Belmond Hotels: Every Property, Trains & How to Book
LVMH's "slow luxury" estate: 28 hotels that read like a Grand Tour, the Orient-Express's spiritual heirs, and barges through Burgundy.
By Biirdee Travel — Luxury Travel Concierge · Updated June 10, 2026
Belmond collects the kind of properties guidebooks were invented for: the Cipriani across the lagoon from San Marco, the Splendido above Portofino harbour, Rio's Copacabana Palace, the only hotel at the gates of Machu Picchu. LVMH bought the group in 2019 and has run a deliberate "slow luxury" strategy since — selling the outliers (the Laos and Cambodia hotels left in 2024, Napasai in 2025) and pouring money into the icons, including a Peter Marino reimagining of the Cipriani with Venice's first Dior Spa arriving in 2026.
Uniquely, half the brand isn't hotels at all: the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, the new Britannic Explorer (England & Wales's first luxury sleeper, launched July 2025), Peru's Andean Explorer, the Eastern & Oriental in Malaysia, seven canal barges in France, and two Botswana safari lodges. No other luxury brand owns a travel ecosystem like it.
Belmond in Brief
- 28 hotels plus six trains, seven French barges and two safari lodges as of June 2026 — Italy (9 hotels) is the heartland.
- No points program; the Belmond Bellini Club is advisor-only. Booking through an affiliated concierge adds breakfast, credits and upgrade priority at the same rate.
- Hotel Cipriani is the flagship (entry ~$1,300–2,300); Peru's lodge-and-rail circuit is the brand's best-value masterpiece.
- Trains are journeys, not rooms: VSOE cabins from ~£3,500 per person, the new Britannic Explorer from ~£11,000 for three nights.
- Several icons are seasonal (Cipriani, Splendido, the Sicily pair roughly April–October) — timing is half the booking craft.
Italy — the Heartland
- Hotel Cipriani, A Belmond HotelGiudecca, Venice
The flagship — lagoon-side Olympic pool, Oro restaurant, Dior Spa from 2026; seasonal
from ~€1,300–2,300/night
Check live rates - Splendido, A Belmond HotelPortofino
The terraced palace above the harbour — la dolce vita's headquarters; seasonal
from ~€1,500/night
Check live rates - Villa San Michele, A Belmond HotelFiesole, above Florence
Michelangelo-façade monastery with Duomo views
Check live rates - Castello di Casole, A Belmond HotelCasole d'Elsa, Tuscany
A 10th-century castle estate on 4,200 acres
Check live rates - Caruso, A Belmond HotelRavello, Amalfi Coast
The infinity pool photographed more than the coast itself
from ~€1,200/night
Check live rates - Grand Hotel Timeo, A Belmond HotelTaormina, Sicily
Greek-theatre views and White Lotus fame
Check live rates - Villa Sant'Andrea, A Belmond HotelTaormina Mare, Sicily
The Timeo's beachfront sister on its own bay
Check live rates - Romazzino, A Belmond HotelCosta Smeralda, Sardinia
The 1965 Aga Khan-era beach palace, Belmond-reborn
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Rest of Europe & Africa
- La Residencia, A Belmond HotelDeià, Mallorca
Artists' village hotel below the Tramuntana — donkey rides to the cala
Check live rates - Reid's Palace, A Belmond HotelFunchal, Madeira
Churchill's clifftop tea-and-ocean classic since 1891
Check live rates - The Cadogan, A Belmond HotelChelsea, London
Sloane Street townhouse wit — Oscar Wilde's old address
Check live rates - Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, A Belmond HotelOxfordshire, England
Raymond Blanc's two-star manor — the kitchen-garden pilgrimage
Check live rates - Mount Nelson, A Belmond HotelCape Town, South Africa
The pink lady under Table Mountain — nine acres of gardens
Check live rates - Jimbaran Puri, A Belmond HotelJimbaran, Bali
Belmond's last Asian beachfront — cottages on the sand
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Americas
- Copacabana Palace, A Belmond HotelCopacabana, Rio de Janeiro
South America's most famous hotel, full stop — the 1923 beachfront wedding cake
