There is one hotel in the Algarve among the 13 Portuguese hotels nominated for the Condé Nast Johansens 2024 Excellence Awards. It is the Tivoli Carvoeiro Algarve Resort, on the coast of Praia do Carvoeiro (Lagoa), nominated in the Best for Families category, with the rivals a hotel unit from Spain and another from Turkey.
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The winners of the 2024 Annual Excellence Awards will be selected through a combined method of online voting, guest feedback and reviews carried out by the Local Experts team over the past year.
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Portugal has 13 hotels nominated in the Europe and Mediterranean Area Excellence Awards in the following categories: Best Value Experience (The Vintage Hotel & Spa), Best Breakfast (Verride Palácio de Santa Catarina and Santiago de Alfama Boutique Hotel), Best Dining Experience ( The Albatroz Hotel), Best Bar (The Lumiares Hotel & Spa), Best Urban Hotel/Town, City (Palácio Ludovice Wine Experience Hotel), Best Countryside Hotel (Terra Nostra Garden Hotel), Best for Families (Tivoli Carvoeiro Algarve Resort), Best Immersive Experience (Quinta Jardins do Lago), Best for Weddings, Parties and Celebrations (Torre de Gomariz Wine & Spa Hotel), Best for Meetings and Events (The Lodge Porto Hotel and Palácio Estoril Hotel Golfe & Welness), and Best for Green Practices and Sustainability (Corpo Santo Lisbon Historical Hotel).
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NAMED HOTELS
EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA
Best New or Recently Renovated Hotel
GRAND HOTEL DES ÉTRANGERS
Sicily and the Aeolian Islands, Italy
CARLTON CANNES, THE REGENT HOTEL
Côte d'Azur, France
EL VICENÇ DE LA MAR
Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Best for Romance
BOUTIQUE HOTEL VILLA SOSTAGA
Milan and Lombardy, Italy
ATHINA LUXURY SUITES
Santorini, Greece
VILLA SPALLETTI TRIVELLI
Rome and Lazio, Italy
Best service
BAHIA DEL DUQUE
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
ES PRINCEP
Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
SANTA CATALINA, A ROYAL HIDEAWAY HOTEL
Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Best House, Villa or Serviced Apartment
TREASUREROME SKY TERRACE
Rome and Lazio, Italy
AMAVIA COLLECTION, VILLA GAÏA
Côte d'Azur, France
CASTELLO DEL MONSIGNORE
Florence and Tuscany, Italy
Best Small and Exclusive Property
MADAMA GARDEN RETREAT
Venice and Veneto, Italy
SPERONARI SUITES
Milan and Lombardy, Italy
LOCANDA AL COLLE
Florence and Tuscany, Italy
Best Value Experience
ELIZABETH UNIQUE HOTEL
Rome and Lazio, Italy
THE VINTAGE HOTEL & SPA
Lisbon and Tagus Valley, Portugal
DOMAINE DE BIAR
Occitania, France
BestBreakfast
VERRIDE PALACE OF SANTA CATARINA
Lisbon and Tagus Valley, Portugal
SANTIAGO DE ALFAMA – BOUTIQUE HOTEL
Lisbon and Tagus Valley, Portugal
SUMMER SENSES LUXURY RESORT
Paros, Greece
GARDENA GRÖDNERHOF HOTEL & SPA
Trentino, Tyrol and Dolomites, Italy
CHÂTEAU EZA
Côte d'Azur, France
VILLA EDERA AND LA TORRETTA BOUTIQUE HOTEL
Liguria, Italy
Best Dining Experience
THE ALBATROZ HOTEL
Lisbon and Tagus Valley, Portugal
TORRE A CONA WINE ESTATE
Florence and Tuscany, Italy
ROYAL HIDEAWAY CORALES RESORT
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Best Bar
HOTEL CHAIS MONNET & SPA
South West France
THE LUMIARES HOTEL & SPA
Lisbon and Tagus Valley, Portugal
COLOR HOTEL STYLE & DESIGN
Venice and Veneto, Italy
Best Waterside Hotel (Riverside, Lakeside, Seaside)
GABBIANO AZZURRO HOTEL & SUITES
Sardinia, Italy
HERITAGE GRAND PERAST
Perast, Montenegro
VILLA MAHAL HOTEL
Antalya, Türkiye
Best Urban Hotel (Town, City)
EPOQUE HOTEL
Bucharest, Romania
EL LLORENÇ PARC DE LA MAR
Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
LUDOVICE PALACE WINE EXPERIENCE HOTEL
Lisbon and Tagus Valley, Portugal
Best Spa Hotel
NATURHOTEL FORSTHOFGUT
Salzburg, Austria
HOTEL BOTÁNICO & THE ORIENTAL SPA GARDEN
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
CASTEL FRAGSBURG
Trentino, Tyrol and Dolomites, Italy
Best Destination Spa
CASTILLA THERMAL MONASTERY OF VALBUENA
Castile and Leon, Spain
ADLER SPA RESORT SICILIA
Sicily and the Aeolian Islands, Italy
VILLA EDEN – THE PRIVATE RETREAT
Trentino, Tyrol and Dolomites, Italy
Best Countryside Hotel
RELAIS ROSAR
