Every year Brides magazine combs the world looking for honeymoon hot spots. This year, they submitted to massages, calculated thread counts and critiqued cocktails to bring you the best of the best—the most seductive hotels on earth!
Sexiest Urban Hideaway
Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles
Step onto the grounds of the Hotel Bel-Air, and you won't believe you're in Los Angeles. Located in a wooded canyon near busy Sunset Boulevard, this country estate-like escape, with its weeping willows and swan pond, is a little piece of the Cotswolds in California. And if you don't think “storybook romance” is your idea of sexy, you'd be surprised who does. Just ask Angelina Jolie and George Clooney, both of whom stay here. The place may look ladylike, but it has a naughty reputation—generations of stars, including Marilyn Monroe, carried on affairs in these rooms. Get lost together among the shady magnolia trees and you'll feel like secret lovers—and, as any married couple can confirm, there's nothing sexier than that. Doubles from $395 (year-round); 800-648-4097; hotelbelair.com. —Ellen Klugman
Sexiest Beds
The Tides Riviera Maya, Mexico
What's a great honeymoon without a great bed? The villas at this jungle-rimmed resort are decked out for romance (private plunge pools, outdoor showers), but the beds are the stars of the show. After a day on the beach, meander down the tiki-torch-lit paths to your room, illuminated with candles. Strewn atop your king-size bed, under a canopy of white linen, are rose petals and a love poem—each of the thatched villas is named after a poet. Cuddle up together under the 500-thread-count sheets, fiddle with the bedside light dimmer, and draw the mosquito netting. Come morning, make a pillow-top picnic out of the Mexican coffee and breakfast breads left by your front door—the heck with the crumbs. Doubles from $585 (low season); 800-578-0281; tidesrivieramaya.com. —Nicole Sprinkle
Sexiest Skinny-Dipping
Jade Mountain, St. Lucia
The record for the amount of time a couple has spent without leaving their room at Jade Mountain? Five days. It's no surprise: Every seductive suite is endowed with a massive private infinity pool. Much more than the glorified bathtubs found at other boutique hotels, these beauties are part of your living room, and are lined with iridescent reflective tiles and fiber-optic lights that can be dimmed to set the mood. The aphrodisiacs don't stop there. The rooms are open to the elements, without a fourth wall, so you have a breathtaking view of the Caribbean Sea and St. Lucia's double peaks, the famed Pitons. Go for your own record. Doubles from $800 (low season); 800-223-1108; jademountainstlucia.com. —Susan Avery
Sexiest Place to Get Close to Nature
Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, California
At the clifftop Post Ranch Inn, your honeymoon soundtrack will be the rustle of redwoods and the roar of the Pacific churning below. You'll hear the woodlands whisper during guided nature walks (there are three miles of marked trails) and on the climb up the stairs to your Tree House room, which was built on stilts to protect the roots of centuries-old trees. Listen to the Pacific during stargazing sessions at Sierra Mar restaurant and dips in one of the two striking infinity pools. In your room, we recommend lighting your wood-burning fireplace, cracking open your balcony door and letting the sweet scents and sounds of nature in. Doubles from $550, including breakfast (year-round); 800-527-2200; postranchinn.com. —Yolanda Crous
Sexiest Bungalows
St. Regis Bora Bora resort, French Polynesia
If the ultimate Tahitian fantasy is an overwater bungalow, (known locally as a fare), then the St. Regis, one of Bora Bora's newest resorts, is that dream on steroids. The bungalows, stretched out around the lagoon rather than lined up along piers, are the largest in the region—starting at a whopping 1,550 square feet and working their way up. Each has a bathroom decadent enough to rival any on land, with a titanic soaking tub and a shower big enough to fit your bridal party. Outside, the decks are the size of small ballrooms. And the electronics? Figure on a 54-inch flat-screen TV that your new husband will covet for your home. Doubles from $1,265 (low season); 877-787-3447; stregis.com. —Sherri Eisenberg
Sexiest Celeb Escape
Cap Juluca, Anguilla