from ~$500–900/night
Check live rates - Hotel das Cataratas, A Belmond HotelIguassu Falls, Brazil
The only hotel inside the falls national park — sunrise before the gates open
Check live rates - Maroma, A Belmond HotelRiviera Maya, Mexico
The 2023 rebirth — Riviera Maya's most romantic beachfront
from ~$1,000/night
Check live rates - Casa de Sierra Nevada, A Belmond HotelSan Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Colonial casas scattered through the centro
Check live rates - El Encanto, A Belmond HotelSanta Barbara, California
American Riviera bungalows above the mission
Check live rates - Cap Juluca, A Belmond HotelMaundays Bay, Anguilla
Moorish villas along the Caribbean's most perfect crescent
from ~$1,200/night
Check live rates - La Samanna, A Belmond HotelBaie Longue, St. Martin
French-side glamour on a mile of white sand
Check live rates - Miraflores Park, A Belmond HotelLima, Peru
Ocean-cliff base camp for the Peru circuit
Check live rates - Palacio Nazarenas, A Belmond HotelCusco, Peru
All-suite sibling with Cusco's first outdoor pool
Check live rates - Sanctuary Lodge, A Belmond HotelMachu Picchu, Peru
The only hotel at the citadel gates — dawn entry before the crowds
Check live rates - Rio Sagrado, A Belmond HotelSacred Valley, Peru
Riverside gardens between Cusco and the ruins
Check live rates - Las Casitas, A Belmond HotelColca Canyon, Peru
Condor-country casitas with plunge pools
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Trains, Barges and Lodges — the Other Half of Belmond
The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express remains the most famous train on earth (London/Paris–Venice and seasonal routes, cabins from ~£3,500 per person, suites far beyond), and 2025's Britannic Explorer brought the format to England and Wales with Simon Rogan dining. Peru's Andean Explorer sleeps you across the altiplano, and the Hiram Bingham day train is the grand way up to Machu Picchu. In France, seven Belmond barges drift through Burgundy, Champagne and Provence at walking pace — the purest "slow luxury" product LVMH owns. Botswana's Savute Elephant and Eagle Island lodges complete the set.
Strategy note: Belmond pairs hotels and journeys deliberately — Venice via VSOE into the Cipriani, Cusco's Monasterio onto the Hiram Bingham, Timeo after a Sicily circuit. Booked as one itinerary through Biirdee, the hotel legs carry Bellini Club-grade benefits (breakfast, credits, upgrade priority at the same rate), and the train cabins are secured early — festive VSOE departures and Machu Picchu's Sanctuary Lodge are the two hardest reservations in the portfolio.
Belmond FAQs
How many Belmond hotels are there?
28 hotels as of June 2026, plus six trains, seven French river barges and two Botswana safari lodges. Asia is down to one hotel (Bali) after the brand's "slow luxury" pruning.
Does Belmond have a loyalty program?
No — LVMH runs no hotel points scheme (same answer as Cheval Blanc). The Bellini Club is for travel advisors; book through an affiliated concierge and the benefits attach at the same rate as direct.
What is Belmond's best hotel?
The Cipriani by consensus, especially post-renovation. The Splendido is the most glamorous; Sanctuary Lodge the most irreplaceable (the location cannot be duplicated); Copacabana Palace the greatest legend.
Is the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express worth it?
As a once-in-a-life theatre piece, yes — it's a moving Agatha Christie set with black-tie dinners. Book 9–12 months out, pair it with the Cipriani, and treat the cabin class decision seriously: suites transform the experience.
Biirdee · Preferred Partner
The Grand Tour, Properly Sequenced
Cipriani nights, Orient-Express cabins, Machu Picchu at dawn — Biirdee books the whole Belmond ecosystem with benefits attached and the hard reservations secured early.
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