Americas
City hotels, desert resorts, and the long road in between.
The view from here
Why Americas, and why now
The Americas are a continent of extremes. The United States holds some of the best urban hotels in the world and some of the most ambitious desert and mountain resorts; Mexico has split into a serious cultural-and-dining destination in the centre and a resort coast on the edges; the rest of Latin America rewards travellers willing to fly further for genuinely quieter luxury.
The right American trip almost always pairs a city with a wilder second leg — Manhattan and the Utah desert, San Francisco and the Big Sur coast, CDMX and the Pacific. The geography is too big to do justice in a city-only itinerary, and the contrast is the whole point.
This is also the continent where domestic flying is unavoidable. Plan the routing first, the hotels second.
When to go
The Americas calendar
North America: April–June and September–October are the safest windows continent-wide. Each region has a sub-window worth knowing — Utah and Arizona in October, New England in late September, NYC in mid-May. Mexico and the Caribbean: November through April, dry season. Avoid the Caribbean coast in September (peak hurricane). South America flips the calendar — Patagonia and the Atacama are summer destinations (December–March).
Signature experiences
What we'd book first
- A downtown New York boutique paired with three nights in a Utah desert resort
- Three nights in CDMX followed by four on the Pacific coast
- A Big Sur coastal drive, anchored by one or two design-led inns
- A Patagonia lodge week in the southern hemisphere summer
- A Tulum jungle resort in the December dry window
The editor's take
The American luxury scene has quietly shifted away from the coasts and into the interior — Utah, Montana, the Texas Hill Country. The new generation of resorts here is doing what European country houses have done for a century, and at a fraction of the price. — The Lucalvry Edit
Countries
Where to go in Americas
United States
City hotels, desert resorts, and the long road in between.
Mexico
From Mexico City design hotels to Riviera Maya jungle resorts.
Argentina
Buenos Aires steaks, Patagonian peaks, and Mendoza Malbec at altitude.
Chile
Atacama altiplano, Torres del Paine peaks, and the longest wine country on earth.
Peru
Sacred Valley lodges, Lima's restaurant scene, and Machu Picchu before the day-trippers.
Common questions