The establishments listed below are part of The MICHELIN Guide's selection of over 5,000 hotels. Each of them has been chosen by our experts for its style, service and unique personality – and each can be booked via The MICHELIN Guide website and app (iOS/Android).
'Glamping' is a portmanteau term that means 'glamorous camping' – and we try not to use it too often in our hotel descriptions. For one thing, purists would argue that glamping isn't really even camping. Conversely, camps that fit the definition find the term reductive and think it trivialises an experience that, at many sites, is still designed to get you up close and personal with the natural world. Lastly, it just sounds kind of silly.
Yet we can admit that glamping is at least a convenient bit of shorthand – and that there's a wide range of hotels in The MICHELIN Guide selection that hit the sweet spot of being close to nature, yet with more than a touch of glamour. We’ve singled out some of the most stylish tent hotels below, ordered from those that bring just a little more comfort to the camping experience to those that provide full-on luxury.
El Cosmico
Marfa, USA
El Cosmico is one of our favourite hotels in the world, and much of our love stems from the variety of lodgings they offer. In addition to the vintage Airstream trailers they’re known for, there are tepees, yurts and safari tents. They’re sparsely furnished, but what decoration they do choose is impeccably curated, exceedingly cosy and oozing with character – which more than makes up for the fact that the bathrooms are not attached.
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Autocamp Yosemite
Yosemite, USA
As stunning as Yosemite National Park is, it’s never been served by accommodation you would describe as stylish. Autocamp changes that, with luxury tents, cabins and a fleet of custom-designed Airstream trailers (plus a clubhouse, indoor and outdoor lounge, swimming pool, firepits and general store). You’ve got all the comfort you need, on the doorstep of one of America’s most spectacular national parks. Autocamp haven't stopped there: they've also opened Autocamp Cape Cod, Autocamp Catskills and Autocamp Joshua Tree.
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Under Canvas Acadia
Acadia National Park, USA
Acadia is Maine’s spectacular coastal national park, and Under Canvas is a Montana-based purveyor of luxury tented camps. Put the two together and you get this: an array of tented accommodation set on raised platforms, all decked out with furniture by the modernist-inspired West Elm brand, from the shared-bathhouse Safari Tents to the mid-range options with private en-suite baths and a double-size suite which sleeps four. Check out all of the other Under Canvas camps, mostly located near national parks:
Under Canvas Bryce Canyon
Under Canvas Glacier
Under Canvas Grand Canyon
Under Canvas Great Smoky Mountains
Under Canvas Lake Powell – Grand Staircase
Under Canvas Moab
Under Canvas Mount Rushmore
Under Canvas North Yellowstone – Paradise Valley
Under Canvas West Yellowstone
Under Canvas Zion
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ULUM Moab
Moab, USA
As impressive as the Under Canvas camps are, ULUM is on another level. This upscale offshoot of the brand offers what is unmistakably a full-on resort experience. The lobby at ULUM Moab is a permanent brick-and-mortar structure, with each unit separated from its neighbours by a considerable distance. There's plenty of interior space for lounging too, as well as comforts you’d normally expect to find only in a proper luxury hotel.
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Collective Governors Island
Governors Island, USA
Governors Island isn’t quite typical of New York neighbourhoods – set between Brooklyn and the Statue of Liberty, a short water-taxi ride from lower Manhattan, it’s a park that enjoys unparalleled views and an inimitable atmosphere. Collective’s tents and shelters offer a unique urban camp experience, accompanied by cooking classes, meditation and yoga sessions, live entertainment, and cocktails on the Sunset Terrace. Don't miss their sister hotels Collective Hill Country and Collective Vail either.
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Terme di Vulci Glamping & Spa
Viterbo, Italy
Glamping is all about getting as close to nature as possible while retaining the comforts of a particularly lavish home. Now imagine the concept transplanted to the Maremma, on the border between Lazio and Tuscany, on a parcel of land blessed with naturally occurring hot springs. This is Terme di Vulci Glamping & Spa.