You can see why A-listers are drawn to this place even before you've seen your room—it's the seclusion. The Moorish-style hotel is located on a thin strip of land, isolated on one side by the Caribbean Sea and on the other by salt ponds. Drive over a little bridge, wave to the guards at the gate, and motor right up to your whitewashed villa. You can ask to check in inside, unseen even by other guests, and a plunge in the surf is a few baby steps from your back door. Splurge on one of the monster suites that Hollywood types favor, and you get your own pool (surrounded by high walls) and your own golf cart in which to buzz past the crowds. All it takes is a big, floppy hat and some oversize sunglasses, and you can cavort in the froth incognito. Doubles from $400, including breakfast (low season); 888-858-5822; capjuluca.com. —Sherri Eisenberg
Sexiest After-Hours Scene
Hotel Omm, Barcelona, Spain
On Saturday nights, no other scene compares in this notoriously sleep-deprived town. Start with aperitifs in the lobby lounge, where stiletto-shod locals recline on low couches. Follow with a late-night dinner from the model-friendly menu of half-portions at the Michelin-starred Moo Restaurant. After midnight, join the glam crowd at the Moodern Bar, where black-clad waiters pour chilled cava and DJs spin '80s hits. Around 1 a.m., the downstairs nightclub starts to fill up—if you can't keep your eyes open to find out for yourselves, trust us: It stays packed until morning. Doubles from $462 (low season); 011-34-93-445-4000; hotelomm.es. —Sunshine Flint
Sexiest Massage
Bora Bora Lagoon Resort, French Polynesia
Couple's massages may be a dime a dozen, but at this treehouse-style spa, there's a difference. Climb up the stairs to a vantage point in the banyan trees, where you can feel the breeze and drink in the view—you can see the beach and the lagoon, but nobody can see you through the branches. Next, your masseuse lets you pick your poison, one of several manoi oils: vanilla, pineapple, coconut, or tiare flower. After being rubbed down with this warm elixir, your skin will smell as fragrant as the isles—what you do next is up to you. Doubles from $725 (year-round); 800-860-4095; orient-express.com. —Cathay Che
Sexiest Verandas
Jamaica Inn, Ocho Rios
Before air-conditioning, romance in the Caribbean would not have been complete without a large, breeze-cooled veranda. At this timelessly perfect 50-year-old hotel, the rooms now have AC, but the verandas—among the last of their kind—are still furnished for an alfresco affair. They look like second living rooms, with dining sets, overstuffed white couches and armchairs, coffee and end tables, even lamps. Stretch out on the couch together, and you'll agree that sharing the sunset is better than watching Netflix on the big screen back home. Doubles from $290 (low season); 800-837-4608; jamaicainn.com. —Bob Payne
Sexiest Pool
Las Ventanas al Paraíso, Los Cabos, Mexico
Trying not to stare is a challenge at Las Ventanas al Paraíso, where even the desk clerks look like Hollywood hotties. It's especially hard when the Olsen Twins and Jessica Simpson are chilling out around the blue serpentine pool, clad in little more than enormous aviators and teeny bikinis. Poolside attendants treat everyone like glamoratti, handing out ice buckets filled with chilled towels, serving lemongrass ice pops and dispensing wireless TVs and iPods loaded with songs from the Grammy winner who's lounging under an umbrella by the deep end. Uh-oh. You're staring again. Doubles from $500 (low season); 888-767-3966; lasventanas.com. —Chanize Thorpe
Sexiest Place to Learn the Hula
Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, The Big Island, Hawaii
This resort's perfectly choreographed pool service (early risers can snag a fancy cabana for free; everyone can partake of chilled pineapple wedges and Evian spritzes) makes guests never want to leave their lounge chairs. But there's a lot more to this place than sunshine and palm trees, and the hotel celebrates its cultured past by allowing guests to delve into the Hawaiian arts. The curious can learn, among other things, the hula: The modern auana version is what you'd see at a luau, while ancient kahiko uses chanting to tell old legends. You'll find both seductive—and so will he. Doubles from $725 (low season); 800-819-5053; fourseasons.com. —Lexi Dwyer
Sexiest Theme Rooms
The Pitcher Inn, Warren, Vermont
