Shall I go first? But in no particular order . . .
The overwater bungalow called Vete at the Hotel Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Any room at the Chateau de Bagnols, France
Our room at the Four Seasons, Carmelo, Uruguay
Our first room in 1990 at Amandari, Bali, Indonesia
Ed Tuttle's villa at Amanpuri, Phuket, Thailand
Poolside cabanas at the Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills, USA
Perhaps the best of all has been Amantaka, Luang Prabang, Laos
Great city hotels such as FS Hong Kong and Doha were stunning but a bit predictable.
I also recall with the greatest affection several rooms and hotels which might not have been luxury but were bursting with character:
Our hilarious fale at Aggie Grey's, Apia, Samoa
Peponi at Lamu, Kenya, then the trendiest hotel in the world
Living a Joseph Conrad novel at the Maulana Inn, Banda Islands, Indonesia
Gazing across a forest of Roman columns from our balcony at the Meridien Hotel, Palmyra, Syria (RIP)
The Petra Rest House, Petra, Jordan, where the cold water tap was on one wall and the basin on another.
Apsara Villas in Siem Reap, Cambodia, in 1992 - dead snakes in the empty pool and giant spiders in our room (this place is now Amansara).
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