Cambodia, like Vietnam before it, is following Thailand’s lead and opening itself up to high-end hotel and resort development. It might not be good news everywhere, but it would be difficult to find fault with Six Senses Krabey Island. The island itself, a private speck of a place, is a short boat ride from the mainland, in the spectacular Gulf of Thailand. And if you don’t yet know Six Senses, take it from us: you can trust them to do luxury villas right.

In general we’re deeply mistrustful of pronouncements that one or another destination is the new Bali, for instance, or the next Phuket. We will, however, go so far as to say that Koh Samui, these days, is every bit as developed as Bali or Phuket — for better and worse. When you’re in town you’ll miss the wild days when Koh Samui was an undiscovered paradise. But from within the walls of the Six Senses Samui you’ll feel those days are very much alive.

It’s not easy to build in a city as deeply historical as Rome, and many hoteliers are forced to make compromises. Once you’re at the level of a Six Senses, however, it seems anything is possible. Six Senses Rome, like so many other Roman hotels, occupies a historical palace, in this case the 18th-century Palazzo Salviati Cesi Mellini, a former cardinal’s residence whose exteriors and architecture have been meticulously restored and preserved.

The combination of the Six Senses brand and a spectacularly fortified 14th-century palace results in a degree of luxury that would be almost comical, were it not for the sheer gravity of this majestic setting. This was once home to Rajasthani royals, but there’s no sense of irony in the way it’s been repurposed as a luxury resort — it’s not much of an exaggeration to say that guests of Six Senses Fort Barwara are treated like actual royalty.

Even by the standard of Swiss Alpine luxury resorts, Six Senses Crans-Montana is remarkable. It might seem as though a ski hotel is a compromise between lavish luxury, ultra-modern style, and outdoor adventure opportunities, but this one somehow maximizes all three.

To call Six Senses Southern Dunes, The Red Sea a destination resort might be stating the obvious; very few of us are going to find ourselves just passing through this expanse of desert in search of a room for the night. No, like any Six Senses, you come to Southern Dunes for top-flight luxury in a spectacular setting — here, an oasis-like collection of rooms, suites, and villas, set under tent-like roofs in an otherworldly landscape of rolling dunes, with the Hijaz Mountains in the distance.

Six Senses has some experience with this sort of thing, but even by their lofty standards, this is a special one. Six Senses Kanuhura is spread across three private islands in the Maldives, accessible by seaplane from Malé or speedboat from the Lhaviyani Atoll. Some may remember the original Kanuhura resort; the Six Senses era is marked not just by a substantial refurbishment but an expansion of the facilities and a general upgrade to what was already a thoroughly luxurious experience — all while preserving the integrity and the beauty of Kanuhura Island.

The Six Senses properties in southeast Asia have perfected the fine art of designing the perfect private pool villa. In fact, when it comes to accommodations, that’s all they do — there are no mega-hotel high-rises that bear the Six Senses name, and no bare-bones beach bungalows, either. Just luxurious, fully sustainable villas that hit all the right eco-resort notes, enhanced by an elegant design sensibility that delivers tidy, urbane living spaces to unspoiled waterfronts. Located on a pristine island in Vietnam’s southern archipelago, Six Senses Con Dao offers modern comforts in an edge-of-the-world setting.

For their first foray into the Caribbean, the high-end Six Senses brand chose the island of Grenada, a place that’s rapidly ascending the luxury destination rankings. The 38-acre property occupies a headland on the quiet south coast, and its low-profile structures are nestled into the rises and falls of the land in a way that affords Six Senses La Sagesse an extraordinary sense of privacy and seclusion.

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