It List 2022: Our Editors' Picks of the Best New Hotels in the World

Alexandra Marvar | Travel + Leisure

After years of stilted attempts to expand the city of Savannah eastward, a long-awaited new riverfront district, Eastern Wharf, is coming into its own. At its heart is the Thompson Savannah hotel. A few minutes’ walk from the cobblestones and clamor of River Street, this elevated, spacious new addition to the Thompson portfolio (with interiors designed by Studio 11) feels a world apart from the city. In a light-filled lobby with towering ceilings, guests lounge at an inviting bar, surrounded by pop-up exhibitions curated by celebrated Savannah gallery Laney Contemporary. At the first-floor restaurant Fleeting, executive chef Rob Newton helms a menu of seasonally driven Southern cuisine. Up a grand staircase, a vast pool terrace beckons with daybeds, cabanas, and lounge chairs. And thoughtful details define the guest rooms, like the D.S. & Durga products in the massive walk-in showers and the mini-bars stocked with local IPAs. But the standout amenity is those views. Savannah is a river town, and nowhere embraces this like the Thompson, purposely set back from the water and fronted by green space.

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