Vermont's inns are traditionally decked out with ruffled bedspreads, lace curtains and teddy bears—a far cry from seduction. But the Pitcher Inn manages to both comfort and captivate. The theme in some rooms (like the Calvin Coolidge Room) probably won't stoke your fire, but others (like the School Room, which comes with chalkboards and old-fashioned desks) could easily set the scene for your après-ski playtime. Throw in fireplaces (ask, and a clerk will light yours), in-room cappuccino machines and a DVD library of classics like Casablanca, and getting snowed in sounds positively fortuitous. Doubles from $375, including breakfast (year-round); 888-867-4824; pitcherinn.com. —Sherri Eisenberg
Sexiest Reading Nook
Hermitage Bay, Antigua
Your mission: To find the perfect place to crack open that Russian novel you've been meaning to read (or, um, back issues of US Weekly ). Escaping the distractions of home is easy, but the right combination of solitude and sunshine is harder to find. At Antigua's two-year-old Hermitage Bay resort, look no further than your own wraparound terrace. All 25 of the Balinese-colonial style cottages, scattered on a lush oceanfront hillside, have L-shaped daybeds big enough for two, covered with white linen cushions. Best of all, there are curtains to draw…should the steamier passages prove inspiring. All-inclusive doubles from $750 (low season); 268-562-8080; hermitagebay.com. —Xander Kaplan
Sexiest U.S. Private Island
Little Palm Island, The Florida Keys
Private islands? Sexy. The exhaustion that accompanies customs checks and passport control? Not sexy. If convenience is as alluring to you as the feeling of being a world away, put this resort on your short list. Fly to Key West and drive 40 minutes to Little Torch Key, where you'll hop a ferry for a 10-minute ride. Once you arrive, you'll be in awe of the exotic thatch-roofed bungalows, which are built on stilts and have neither TVs nor phones, but do have mosquito-netted beds. Add to that the brilliant blue water, the fish-filled reef and the abundance of palm trees—all of which make you feel like you're in an alternative universe—and you have to wonder, could Robinson Crusoe have been marooned this close to the mainland? As for the energy you've saved getting here, we'll let you figure out how to best put it to use. Doubles from $795 (low season); 800-343-8567; littlepalmisland.com. —Lexi Dwyer
Sexiest Table for Two
Komaneka Tanggayuda, Ubud, Bali
Private dinners at this small resort go something like this: Walk down a long outdoor staircase to the pool, which is illuminated by floating pillar candles and tiki torches. Next, have a seat at a table on the pool deck, and listen to the chorus of frogs and owls that rises from the valley. The only other company at hand is your waiter, who serves a series of tasty dishes like seafood soup and fish kebabs. Once you smell the frangipani flowers adrift in the pool, you'll be convinced, as the Balinese are, that spirits do come out after dark. Doubles from $250 (low season); 011-62-361-976-090; komaneka.com. —Lexi Dwyer
Sexiest Power-Couple Hangout
Little Dix Bay, Virgin Gorda, The British Virgin Islands
This rarefied resort, arranged around one of Virgin Gorda's most delicious beaches, relaxes its Type-A guests slowly and seductively. The secret? A heavy emphasis on the aphrodisiacs of privilege, like the curvy, grotto-like swimming pool and a discreet, snap-to-it staff to rival even the most organized executive assistant. (Rooms are also fitted with WiFi for those who can never really disconnect.) After a few days under a thatched umbrella on this gorgeous crescent of sand, you'll need to resist the urge to toss your BlackBerry into the sea. Doubles from $395 (low season); 888-767-3966; rosewoodhotels.com. —Lexi Dwyer
Sexiest Rooftop Pool
Hotel Gansevoort, New York City
How do you make a Manhattan honeymoon as steamy as the seductive Gotham of Sex and the City? Slip on an Eres bikini and press the elevator's Up button to the Gansevoort's rooftop pool, where the din of the worker bees on the sidewalks feels far away, and the glorious skyline comes into focus. On weekends, the adjacent bar fills up with beautiful people; on weekdays, the place is yours. Order cocktails and relax in a round, rattan daybed big enough for two. Even Carrie and Big never had it this good. Doubles from $435, including breakfast (low season); 877-426-7386; hotelgansevoort.com. —Sherri Eisenberg
Sexiest Spa Facilities
Rosewood MayaKobá, Riviera Maya, Mexico
