Ultra-Luxury AAA Five Diamond Hotels
AAA's Five Diamond rating is North America's hardest hotel accreditation to earn. Inspectors stay anonymously, file detailed reports, and Five Diamond status sits with roughly 0.3% of hotels rated. The properties below all carry it. The list skews North American because AAA is North American, but th
What's Included
Inclusion is binary: AAA's current Five Diamond list as of the most recent rating cycle. We don't second-guess the inspectors. Properties that lost the rating in a given year drop off until they regain it.
Best For
For travelers who want a credentialed shortlist of the highest-rated US hotels and resorts, particularly useful when planning multi-stop North American trips where you want operational consistency at the very top tier.
Top-Rated Properties
Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort
Orlando · 9.8/10
Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea
Hawaii · 9.8/10
Four Seasons Resort Hualalai
Kailua-Kona · 9.6/10
Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Golf Club & Spa
Carlsbad · 9.6/10
The Ritz-Carlton, Orlando, Grande Lakes
Orlando · 9.6/10
Solage, Napa Valley
Calistoga · 9.6/10
Montage Los Cabos
Los Cabos · 9.6/10
The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, Lake Oconee
Lake Oconee · 9.5/10
Four Seasons Resort Lanai
Lanai · 9.5/10
The Ritz-Carlton, Naples
Naples · 9.5/10
All Properties by Region
Mexico Central America & Caribbean (6)
- Four Seasons Hotel Mexico City, Mexico — 9.4/10 · Mexico City
- Four Seasons Resort Los Cabos at Cabo Del Sol — 9.3/10 · Los Cabos
- Four Seasons Resort Punta Cana — 9.2/10 · Punta Cana
- The St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort, Puerto Rico — 9.2/10 · Rio Grande
- Fairmont Mayakoba — 9.0/10 · Riviera Maya
- Banyan Tree Mayakoba — 9.0/10 · Playa del Carmen
North America (39)
- Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort — 9.8/10 · Orlando
- Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea — 9.8/10 · Hawaii
- Four Seasons Resort Hualalai — 9.6/10 · Kailua-Kona
- Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Golf Club & Spa — 9.6/10 · Carlsbad
- The Ritz-Carlton, Orlando, Grande Lakes — 9.6/10 · Orlando
- Solage, Napa Valley — 9.6/10 · Calistoga
- Montage Los Cabos — 9.6/10 · Los Cabos
- The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, Lake Oconee — 9.5/10 · Lake Oconee
- Four Seasons Resort Lanai — 9.5/10 · Lanai
- The Ritz-Carlton, Naples — 9.5/10 · Naples
- Conrad Orlando — 9.4/10 · Orlando
- Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina — 9.4/10 · Oahu
- The St. Regis Atlanta — 9.4/10 · Atlanta
- Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta — 9.4/10 · Atlanta
- The Peninsula Beverly Hills — 9.4/10 · Beverly Hills
- Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco — 9.4/10 · San Francisco
- Fairmont Grand Del Mar — 9.3/10 · San Diego
- Mandarin Oriental, New York — 9.3/10 · New York
- Four Seasons Hotel Houston — 9.2/10 · Houston
- Conrad Indianapolis — 9.2/10 · Indianapolis
- Four Seasons Hotel Toronto — 9.2/10 · Toronto
- The Ritz-Carlton, Denver — 9.2/10 · Denver
- Bellagio, a Luxury Collection Resort & Casino, Las Vegas — 9.0/10 · Las Vegas
- The Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. — 9.0/10 · Washington, D.C.
- The Ballantyne, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Charlotte — 9.0/10 · Charlotte
- The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort — 9.0/10 · Miami
- Fairmont Scottsdale Princess — 8.9/10 · Scottsdale
- Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi — 8.8/10 · Santa Fe
- Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa — 8.7/10 · Sonoma
- Waldorf Astoria New York — 8.7/10 · New York City
- Fairmont Copley Plaza — 8.6/10 · Boston
- W Miami — 8.5/10 · Miami
- Fairmont Southampton — 8.5/10 · Bermuda
- Fairmont Hotel Macdonald — 8.4/10 · Edmonton
- W Philadelphia — 8.3/10 · Philadelphia
- W Dallas - Victory — 8.2/10 · Dallas
- Fairmont San Jose — 8.2/10 · San Jose
- W New York - Times Square — 8.0/10 · New York
- W Las Vegas — 8.0/10 · Las Vegas