Top hotels from the top travel magazines

Two of the most influential travel magazines - Travel + Leisure and Conde Nast Traveler - are out with their annual lists of best hotels.

Travel + Leisure's January issue lists 500 of the "world's best hotels," ranked according to the results of the magazine's readers' survey.

Top hotels from the Travel + Leisure guide include regional favorites like the Madrona Manor in Healdsburg, Calif., as top hotel for the Napa-Sonoma, Calif. area; the Hay-Adams in Washington D.C.; the Marquesa Hotel in Key West for top hotel in Florida; the Bellagio for Las Vegas; the Four Seasons in Austin for Texas; the Post Hotel & Spa in Lake Louise for top hotel in Canada; The Milestone for best in London; the Four Seasons Hotel George V for the top hotel in Paris; Il Falconiere in Cortona for top hotel in Italy; The Oriental, Bangkok, for top hotel in Thailand; La Casa Que Canta in Zihuatanejo for Mexico; and the Jamaica Inn for top hotel on that island.

San Jose Mercury News, USA