At most resort spas, as soon as you finish your couple's treatment, you go into the ladies' area and he goes through the door marked Men. If you decide to relax in the hot tubs and plunge pools, you do it alone (“See you back at the room, honey!”). But not here. The locker rooms are separate, but in the middle of the spa, surrounded by lush greenery, is a pool fed by a cenote (an underground sinkhole). Despite the lounge chairs and wood-planked walkways, the pool looks more like a natural pond—deep, dark, and moody—than anything made by man. Treading water, in the rawness of the jungle, you'll be thrilled to share the moment. Doubles from $490 (low season); 888-767-3966; rosewoodhotels.com. —Sherri Eisenberg
Sexiest Breakfast
Inn and Spa at Loretto, Santa Fe, New Mexico
With candlelight and soft music, just about any restaurant can feel alluring in the evening. But sexy in the morning? That's the real test. And the covered patio at this 134-room pueblo-style inn succeeds. From May to October, gossamer white curtains diffuse the sunlight, but just enough gets through to make the chandeliers and the silver sparkle. The air feels fresh-squeezed, and the view of the chapel, often used for weddings, seems heavenly. How could morning get any better? Try the blue corn pancakes, served with a cinnamon cream so delectable, you'll agree that not everything New Mexican needs to be bathed in green chile. Doubles from $179 (low season); 800-727-5531; innatloretto.com. —Bob Payne
Sexiest Retreat from the Beach Crowd
Halekulani, Oahu, Hawaii
Though Waikiki's poshest resort occupies a prime position in the hotel zone, abuzz with the dissonant sounds of traffic, you'll feel the crowds slip away as you step inside. In fact, Halekulani practically purrs. The tranquility is punctuated only by a splash in the pool, perhaps, or the gurgle of a fountain. To really escape, spend an afternoon soaking in your massive marble tub—and absorbing one of the strip's finest views of Diamond Head. Doubles from $410 (low season); 800-367-2343; halekulani.com. —Lexi Dwyer
Sexiest Hotel to Book the Second You Get Engaged
Hotel Saint Barth Isle de France, St. Bart's
Even rock stars have difficulty getting into this 33-room getaway located on an island so exclusive, it seems surrounded by a velvet rope. Why? Hotel Saint Barth has the island's best beach, a fabulous spa and chic, plantation-style rooms that look as though they've been lifted from a design magazine. The large bathrooms sport cavernous oval bathtubs, a true indulgence on an island where fresh water is a precious commodity. But the real reason to come is the swank private club atmosphere—the assumption is that if you're here, you must be somebody. Doubles from $830, including breakfast (low season); 800-810-4691; isle-de-france.com. —Ellen Klugman
Sexiest Alfresco Dining
Esperanza, Los Cabos, Mexico
Sunset at Esperanza is magical. That's the time couples suddenly reappear after showering off the sunscreen, and make a beeline for the tables on the stone cliffs. The salty air, the crashing waves of the Sea of Cortés and the wrought-iron lanterns barely illuminating the growing darkness make for a sultry scene. Lovers are known to linger for hours over shrimp ceviche—licking lime juice and habanero salsa off each other's fingers and quenching the resulting fire with Baja wine. Doubles from $475 (low season); 866-311-2226; esperanzaresort.com. —Chanize Thorpe
Sexiest Bar
The G Hotel, Galway, Ireland
Western Ireland may be green and friendly, but sexy? Not so much. Step into The G Hotel, however, and you'll not only be stunned, you'll be transported. The lobby lounge is made up of a series of Technicolor bars that ooze Hollywood glamour. The first—a sleek, cream-colored room trimmed with silver and Lucite—makes you feel like you're inside a disco ball. The second vibrates with neon pink walls and trippy rugs. The third is sophisticated—a navy space with golden lighting, red velvet chairs and gilded mirrors. The last has a bar covered in Swarovski crystals. Are you in New York? Paris? One sip of Guinness and a fresh oyster, and any doubt is swept away. Doubles from $269, including breakfast (low season); 800-525-4800; theghotel.ie. —Sherri Eisenberg
Sexiest Bedtime Snack
Sandals Whitehouse European Village & Spa, Jamaica
The pastry chef here is a mad chocolatier, so obsessed that he makes all of the resort's chocolates—from desserts on the dinner menus to truffles on the sweets buffet—by hand. Every night, while the rest of the resort is turning in, he stays up, meticulously pouring ganache into molds and testing new fillings. If you're curious, plan to spend an afternoon watching him melt and temper his liquid gold. But whatever you do, take a moment before you slip between the sheets to savor his turn-down indulgences—perhaps his passion will spark some of your own. All-inclusive doubles from $782 per night, with a two-night minimum (low season); 800-726-3257; sandals.com. —Sherri Eisenberg