Venice and Veneto, Italy
TERRA NOSTRA GARDEN HOTEL
Azores, Portugal
PALACIO DE LUCES BY COOLROOMS MANOR HOTELS
Asturias, Spain
Best for Families
SO/ SOTOGRANDE
Cadiz, Spain
CORNELIA DIAMOND GOLF RESORT & SPA
Antalya, Türkiye
TIVOLI CARVOEIRO ALGARVE RESORT
Algarve, Portugal
Best Immersive Experience
QUINTA JARDINS DO LAGO
Madeira, Portugal
CHÂTEAU LOUISE DE LA VALLIÈRE
Loire Valley, France
BORGO SAN GREGORIO
Campania, Italy
Best for Weddings, Parties and Celebrations
CA' SAGREDO HOTEL
Venice and Veneto, Italy
PALAZZO DI VARIGNANA WELLNESS RESORT & VILLAS
Emilia-Romagna, Italy
TORRE DE GOMARIZ WINE & SPA HOTEL
Porto and North of Portugal, Portugal
Best for Meetings and Events
THE LODGE PORTO HOTEL
Porto and North of Portugal, Portugal
PARCO DEI PRINCIPI GRAND HOTEL & SPA
Rome and Lazio, Italy
PALÁCIO ESTORIL HOTEL GOLF & WELLNESS
Lisbon and Tagus Valley, Portugal
Best for Green Practices and Sustainability
SUSAFA
Sicily and Aeolian Islands, Italy
CAS GASI
Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain
CORPO SANTO LISBON HISTORICAL HOTEL
Lisbon and Tagus Valley, Portugal
NAMED HOTELS
UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND
Best New or Recently Renovated Hotel
THE NICI
Dorset, England
MATFEN HALL
Northumberland, England
Best for Romance
HOMEWOOD
Bath and Somerset, England
INVERLOCHY CASTLE
Highlands, Scotland
NESS WALK
Highlands, Scotland
Best service
GRANTLEY HALL
North Yorkshire, England
THE NARE
Cornwall and Sorlingas Islands, England
HARTWELL HOUSE & SPA
Buckinghamshire, England
Best House, Villa or Serviced Apartment
BERKELEY SUITES
Bristol, England
CHESTERS STABLES
Northumberland, England
THE GUARDSMAN
London, England
Best Small and Exclusive Property
11 CADOGAN GARDENS
London, England
WALWICK HALL
Northumberland, England
HAZEL BANK COUNTRY HOUSE
Cumbria and the Lake District, England
Best Value Experience
CASTLE HOUSE
Herefordshire, England
HURLEY HOUSE HOTEL
Berkshire, England
ALEXANDRA HOTEL AND RESTAURANT
Dorset, England
BestBreakfast
WILD THYME & HONEY
The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England
ROTHAY MANOR BOUTIQUE HOTEL
Cumbria and the Lake District, England
THE GRAND HOTEL
East Sussex, England
Best Restaurant
LYMPSTONE MANOR
Devon, England
TOWN HALL HOTEL
London, England
BORINGDON HALL HOTEL AND GAIA SPA
Devon, England
Best Dining Experience
SOPWELL HOUSE
Hertfordshire, England
THE PRINCE AKATOKI LONDON
London, England
THE BELL AT SKENFRITH
Monmouthshire, Wales
Best Bar
THE MAYFAIR TOWNHOUSE
London, England
KIMPTON FITZROY LONDON
London, England
THE MANDRAKE
London, England
Best Waterside Hotel (Riverside, Lakeside, Seaside)
CARY ARMS & SPA
Devon, England
STORRS HALL & LAKESIDE SUITES
Cumbria and the Lake District, England
WATERSMEET HOTEL
Devon, England
Best Urban Hotel (Town, City)
GREAT SCOTLAND YARD HOTEL
London, England
THE GRAND, YORK
North Yorkshire, England
THE ATHENAEUM HOTEL & RESIDENCES
London, England
Best Spa Hotel
LINCOMBE HALL HOTEL & SPA
Devon, England
SCHLOSS ROXBURGHE
Scottish Borders, Scotland
WHATLEY MANOR HOTEL AND SPA
The Cotswolds, Wiltshire, England
Best Destination Spa
GALGORM
Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
BORINGDON HALL HOTEL AND GAIA SPA
Devon, England
COWORTH PARK
Berkshire, England
Best Countryside Hotel
LUCKNAM PARK HOTEL & SPA
The Cotswolds, Wiltshire, England
ISLE OF ERISKA HOTEL, SPA AND ISLAND
Highlands, Scotland
GILPIN HOTEL & LAKE HOUSE
Cumbria and the Lake District, England
Best for Families
SAUNTON SANDS HOTEL AND SOURCE SPA & WELLNESS
Devon, England
DITTISHAM HIDEAWAY
Devon, England
TYLNEY HALL HOTEL AND GARDENS
Hampshire, England
Best Dog Friendly
TEWKESBURY PARK
The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England
THE LYGON ARMS
The Cotswolds, Worcestershire, England
ETTINGTON PARK
Warwickshire, England
Best Immersive Experience
CHEWTON GLEN
Hampshire, England
ROCKLIFFE HALL
Durham, Tyne and Wear, England
THE GROVE
Hertfordshire, England
Best for Weddings, Parties and Celebrations
DEER PARK COUNTRY HOUSE
Devon, England
CLIVEDEN HOUSE
Berkshire, England
CROSSBASKET CASTLE
glasgow scotland
Best for Meetings and Events
ASHDOWN PARK HOTEL AND COUNTRY CLUB
East Sussex, England
THE MANDOLAY HOTEL
Surrey, England
COWORTH PARK
Berkshire, England
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