Four Seasons Hotel Macao

What the classifiers highlight

Portuguese old-world refinement meets Asian antiques sourced locally, a quieter register than the rest of Cotai. Forbes counts five outdoor pools, two of them shallow for families plus a lagoon, and a 20,000-square-foot spa spacious enough that guests often have it to themselves. Dinner runs from Cantonese at Zi Yat Heen to Portuguese and Macanese cooking at Belcançao.