Sexiest Spaghetti
Ferraro at the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, Hawaii
It's a testament to Ferraro that one of the most memorable restaurants in Hawaii serves…Italian food. You may think that pasta doesn't make the best tropical meal, but one bite of the lobster risotto or tagliatelle with beef cheeks, and you'll feel as though you've been whisked off to Italy. (Who needs more macadamia-nut-crusted fish anyway?) It doesn't hurt that your open-air table sits on a beachfront cliff lit by tiki torches—or that the soundtrack is provided by strolling violinists. It's back in the bikini tomorrow, but for tonight—indulge. Doubles from $495 (year-round); 800-819-5053; fourseasons.com. —Sherri Eisenberg
Sexiest Classroom
Elbow Beach, Bermuda
Yes, it's wonderful to have a trained masseuse work you into a state of bliss, but wouldn't you rather have your honey's hands all over you? Sign up for a couple's massage class, and your therapist will turn you into a couple of pros, instructing you in basic Swedish movements. Before the hour's up, you'll wow each other with effleurage (long, rhythmic strokes) and petrissage (grabbing and lifting the muscles). And you thought the only thing you'd come home with was a tan. Doubles from $295 (low season); 866-526-6567; mandarinoriental.com. —Leigh Newman
Sexiest Après-Ski
The Little Nell, Aspen, Colorado
Some of us feel more Michelin man than model-esque in ski gear, but there's one place where everyone looks hot: the recently revamped Terrace Bar at the Little Nell. The luxe lodge interior (picture copper, rawhide and stone) and resounding, clubby music (who cares that it's only 4 p.m.?) provide the backdrop for tanned, fur-clad vixens and couples sipping local drinks such as the Aspen Mule, a mix of Kaffir lime vodka and house-made ginger ale. There's no better place to toast a day in the mountains—whether you actually donned skis or not. Doubles from $315 (low-season); 888-843-6355; thelittlenell.com.—Xander Kaplan
Sexiest Multi-Course Meal
La Bastide de Moustiers, Provence, France
Some meals can be described only as epic, and those are the kind that celeb chef Alain Ducasse's French inn does best. Start the evening with a glass of pastis in the garden as the sunset casts shadows on the limestone cliffs. Then take your places on the terrace for a seven-course dinner. The menu changes daily, but it always celebrates the season—duck glazed with lavender honey, pigeon roasted with figs. Anxious to get back to your room for some alone time? Request the four-course menu and you'll be in bed by midnight. Doubles from $253, including breakfast (low season); 011-33-4-92-70-4747; bastide-moustiers.com. —Sherri Eisenberg
Sexiest Roof Decks
La Samanna, St. Martin
Larger than your ordinary guest room, better stocked than many a bath, the rooftop decks that accompany this resort's poshest digs are worth the price. Gaze at the sea from your private plunge pool. Take turns washing each other's hair in the outdoor shower. Then retire to your double-size daybed for a canopy-shaded nap. When the sun sets, there's plenty of room to entertain the new friends you met at the bar. Then again, why share your sanctuary when you can have it to yourselves for a dance in the buff under the stars? Doubles from $475 (low season); 800-854-2252; lasamanna.com. —Ellen Klugman
Sexiest Billiards
Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay, Hawaii
You come to Hawaii for the sand and the surf—but you can't wear your swimsuit all day and night, now, can you? This hotel has the perfect antidote for pruney fingers and waterlogged ears: a pool table located in an open-air wood-paneled lounge that faces the frothy Pacific and the softly-lit palms. When the clouds set in, order Kona coffee—laced cocktails, chalk up a cue, and promise him something interesting if he wins. Doubles from $445 (year-round); 800-819-5053; fourseasons.com. —Sherri Eisenberg
Sexiest Movie Theater
The Bitter End Yacht Club, Virgin Gorda, The British Virgin Islands
