Top mountain hotels

Mountain hotels aren’t just for skiers and climbers. While those may have provided roots for many a high-altitude outpost, some of the world’s best getaways now offer amenities such as fine dining and spa treatments.

Want to ditch the crowds or get away from the heat of a summer in the city? Forbes Traveler has put together its list of the 10 Best Mountain Hotels. If you’re able to book any of these, be sure of one thing: You won’t be roughing it.

Here’s the group:

• Uma Paro, Bhutan
• The Lodge and Spa at Cordillera, Cordillera, Colo.
• Hotel Ancora, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
• Fairmont Banff Springs, Canada
• Grand Dragon, Ladakh, India
• Arlberg Hospiz Hotel, Arlberg, Austria
• Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge, Peru
• Sofitel Dalat Palace Hotel, Dalat, Vietnam
• Les Fermes de Marie, Megeve, France

Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, N.H.

To read all about these, and to take in a tempting slideshow, visit Forbes Traveler.

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