Two Yorkshire Hotels Named In Top 1,000 World’s Best Hotels

Two Yorkshire Hotels Named In Top 1,000 World’s Best Hotels

Two top Yorkshire hotels have featured in a prestigious list of the top 1,000 hotels across the world. Launched back in Paris in 2015, La Liste releases an annual list of the best restaurants and hotels for you to visit, and Yorkshire made the cut.

Based on compiling thousands of publications, guidebooks and online reviews, and analysing data from over 400 international sources, La Liste has unveiled 2026’s Top 1,000 World’s Best Hotels and Special Awards 2026, creating the ultimate guide for travellers seeking meaning, excellence and inspiration wherever they go.

Grantley Hall in Ripon and Grays Court Hotel and The Bow Room Restaurant in York have been included in the list of the best 1,000 hotels across the world, featuring some of the most famous hotels from across the world.

Home to 47 luxurious bedrooms and suites, five exceptional restaurants including the Shaun Rankin Michelin star, also three stunning bars and an award-winning spa, Grantley Hall, the 17th-century estate is the height of luxury, offering nestled in breathtakingly beautiful scenery on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales.

Grays Court Hotel, one of the York’s luxurious hotels, can be found in the stunning historic city of York, and is itself a piece of history making it the most perfect boutique hotel found in the Minster quarter of the city. Take a stroll through the garden overlooked by the famous York walls before enjoying a stunning meal in The Bow Room Restaurant ‘here at Grays Court, ‘where culinary artistry meets unrivalled elegance.

Built on a unique compilation of over 1,100 expert sources and millions of online reviews, LaListe offers, through its app, a rigorous selection of the world’s finest establishments. Wherever you travel, you can trust LaListe to guide you to the highest standards of quality and taste.

We have to mention that the wonderful Rockliffe Hall in Darlington also featured in the top 1,000 in the world, just a stone’s throw from Yorkshire’s border, also featured. It has to be one of the best places we’ve had the pleasure of visiting and well deserved.

Check out La Liste’s list of the top 1,000 restaurants in the world here.

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Feature Image Credit: Grays Court

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