On a honeymoon, everyday activities (sleeping late, showering) take on a whole new appeal. And at this hotel, you can add moviegoing to that list. At the resort's open-air Sand Palace theater, you sit on wooden benches and tuck your toes into sand (no soda-streaked floors here). As the wind tickles the palm trees, order a couple of Painkiller cocktails (dark rum, cream of coconut, fruit juices and nutmeg) and watch, say, Pirates of the Caribbean 3. In the warm night air, under a sky of stars, you'll wonder if you can ever go back to the multiplex. Doubles from $650, including meals (low season); 800-872-2392; beyc.com. —Lexi Dwyer
Sexiest Lagoon
Likuliku Lagoon Resort, Malolo Island, Fiji
There are a lot of fabulous lagoons rimmed with sexy bungalows (or bures) in Fiji, but Likuliku has the only overwater rooms, and therefore the sexiest and most coveted lagoon. Thanks to their in-the-water location, you get unobstructed views of the pale blue shallows, even from your chic eggshell bathtub. The place is as casual as it is exclusive: When you check in, you're given a sarong as a welcome gift (except for your bikini, it's the only garment you'll need). After a day of snorkeling, you'll feel like someone read your mind when canapés arrive just in time for sunset. Doubles from $817, including meals (year-round); 888-946-5458; likulikulagoon.com. —Cathay Che
Sexiest Clifftop Rooms
Hotel Amuleto, Zihuatanejo, Mexico
If you're looking to take your love to new heights, head to Zihuatanejo, where the chicest resorts climb up a hillside. The tiny Amuleto hotel is highest of them all, with six heart-stopping rooms that are recessed into the cliffs. They're decorated with Mexican folk art and have wall-sized doors that lead to the terrace, where you can laze in your infinity pool, gazing at the bay, the harbor lights and a universe of stars close enough to touch. Doubles from $325, including breakfast (low season); 213-280-1037; amuleto.net. —Leigh Newman
Sexiest Architecture
Amanyara, Turks and Caicos
It's a good thing a staff person picks you up at the airport—finding this remote complex, located on the isolated east coast of Providenciales, at the end of several unmarked dirt roads, is a challenge even for locals. But once you're deposited at the open-air entrance of this decadent resort, prepare to be impressed. The sound of cooing birds follows as you traverse a stone walkway around a reflecting pool and ascend a stairway to an open-sided pavilion where 20-foot beams support a cathedral ceiling. You're handed a fruity cocktail, and the breeze ruffles your hair as you admire the minimalist wood-and-glass design. It's a little bit of Zen in the Caribbean. Doubles from $1,100 (low season); 800-477-9180; amanresorts.com. —Sherri Eisenberg
Sexiest Lounge Chairs
Paraíso de la Bonita, Riviera Maya, Mexico
This luxe resort has the requisite poolside lounge chairs, covered in white terry cloth and shaded by umbrellas. But bypass these for the lounges actually built into the water. Barely submerged, they offer the perfect balance of warm air and cooling water, some of which is provided by the pool's frog fountains. No need to get up for a dip when you break a sweat—just roll over. Order a margarita or a tamarind flavored aqua fresca, and you'll agree that this is the best way ever to achieve a sun-kissed glow. Doubles from $715, including breakfast (low season); 866-751-9175; paraisodelabonita.com. —Cathay Che
Sexiest Hot Tubs
Kona Village Resort, the Big Island, Hawaii
Spot the hot tub sunken into the lanai of your thatched bungalow, and you'll be seized by a desire to play Adam and Eve. Each tub is surrounded by a tangle of frangipani-scented foliage, but nothing obscures your view of the Pacific as it crashes against centuries-old lava flows. Want to spend the day soaking without interruptions? Place the painted coconut outside your door—it's the resort's way of saying “do not disturb.” Doubles from $660, including meals (low season); 800- 367-5290; konavillage.com. —Ellen Klugman
Sexiest Caves
Mystique, Santorini, Greece
If you've ever fantasized about hiding out in a cave, this handful of suites—each carved into a cliff—is the place to live the dream. The look is Stone Age meets art hotel: minimalist, white decor, with cave walls plastered smooth, headboards fashioned from tree limbs and egg-shaped tables and sofas made of stone, all cheerfully lighted and offering views of Santorini's famous caldera. Amenities are thoroughly modern, from WiFi to an infinity pool. Still, there's something about being so of the Earth that encourages the most, shall we say, primitive, impulses. Doubles from $664, including breakfast (year-round); 800-325-3589; starwoodhotels.com. —Bob Payne
Sexiest Room Service
Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach, Florida
