The best adults-only independent hotels.

Mickey Muennig's cliffside icon — 39 rooms, two Michelin Keys, adults-only, the architectural pilgrimage.

Maui's only adults-only Relais & Chateaux — 72 suites on 15 acres, treetop dining, ocean views.

On an 80-foot cliff above Frenchman Bay — 10 adults-only rooms, private beach stairs, hot tub.

An 1875 Bahamian-style estate on a one-acre tropical garden — 17 adults-only rooms.

An adults-only 8-room inn on the Cape Cod Rail Trail — heated pool, loaner bikes, full breakfast.

Five adults-only micro-suites on the river. Self-serve luxury.

A 1940s cypress-shingle B&B across the dunes — six rooms, adults-only, Jockey's Ridge views.

A two-suite architect-designed B&B at the park gate — straw-bale construction, outdoor shower, adults only.

Four 1880s Bahamian-style cottages around a courtyard pool — 27 adults-only rooms in Old Town.

Fifteen waterfront rooms on Lake Michigan — adults-only, all rooms with whirlpool tubs and balconies.

Eight suites in a restored 1862 mansion — adults-only, Cannonborough-Elliotborough, deeply romantic.

Sixteen themed adults-only suites — each different, all maximalist, all with private patios.

Six adults-only rooms on a 30-acre Kona-coffee estate — built by the Inaba family in 1978.

An 1885 Tudor cottage on Bar Harbor's shorefront — 10 rooms, adults-only, bay views from the porch.

An eleven-room ocean-view inn on a 10-acre redwood grove — adults-only, all-inclusive breakfast and supper.

Twelve adults-only suites on three creekside acres — Asian-influenced, breakfast-on-the-deck format.

Adults-only 14-room boutique on a Mississippi River bluff — Forbes-rated dinners.

An 1904 Queen Anne mansion — nine adults-only rooms, walking distance to Duval Street.

A 1951 Herbert Burns mid-century motel restored 2016 — 28 adults-only rooms, palms and a pool.

Twenty-five upcountry-Maui rooms on a 7-acre yoga-retreat estate — adults-only, vegan-friendly.