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Condé Nast Traveler is an award-winning travel and luxury lifestyle magazine that is consistently recognized as one of the best publications of its kind within its industry. Each year, its discerning readers vote on a range of their favorite hotels and experiences across diverse categories and locales, thus giving fellow readers a real, intimate look at what is favored by actual customers, rather than just putting blind faith in the inner workings of PR and marketing teams.

The numbers are in for the 2017 readers’ choice for the top 10 hotels in the United States. Without further ado, here they are across the glorious land of the home of the free and land of the brave, in descending order, starting from the top-rated:

Faena Hotel (Miami Beach, FL)

Langham Place Fifth Avenue (New York, NY)

The Umstead Hotel and Spa (Cary, NC)

Kimpton EPIC Hotel (Miami, FL)

The Hay-Adams (Washington, D.C.)

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morning views ☀️ #thewhitehouse

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Mandarin Oriental (Boston, MA)

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1 Hotel South Beach (Miami, FL)

Melrose Georgetown Hotel (Washington, D.C.)

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I love a boutique hotel. 🛎

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The Hermosa Inn (Paradise Valley, AZ)

The Restoration (Charleston, SC)