Lots of hotels have pillow menus, but only this recently renovated landmark delivers the Passionate Exchange Pillow Game. Ask for this adults-only delight and you'll be sent a bag of tricks that are sure to keep you engaged all evening, including tickling feathers and 30 tiny silk pillows. Not sure how to proceed? You'll also receive a list of suggestions, champagne to lower your inhibitions and chocolates to get you in the mood. Let the games begin. Doubles from $179 (low season); 877-640-9300; ritzcarlton.com. —Chanize Thorpe
Sexiest Indoor Pool
Haymarket Hotel, London, England
On a foggy day in London, bask in the perpetual sunset above the Haymarket's indoor pool. You can float on your back in the three-lane wonder, under shimmering fiber-optic lights that mimic the early evening sky. Quirky? Perhaps. But as you revel in the guilty pleasure of skipping out on an afternoon at the Tate Modern or an evening at a West End show, you'll appreciate the escape. Order a couple of Hendrick's martinis, made with kiwi, cucumber and gin. Like an indoor swimming pool in London, they're way more seductive than you'd expect. Doubles from $491 (year-round); 800-553-6674; haymarkethotel.com. —Sunshine Flint
Sexiest Wharf
Blue Sydney, Australia
Wharfs, by definition, face the water, but this timber-framed boutique hotel on famed Woolloomooloo Wharf also shares its spectacular Sydney Harbour view with an apartment building that's home to famous faces like Russell Crowe. What's more, the heart of the hotel—a former wool warehouse still sporting the freight-conveyor system—is the industrial-chic Water Bar. Here, under soaring ceilings, velvet chaises host hot fashion shoots by day and even hotter trysts at night. When in Rome…Doubles from $624, including breakfast (low season); 866-969-1825; tajhotels.com. —Christine Ryan
Sexiest Cabin
Lake Placid Lodge, Adirondacks, New York
Ralph Lauren meets Grizzly Adams in these log-and-timber structures a skipping-stone from the Adirondack shoreline. Each is dominated by a custom-made featherbed, some built from tree limbs, others done in Craftsman style, all dressed in decadent Italian linens. Antique snowshoes and old fish creels provide the decor; mammoth soaking tubs and stone fireplaces add plenty of warmth. There's some construction on-property this summer, as the main lodge rebuilds after a fire. But in your cabin, wrapped in the hotel's cozy white robes, sipping cognac and observing the moon rise over the mountains, you could be the only two people on the planet. Doubles from $515 (low season); 877-523-2700; lakeplacidlodge.com. —Sally Kilbridge
Sexiest Place to Play Nudist
Vatulele Island Resort, Fiji
At this pull-out-the-stops private island resort, guests are encouraged to mingle and take turns playing DJ with their iPods at the honor bar. But, come bedtime, the hotel takes solitude seriously. The 18 stunning candy-colored beachfront villas are separated by 66 feet of lush foliage. So should you decide to walk from your elevated, mosquito-netted bed to the comfy couch in your outdoor sitting area—sans bikini, sarong or bath towel—your neighbors will be none the wiser. Doubles from $924 per night, including meals, with a four-night minimum (low season); 949-487-0522; vatulele.com. —Lexi Dwyer
Sexiest Fireplace
Mondrian, Scottsdale, Arizona
At SkyBar, an open-air lounge at this snug urban resort, guests gather to sip jalapeño-garnished cocktails under the desert sky—and to warm their bods by a fireplace carved into a freestanding wall. Juniper and mesquite branches blaze during the cooler months; in summer, when the midnight mercury hovers near 90º, rows of votive candles create a glow but don't increase the heat. A graphic black-and-white color scheme hip-hops across lounging beds, wing chairs and ottomans. The mix of old school rap and disco attracts a crowd of party blondes and moguls-in-training. And when the occasional celeb stops by (Ryan Seacrest, Katherine Heigl, and Maroon 5 have put in appearances), the flames seem to leap just a little bit higher. Doubles from $125 (low season); 800-691-1791; mondrianscottsdale.com. —Sally Kilbridge
Sexiest Pool Games
The Standard, Miami, Florida
Forget water polo. The Standard has a far steamier way to have fun by the pool: The Mud Lounge. Fitted with clawfoot tubs, sunning mats and hoses, this do-it-yourself clay rub platform is stocked with marine mud, which you can slather on each other, then stretch out on lounge chairs to bake in the sun before rinsing. And you thought this sort of thing only happened behind closed doors. Doubles from $165 (low season); 305-673-1717; standardhotels.com. —Lexi Dwyer
