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Hotel Monasterio, Cusco, Peru
Gregorian chants resonating through the medieval breakfast room, a buffet copious with freshest juices, home made yoghurts and breads, and lime for the papaya - New York Times synopses, and the roses on your table changed before your eyes.Ashford Castle, Co Mayo, Ireland

There is no noise except conversation in the George V room. Instant service brings fresh toast in silver racks, excellent coffee in hotel-inscribed silver pots. Outstanding juices in stemmed glasses, fruits, unsweetened yogurt, a whole ham carved to order - and the maitre d' kissed me goodbye.

Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, Hawaii USA
Breakfast in the Pacific Grill is such good value that Japanese probably fly in specially - for $22.75 you get masses of fresh juices, fruits, cold cuts and real breads rather than the sugary travesties I spend my whole life avoiding. A chef is on hand, and you can choose hot western or Asian dishes. Great way to start the day!Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff Springs AL, Canada The real winner in value.

A mere C$18 gives you great juice, whole fruits, unsweet yogurt, stylish choices of real or that ghastly whipped butter, and fabulous coffee. It is also oneof the biggest buffets in the business - walking round all the stations would constitute morning exercise for some (the fittest, however, have already been
out skiing, extreme biking or hiking).

Ritz-Carlton Singapore
To get a morning constitutional before breakfast, how about a walk around the hotel to see some of the 4,200 pieces in its original art collection? My own favorites include the gigantic glass wall sculptures either end of the main floor, both by Seattle artist Dale Chihuly. You will also see works by David Hockney, Frank Stella and Andy Warhol. Then head up to the 32nd floor Club lounge for its elegant breakfast buffet. You are overlooking Singapore River, and there is a small private room if you want a business meeting.

Hong Kong InterContinental, Hong Kong SAR, China
The view from the mezzanine Club lounge is over the lobby and across Victoria Harbour (a buzz of fascinating water traffic) to Hong Kong Island. Tables are set with fascinating tweed mats, Bauscher Thomas china with metal saucers, and Christofle Weldman coffee pots lean like Pisa's tower. Complimentary wi-fi and broadband is part of the offer.

The Ritz, London, England
Power breakfasts are in the beautiful baroque restaurant here (overhead gilt bronze festoons hang between nine chandeliers, each with 12 lights). The tasteful buffet has addictive muesli, coffee comes in non-spill pots, butter is Echire and jams are Duchy, from the charitable company owned by the Prince of Wales, who has given his Royal Warrant to the hotel as he holds an annual lunch here.

Soneva Gilli, The Maldives
Cycle to breakfast here. Each villa on this sandy private island comes with its own white push bike, with fabric pedal covers to protect your feet as no shoes are allowed. The breakfast buffet has an attendant fruit chef who makes your fruit platter to order, and the baguette here would satisfy any French connoisseur (butter, interestingly, is Dutch). There is a choice of 30 different teas.

Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai UAE
At Mina A'Salam - the resort with inland waterways, just like Venice - many choose a Club room merely for access to the 24-hour second floor lounge, which has its own adjacent conference room. Female servers wear local dress, and offer a truly international buffet. I like to breakfast out on the large terrace, watching the electric dhow taxis plying the canals below, with a view of the Gulf beyond.

Hotel de Paris, Monaco
Le Cote Jardin is, well, Monte Carlo elegance. In winter, you eat in a warming peach-colored room, in summer you can be outside, in a beautiful garden high over the port. Tables are set with soft green linens, china is white Bernardaud with green and gold rims. The buffet is memorable for its prunes and cheeses, and just-made breads, the service for its attention to detail (last time, the captain brought, unbidden, another butter, in its silver-topped glass container.

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