10 luxury hotels worth reserving for spectacular rooftop terraces

The ‘gram loves a good rooftop, doesn’t it? Infinity pools teetering over a city’s edge, open-air bars and sky-high restaurants to drink in those bird’s eye views and sip cocktails in the clouds. Now that summer is almost here, these are the best boutique hotels to book for rooftop access in cities you’ll want to revel in from up high as much as at street-level. There’s even a roll-out bed for sleeping under the stars…

1. La Roqqa, Italy

Perched on a hillside overlooking Porto Ercole, La Roqqa is a Sixties-inspired stay on the Tuscan coast. Pops of burnt red and terracotta catch the eye as much as the views from Scirocco Rooftop Bar, which is angled towards the Corsini Botanical Garden and Porto Ercole harbour. Cocktails are themed around Caravaggio’s paintings, and there’s a dedicated section on the menu for Negronis. You’ll also be able to eye the hotel’s Isolotto Beach Club on the sandy shoreline below, which is where you’ll spend most of your sun-drenched days here.

5. Nobu Hotel Marrakech, Morocco

Towering above the Red City’s ‘Golden Triangle’, the rooftop garden at Nobu Hotel Marrakech is designed around a gently curving, all-season pool lined with cabanas, rattan hanging chairs, and shade-offering palms. An assortment of cold Japanese dishes, nigiri and sashimi makes its way from the sushi bar to the sun deck, and DJ sets start to crank up the volume come sunset.

9. Emiliano Rio, Brazil

The rooftop bar and infinity pool are as white-hot and minimalist as the rest of Emiliano Rio — a shuttered stay cleverly designed with a perforated pattern that allows the cooling sea breeze to enter, while bathing you in dappled light. Come face to face with the legendary Copacabana beach, and enjoy views from this Modernist masterpiece extending to the shimmering Atlantic and Sugar Loaf mountain beyond.

10. La Valise Mexico City, Mexico

Concealed behind a nondescript door of a discreet 1920s French-inspired townhouse in the city’s trendy Roma district is La Valise Mexico City, home to eight palatial suites which Mexican artist Pedro Friedeberg has infused with his signature Surrealist style. The king-size beds in both the Polaris Suite and Cilene Suite can be rolled out onto private terraces to take in CDMX while still wrapped up in your luxurious bedlinen or soaking in a freestanding alfresco tub.

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