Legend has it they'll take away your worries as you sleep -- provided you're not weirded out having a set of slightly eerie dolls beneath your pillows all night.
Worry dolls (Casa Palopó, Guatemala) —
Legend has it they'll take away your worries as you sleep -- provided you're not weirded out having a set of slightly eerie dolls beneath your pillows all night.
Courtesy Casa Palopo
The Nest is a canopied dining perch 60 feet up in a Ceiba tree. Before the excitement of eating in a tree, you'll have to zip-line across a 400-foot cable.
Treehouse (Pacuare Lodge, Costa Rica) —
The Nest is a canopied dining perch 60 feet up in a Ceiba tree. Before the excitement of eating in a tree, you'll have to zip-line across a 400-foot cable.
Courtesy Pacuare Lodge
Dog walking meets Mayan history at Sandos Caracol. Guests can take the resort's "warrior" dogs, known as Xoloitzcuintle, for a walk around the grounds.
Warrior dogs (Sandos Caracol, Mexico) —
Dog walking meets Mayan history at Sandos Caracol. Guests can take the resort's "warrior" dogs, known as Xoloitzcuintle, for a walk around the grounds.
Courtesy Sandos Caracol
The hotel offers pole-dancing classes twice a week in an outdoor palapa. Guest experience manager Sadri Alexander admits when he first suggested the idea, people thought he was nuts. But the classes have become so popular that the hotel has had to add more poles.
Pole-dancing (Paradisus Playa del Carmen, Mexico) —
The hotel offers pole-dancing classes twice a week in an outdoor palapa. Guest experience manager Sadri Alexander admits when he first suggested the idea, people thought he was nuts. But the classes have become so popular that the hotel has had to add more poles.
Courtesy Paradisus Playa del Carmen
Hotel de Larache takes advantage of its prime astronomy spot in Chile's Altiplano desert region with an observatory housing a 16-inch, advanced-optics Meade telescope to gaze into the great black yonder.
Observatory (Hotel de Larache, Chile) —
Hotel de Larache takes advantage of its prime astronomy spot in Chile's Altiplano desert region with an observatory housing a 16-inch, advanced-optics Meade telescope to gaze into the great black yonder.
Courtesy Hotel de Larache
Entertain the neighbors! Hard Rock's exclusive Sound of Your Stay program lets you live out your dream of rock stardom with Fender axes, amps and music-mixing software.
Fender guitar (Hard Rock Hotel, Panama City) —
Entertain the neighbors! Hard Rock's exclusive Sound of Your Stay program lets you live out your dream of rock stardom with Fender axes, amps and music-mixing software.
Courtesy Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos
This 16th-century-convent-turned-hotel has its own Incan artifacts and history worth exploring. Guided tours of the grounds are offered nightly.
History Lessons (JW Marriott Cusco, Peru) —
This 16th-century-convent-turned-hotel has its own Incan artifacts and history worth exploring. Guided tours of the grounds are offered nightly.
Courtesy JW Marriott Cusco
Not just a pretty pool, a dip in these waters is reputed to have healing powers, generated by 40,000 local luminescent-green aventurine quartz stones, believed to have the most healing properties of any gem.
Fountain of Youth (UXUA Casa, Brazil) —
Not just a pretty pool, a dip in these waters is reputed to have healing powers, generated by 40,000 local luminescent-green aventurine quartz stones, believed to have the most healing properties of any gem.
Courtesy UXUS Casa
Toiletry stashers rejoice! Famed perfumer Françoise Caron created the popular Eau d'Orange Verte fragrance for Hermés back in 1979. It comes with your room at the Alvear Palace Hotel.
Hermes swag (Alvear Palace, Buenos Aires) —
Toiletry stashers rejoice! Famed perfumer Françoise Caron created the popular Eau d'Orange Verte fragrance for Hermés back in 1979. It comes with your room at the Alvear Palace Hotel.
Courtesy Alvear Palace Hotel
Some of the biggest names in polo have graced this 4,000-acre field. So what if you can't name any of them? The hotel offers private lessons if you want to give the mallet a swing.
Polo (Estancia Vik Jose Ignacio, Uruguay) —
Some of the biggest names in polo have graced this 4,000-acre field. So what if you can't name any of them? The hotel offers private lessons if you want to give the mallet a swing.
Courtesy Estancia Vik Jose Ignacio
This cozy retreat is housed in a former convent located 11,152 feet above sea level. The hotel pumps sweet oxygen into rooms to combat altitude sickness.
Oxygen (Palacio Nazarenas, Peru) —
This cozy retreat is housed in a former convent located 11,152 feet above sea level. The hotel pumps sweet oxygen into rooms to combat altitude sickness.
Courtesy Adrian Houston/Orient-Express
Guests can add to a 1,100-acre rainforest by planting tropical almond saplings, a native species donated to the hotel by a nearby national park.
Tree planting (Los Suenos Marriott, Costa Rica) —
Guests can add to a 1,100-acre rainforest by planting tropical almond saplings, a native species donated to the hotel by a nearby national park.
Courtesy Los Suenos Marriott Ocean & Golf Resort
The owners of the Mukul Beach hotel are also the makers of the 100-year-old Flor de Cana Rum. Guests get a complimentary bottle of rum each day, as well as unlimited cocktails made with Flor de Cana until 5 p.m.
Rum (Mukul Beach, Golf & Spa, Nicaragua) —
The owners of the Mukul Beach hotel are also the makers of the 100-year-old Flor de Cana Rum. Guests get a complimentary bottle of rum each day, as well as unlimited cocktails made with Flor de Cana until 5 p.m.
Courtesy Mukul Beach
The Bristol is set in Panama City's bustling financial district. The hotel provides business cards with guests' name, phone number and hotel fax line.
Business cards (Bristol Panama, Panama City) —
The Bristol is set in Panama City's bustling financial district. The hotel provides business cards with guests' name, phone number and hotel fax line.
Courtesy Bristol Panama