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Honeyguide Tented Safari Camps
Kruger National Park, South Africa
At the edge of South Africa’s famed Kruger National Park is the private Manyeleti Game Reserve – nearly a hundred square miles of wild bush, populated by all manner of game. The land is owned and managed by the Mnisi tribe, who’ve opened it up to a select few visitors: guests of the Honeyguide Tented Safari Camps. For the full safari experience, stay in the Mantobeni Camp, where the retro-romantic tents will give you a proper dose of what the hotel calls “Hemingway’s Africa”.
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Nomade Tulum
Tulum, Mexico
Located right on a white sand beach, Nomade Tulum is a rustic-chic enclave that brands itself as a temporary habitat for, well, nomads. Here, they can relax in a deluxe tent, one that’s been designed with the natural elements of the surrounding jungle and pitched only steps away from the Caribbean Sea. Those with a wandering spirit will also enjoy the sense of community here, with workshops and retreats designed to “awaken the soul, shake the body, and free the mind".
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Inara Camp
Agafay Desert, Morocco
Inara Camp is less than an hour’s drive from Marrakech, in the Agafay Desert at the foot of the Atlas Mountains. It’s a collection of impressively plush safari-style tents surrounding a swimming-pool oasis in what feels like the exact middle of nowhere. The aesthetic is tailored to its location and its Berber inspiration, but the concept is the same as any luxury tented camp: provide as much comfort as possible while still fully immersing guests in the natural environment.
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The Resort at Paws Up
Greenough, USA
The Resort at Paws Up is for the traveller who wants their wilderness escape to include all the comforts of civilisation. You’ll be out in the elements, but in the most luxurious manner imaginable. The tents here feature just about every comfort you could want, from hardwood floors, en-suite baths, air conditioning and heating, to internet, phone service and a camping butler. If you’re looking to combine mountain-West ruggedness with white-glove service, this is the place.
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Shamwari Sindile
Paterson, South Africa
The second of the Shamwari Private Game Reserve’s tented lodges is Shamwari Sindile, whose nine freestanding tents are slightly elevated above the veld along the side of the Bushman’s River, each one minimising its environmental footprint while also paying tribute to the habitat of the solitary leopard. Tents or not, these are luxe accommodations, with indoor fireplaces, plunge pools and outdoor showers. From here you’ve got a front-row view of the Eastern Cape wildlife.
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Wild Coast Tented Lodge
Yala, Sri Lanka
Sometimes a hotel’s appeal is as simple as the sum of its parts. The Sri Lankan coast is an extraordinary place for a holiday, and the luxury-tent safari camps of southern Africa offer an unforgettable immersion in nature. Put the two together and you’ve got Wild Coast Tented Lodge, on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka. It's sandwiched between a gorgeous beach and the utterly wild Yala National Park, home to elephants, leopards, monkeys and much more.
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Dunton River Camp
Dolores, USA
Four miles downriver from the much-lauded Dunton Hot Springs resort, this summer-only retreat is made up of eight freestanding tents – four at river’s edge, perfect for fishing, and four more up the hill, surrounded by aspen trees. Each comes with a private porch, king-sized bed and en-suite bathroom with soaking bathtub and shower – and they’re heated by gas stoves. Guests also have access to all manner of mountain sports in Dunton’s 1,600 acres of awe-inspiring wilderness.
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Aman-i-Khás
Ranthambhore, India
Staying at Aman-i-Khás means staying in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore National Park, surrounded by acres of wilderness and wildlife, including one of India’s top tiger reserves. The hotel is little more than an encampment of tents, each one heated and air conditioned, but minimally decorated in a combination of Mughal and British colonial style, with simple, sparse furnishings. As much as it can be, this is a modest form of luxury – the local wildlife is the main attraction.
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Zannier Hotels Sonop
Namib Desert, Namibia
Sonop places as little as possible between you and the picturesque Namib Desert. Fear not, however: Sonop’s ten luxurious tents, on platforms elevated above the rocky desert floor, are uninteresting to the leopards, hyenas, jackals and foxes that you’ll be sharing the landscape with. Given the plushness of the accommodation – they’re inspired by Twenties-vintage British colonial style – the experience here is a long way from ordinary camping.
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