An off-grid retreat in Tasmania, a little-known luxurious tropical Queensland resort, and a small resort in an rising NSW seashore city have made it onto an illustrious best in the world list.
Conde Nast Traveler’s thirty eighth annual Readers’ Choice Awards noticed globetrotters from the UK and US vote on their prime journey spots.
Myriad classes celebrated the best locations to go to as voted by the publications’ readers, and many Aussie locations had a distinguished end.
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Lizard Island Resort north of Cairns in Queensland made it onto the best resorts in the world list at quantity 17.
“Beyond the island’s obvious charms, it’s the Lizard Island Research Station – headed by a husband and wife duo – that really sets this place apart. Opened in 1973, the station is one of the world’s leading reef-research facilities on a luxury resort, which guests can tour,” the firm says.
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When it got here to the particular best hotels in Australia rankings, The Louise in the Barossa Valley wine area close to Adelaide gained.
The celeb-fave spot offers personalised and very upmarket accommodation in the well-liked space.
Meanwhile, on the best resorts list for the Australasia and the South Pacific area, the acclaimed Southern Ocean Lodge in Kangaroo Island in South Australia scooped the prize.
It’s simply the latest win for the spot, which was rebuilt following bushfires, after it obtained a ‘one-to-watch’ award courtesy of the World’s 50 Best.
Gaining a prestigious point out was Halcyon House at Cabarita Beach in NSW, which was ranked 4th and seventh in Australasia by US and UK readers respectively.
The former surfer motel turned luxe resort, which celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2025, has simply 22 rooms and bosses say it was a “meaningful’ accolade to land.
Tasmania’s top all-inclusive luxury resort, Saffire Freycinet, also landed at number in Australasia & The South Pacific.
Boss Dylan Counsel says it is “greater than a luxurious escape, it is a gateway to Tasmania’s soul.”
Also ending excessive on the list had been Kittawa Lodge on King Island, off the north west coast of Tasmania.
It got here in at 16 World’s Best Resorts in Australia Pacific.
Opened final yr, it boasts “refined boutique lodging, with panoramic views of the untouched rugged coastal panorama.”
Kittawa Lodge co-owner, Aaron Suine says there was “no better reward.”
Bedarra Island Resort, Queensland also got a hard-fought mention.
It calls itself an “all-inclusive, personal, tropical haven” and is close to Mission Beach between Cairns and Townsville.
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Travellers additionally named their favorite cruise companies.
The top choice for the ‘mega ‘ships was won by Princess Cruises, while Disney Cruise Line was named the best for ‘big’ ships.
Viking scooped the title for ‘medium’ sized as well as being crowned number one for river cruising and ocean cruising overall.
This marks the fifth consecutive year Viking has been rated at the top of both the river and ocean categories.
The Lodge at Bodega Bay in Sonoma, north of San Francisco in California came out top overall on the worldwide hotels list.
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