As always, we started with Gwyneth’s musts, then tapped the editors, food writers, and frequent travelers in our extended social orbit. After a rigorous debate over what defines a destination restaurant in 2025, we narrowed it to 25 spots around the world that we’d enthusiastically send a friend to. No caveats. Just: Go. Order whatever the chef recommends. And thank us later.

Curated by Gwyneth and our editors, our second annual goop List features destinations that offer more than just room-service caviar and cloudlike duvets: They offer a sense of presence. From a mountaintop retreat in the Dolomites where the forest feels alive around you to a frescoed Florentine palazzo with secret gardens and a marble hammam, these are the kind of places that stay with you long after you’ve left.

These are the spas that will ruin you for other spas. We consider them the best in the world right now, whether you’re looking for a gentle reset just a few hours from home or a life-altering shift somewhere far, far away.

The destinations included here represent the best of the best: Some are venerable institutions; a few are what we consider to be the new vanguard. All of them have the power to invoke that intangible spirit of hope and clarity that only exceptional art can, transforming us as we stand in their spaces.

There are plenty of tasting menus and prix fixe situations here. But this list also celebrates extraordinary neighborhood trattorias, window-service legends, local institutions, and the industry’s most promising young guns.

Six miles from Saint-Tropez but set high above the coastline, La Réserve Ramatuelle overlooks the brilliant sweep of Pampelonne Bay.

https://goop.com/place/france/cote-dazur/ramatuelle-hotels/la-reserve-ramatuelle/

Set on 88 acres within a protected nature reserve, the property is remote and cinematic—surrounded by wild coastline, tamarind trees, and sweeping views of the sea.

https://goop.com/place/spain/mallorca-hotels/cap-rocat/

The carefully restored Georgian family home sits on 438 acres of meadow and woodland, where 46 rooms and suites are styled with quiet intention—more warmth than formality.

https://goop.com/place/united-kingdom/england/hampshire-hotels/heckfield-place/

Kids can plant coral with the resident marine biologist, take surfing lessons, watch outdoor movies, or try the two-story slides (into the pool at the beach villas or into the lagoon from the overwater ones).

https://goop.com/place/maldives/noonu-atoll-hotels/soneva-jani/

There’s a dedicated children’s pool and plenty of low-fi diversions: treasure hunts, magic shows, and cooking classes.

Situated in Higashiyama, one of Kyoto’s oldest and most atmospheric districts, the hotel is surrounded by centuries-old temples, quiet stone lanes, and teahouses that still serve matcha with practiced ceremony.

https://goop.com/place/japan/kyoto/higashiyama-ku-hotels/six-senses-kyoto/

The spa spans over two thousand square meters and is permeated by the four ancient elements—water, air, sun, and climate—as conceived through Celtic wisdom.

https://goop.com/place/italy-hotels/forestis-dolomites/

The Dior spa, the brand’s first in Italy, takes cues from the surrounding landscape. Massages are offered al fresco in the Jardin des Rêves Dior, a shaded garden tucked behind the hotel.

https://goop.com/place/italy/portofino-hotels/hotel-splendido/

The space is shaped around rhythm and release: a hydrotherapy pool that looks into the treetops, a mud chamber for deep restoration, and thermal rooms built into the estate’s original brickwork.

https://goop.com/place/england/hampshire/lyndhurst-hotels/lime-wood/