St. Barts
9 ranked
hotels in St Barthelemy
13 MICHELIN Keys · 0 Forbes Five Star · 0 World's 50 Best placings
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French Caribbean hillsides above nine sheltered island bays
St Barthelemy has 9 hotels ranked in the finehotels.world index. Cheval Blanc St. Barth Isle De France leads on prestige score at 6.64 out of 10, followed by Le Barthélemy Hotel & Spa and Rosewood Le Guanahani St. Barth. Of those, 9 hold MICHELIN Keys.
St Barthelemy remains small, hilly and deliberately low-rise, and its hotels follow the coastline rather than dominate it. Nine ranked properties all hold MICHELIN Keys, one at the three-Key level and two at two Keys. Cheval Blanc St. Barth Isle De France occupies the sweep of Flamands Beach on the northwest shore, its bungalows set among palms behind the sand.
Other bays hold the rest. Rosewood Le Guanahani sits on a peninsula between Grand Cul-de-Sac lagoon and the open Atlantic, Le Sereno lines the same shallow lagoon with Christian Liaigre interiors, and Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa is nearby. Hotel Christopher looks out from Pointe Milou, Hotel Manapany from Anse des Cayes, and Fouquet's Saint-Barth brings a Parisian name to Gustavia.
| Hotel | Prestige | Distinctions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheval Blanc St. Barth Isle De France3 Keys · 39 rooms | 6.64 | 3 MICHELIN Keys |
| 2 | Le Barthélemy Hotel & Spa2 Keys · 44 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 3 | Rosewood Le Guanahani St. Barth2 Keys · 66 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 4 | Fouquet's Saint-Barth1 Key · 21 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 5 | GYP SEA SAINT BARTH1 Key · 21 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 6 | Hotel Christopher1 Key · 42 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 7 | Hotel Manapany1 Key · 43 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 8 | Le Sereno1 Key · 39 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 9 | Tropical Hotel St Barth1 Key · 24 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
Prestige score is shown out of 10. Sources: MICHELIN Guide hotel selection, Forbes Travel Guide 2026 Star Awards, The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2023 to 2025, La Liste Top 1000 Hotels.
Flamands and Grand Cul-de-Sac hold the largest beachfront properties, the former with surf and the latter with a shallow lagoon suited to families and water sports; Gustavia offers the harbour, duty-free shopping and restaurants on foot, while Pointe Milou and Anse des Cayes deliver cliff-edge privacy and sunset exposure.
Mid-December to April is high season, with the New Year period around Gustavia harbour the busiest week on the island; late April to June and November are calmer, and many hotels close from late August into October during hurricane season.
By prestige score, the three highest ranked hotels in St Barthelemy are Cheval Blanc St. Barth Isle De France, Le Barthélemy Hotel & Spa, Rosewood Le Guanahani St. Barth. The score is a composite of MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five Star ratings, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025, and La Liste's hotel ratings. finehotels.world tracks 9 award holding hotels in St Barthelemy in total.
St Barthelemy has 9 hotels holding MICHELIN Keys in this index, of which 1 hold the top rating of three Keys and 2 hold two Keys.
Each hotel is scored on a fixed formula built only from award facts, then shown on a scale of 5.00 to 10.00. MICHELIN Keys carry the most weight, a Forbes Travel Guide Five Star rating adds a flat six points, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are weighted equally, and a La Liste rating moves the total slightly. Nothing a hotel supplies about itself enters the score, and the full formula is published on the methodology page so any figure in the table can be reproduced from the awards beside it.
Mid-December to April is high season, with the New Year period around Gustavia harbour the busiest week on the island; late April to June and November are calmer, and many hotels close from late August into October during hurricane season.
Flamands and Grand Cul-de-Sac hold the largest beachfront properties, the former with surf and the latter with a shallow lagoon suited to families and water sports; Gustavia offers the harbour, duty-free shopping and restaurants on foot, while Pointe Milou and Anse des Cayes deliver cliff-edge privacy and sunset exposure.