Sexiest Royal Treatment
Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Spa treatments here truly make you feel like a king and queen. A horse-drawn carriage takes you to what looks like a 19th-century royal palace, surrounded by lotus ponds and rice paddies. A pair of Thai masseuses bow and lead you to a spa suite swathed in silks. Your Lanna Massage incorporates 5,000-year-old traditions—wooden tamarind sticks are tapped on your back to relax the muscles, and heated oils and Thai herbs are applied during a side-by-side rubdown. The fitting finale: A candlelit soak in a tub for two. Doubles from $531 (year-round); 800-526-6566; mandarinoriental.com. —Elizabeth Bodman
Sexiest Hotel Nightclub
Noir Bar, Luxor Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
The Luxor's dance-tastic 26,000-square-foot LAX nightclub may be popular with Paris Hilton and Christina Aguilera, but it's the supersecret Noir Bar, hidden behind the stage and accessed by private elevator, that's Sin City's most seductive spot. Outfitted with crystal chandeliers and leather chairs, this club-within-a-club is a modern speakeasy—more Sinatra than Spears. The mixologists live up to the moniker: Tell them your tastes and they may serve up a refreshing cucumber mojito or a surprising elixir that reminds you of carrot cake. Guests are beautiful (and sometimes actually famous), and the music is hot and danceable—the perfect evening for a couple who can't get enough of each other's moves. Doubles from $89 (year-round); 877-386-4658; luxor.com. —Jason H. Harper
Sexiest Palazzo
L'Andana, Tuscany, Italy
The word palazzo rolls off the tongue—so rich, so storied, so Italian. And, let's face it, so potentially quirky, in terms of bathrooms and heating systems. Set amid olive groves and grapevines, L'Andana, with its graceful belfry and imposing, cypress-lined drive, is both fabled and fabulous. Rooms reflect the villa's original structure, with vaulted ceilings and bed nooks under archways. But Duke Leopold II, the former occupant, wouldn't recognize these bathrooms: You'll find massive sunken tubs, platter-size shower heads and decadent Italian products made especially for the hotel. Doubles from $535, including breakfast (low season); 800-223-6800; andana.it. —Lexi Dwyer
Sexiest Adventure Lodge
Blanket Bay, New Zealand
The spectacular setting—on the banks of Lake Wakatipu, with snow-capped peaks looming beyond—epitomizes New Zealand's dramatic scenery. Just 40 minutes outside high-octane Queenstown, Blanket Bay invites adrenaline junkies to decompress after the rush from bungee-jumping, jet-boating or heli-skiing. The sumptuous timber-trimmed rooms have balconies that overlook the Greenstone Valley. Though the dining room is undeniably elegant, those seeking seclusion with their Otago Pinot Noir and local lamb reserve a table on the terrace by the fireplace to watch the moonlight reflect off the lake. Doubles from $755, including breakfast and dinner (low season); 011-64-3-441-0115; blanketbay.com. —Lexi Dwyer
Sexiest Bathroom
Kayumanis Nusa Dua, Bali
An anthropologist could tell you that these villas were inspired by open-air Balinese compounds and reflect a desire to live in harmony with nature. We're all about upholding universal law, but there's no denying that these high-walled outdoor bathrooms—with black andesite floors, river rock borders and privacy-ensuring palms—are damn sexy. One glass door leads from the bedroom to an outdoor shower. Another goes to a sunken bathtub. You'll welcome the chance to bathe amid soft breezes and the alluring scent of cinnamon trees. If this is what it takes to fit into the cosmic order, sign us up. Doubles from $488, including breakfast (low season); 011-62-361-770-777; kayumanis.com. —Lexi Dwyer
Sexiest Fly-In Lodge
King Pacific Lodge, British Columbia, Canada
Anchored alongside the skyscraping firs of Princess Royal Island, this lodge is so remote, guests are dropped off by float plane. But this isn't your typical rustic retreat. After a day of fishing, hiking or kayaking, you'll return to a massage and a plucked-from-the-sea dinner. Your king-size bed is so comfortable that only the promise of a day filled with humpback sightings could possibly lure you out of it. All-inclusive doubles from $9,350 for three nights, the minimum stay, including flights from Vancouver; 888-592-5464; kingpacificlodge.com. —Yolanda Crous
