WEISSENHAUS Private Nature Luxury Resort

The Best Hotels and Resorts in the World: The Gold List 2026 | Condé Nast Traveler

"This “White House,” as the name of this resort can be translated, is in many ways the opposite of what that name might conjure in English: restful, serene, and situated in Germany along the Baltic Sea. Opened in 2014 on the 185-acre estate of a castle established in 1607, it boasts 54 rooms and one villa spread out within the castle itself (and more throughout 10 more buildings) with the beach not even a five-minute-walk away. But these numbers tell nothing of the amount of heartwarmingly idyllic spots: The pier at the little pond. The sun-soaked terrace of the restaurant Bootshaus by the seaside. The tumbleweed sauna in the award-winning spa. Or the Strandkorbs—roofed wicker beach chairs typical for this coast—that are placed along a divinely beautiful clearing. And because my personal definition of rest also entails a good cuppa, the staff happily brought a pot to this secluded spot, while I got cozy with a book and Weissenhaus towering somewhere behind me. From $632. —Kalle Harberg" - CNT Editors