is uniquely styled.

Bathrooms at Areias do Seixo – a wildly creative boutique hotel by the Atlantic, an hour from Lisbon – pack a punch in character and charm.

Its 14 suites are uniquely decorated according to different themes of “love,” “trees” and “gold.”

Some concrete “tree” bathrooms have leafy trees growing right inside, with logs sculpted into seats for showering.

Other “gold” bathrooms have deep egg-shaped tubs and candle sconces on the walls.

Then there are the two “shelters” (luxury glamping tents), where freestanding copper bathtubs and wood-burning fireplaces offer a more back-to-nature experience.

These are 5-star hotel bathrooms to savor.

Any hunt for the world’s finest hotels with luxury bathrooms almost always includes the legendary underwater Poseidon and Neptune suites at Atlantis, The Palm – where bathroom views don’t get more surreal than this. 

Their bathrooms have floor-to-ceiling windows looking straight into a 3-million-gallon lagoon aquarium, which holds 65,000 marine creatures. Oh, and the soap sparkles with 25-carat gold flakes!

We’ve only ever dipped into Florence on day trips – most recently during a “quiet season” Mediterranean cruise.

One day, though, we’ll do the city justice and devote at least a few days to exploring its museums and art galleries at a less hurried pace. After all, Florence is one of the most culturally-rich and beautiful places in Italy!

And when we finally stay longer? We can already picture ending each day with a luxurious soak in one of the dreamy suite bathrooms at Il Salviatino.  

Indulging in a leisurely bath in the freestanding copper-leaf tub at The Cape, A Thompson Hotel is one of those pleasures that feels very Cabo.

From the tub, you can watch TV – or better yet, gaze straight through the bedroom to those dramatic ocean views beyond.

When you finally emerge, slip into a cotton kimono and take a swing on the hanging daybed on your balcony (you’ll find these in Deluxe King Ocean View rooms).

Every hotel bathroom needs a heated outdoor plunge pool in a private walled courtyard, right? Palais Namaskar thinks so.

Book a pool villa (or the swoon-worthy 3-bedroom Villa Namaskar) – and frolicking in your bathroom’s pool is part of the deal.

Set amid gardens blooming with bougainvillea, the hotel’s 41 rooms, suites, villas and, get this, palaces (actually really opulent 3- and 4-bedroom villas) are an oasis in bustling Marrakech.

After getting engaged in Barbados, we escaped to St. Lucia. We stayed at the adults-only Ladera Resort, dramatically perched 1,000 feet up on a volcanic ridge between the island’s iconic twin Piton peaks.

One of the most romantic Caribbean hideaways with private pools, Ladera takes things a step further with its bathrooms.

Each of its 37 unique suites and villas features an open-air bathroom with the fourth wall completely removed – meaning splendid sea, sky and Piton views are part of the experience.

16) Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora

They know how to bathe in Bora Bora too – at least at the Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora.

Bathrooms in the luxurious bungalows (perched on stilts above the water) open onto the deck, so you never lose sight of that glorious turquoise lagoon surrounding you.

After showering with Panpuri goodies in big ceramic pots, it was always a treat to step out onto the bathroom’s warm polished wood floors and take in that view.

Actually, our whole experience of staying in an overwater bungalow in Bora Bora at the Four Seasons was quite dreamy.

17) Amangiri

Staying at Amangiri’s Camp Sarika is next-level glamping. These 10 tented pavilions rank among the finest USA hotels with private plunge pools.

They also happen to have some of the most romantic hotel bathrooms out there – with deep soaking tubs positioned to face sweeping canyon-and-desert views, separate indoor and outdoor showers, and even bidets.

Spend the day hiking or horseback riding past towering mesas. Then ease into a hot bath before heading outside to sip bubbly by your firepit under a star-splashed sky.

That wraps ups our guide to gorgeous hotels with the best bathrooms!

These bathrooms aren’t just places to freshen up. They’re experiences in their own right – and sometimes the very reason to book the hotel.

Have you stayed at any hotels with amazing bathrooms? We’d love to hear about it! Let us know in the Comments below.

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Photo credits: 10 © Janice and George Mucalov, SandInMySuitcase | Other images courtesy the respective hotels

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