The first-class element of a holiday is neither the journey nor the destination. It’s the bed. Your room could have the most wonderful views of Central Park or you could be staying in a luxury tent in the remote north of Mozambique – but if the bed isn’t comfortable, your holiday is just ruined.

A hotel bed is cushioned with pleasures. First, there’s the magic of leaving it unmade in the morning and, when you return late at night, you find the pristine sheets tucked in, with the exclamation mark of a chocolate on the pillow.

Then there’s the comfort of it. No more counting sheep – the best hotels in the world acknowledge the fact that you’re tired and therefore make sure that while you indulge in room service, watch television, read and sleep, the mattress is as huggingly comforting as your best friend.

Trump International Hotel, Las Vegas

They say that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Which is a good thing when a hotel bed is involved because the fact that you don’t remember anything means that you were sleeping like a baby.

The beds at the Trump International Hotel are by Stearns & Foster, acknowledged as the best in the mattress business. Under the quilted surface, the titanium coils are individually wrapped so that movement is limited. The beds also come with a Downlite comforter and extra-large pillows.

Built by hand by certified craftsman and using only the finest materials, these mattresses redefine luxury.

Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam

We all know that Amsterdam is a bit quirky – but a gigantic hotel bed?

Let’s start from the beginning. A former prison, the Lloyd Hotel is located in Amsterdam’s docklands and is the first one-to-five star hotel in the world. No two rooms are the same and most have been designed and furnished by renowned Dutch designers.

The main differences between the rooms are in the beds – the ultimate is the Classical Music Room, which comes with a piano and a massive four-metre wide bed.

Hotel on Rivington, New York

Located in the Lower East Side, one of New York’s trendiest neighbourhoods, the Hotel on Rivington is all about snazzy, sleek comfort. Especially in bed, because every room in the hotel comes with a Tempur-Pedic mattress.

These mattresses adjust with your every movement – whether you sleep on your back, stomach or side, these mattresses are form fitting in order to maintain proper spinal alignment and also to relieve any pain you might have at key pressure points.

Propeller Island City Lodge, Berlin

If you’re after surrealist dreams, then book your room at the Propeller Island City Lodge in Berlin.

This lodge has reinvented sleep as a Peter Pan magical experience which will leave you wondering whether you are actually asleep in an art installation. Beds are like a magic carpet – cleverly set on a tilted floor, they appear as if they are flying. Rooms have been designed by German artist Lars Stroschen and each comes with its individual quirks – some rooms come with upside-down fittings to enhance your flying, sorry, sleeping experience.

The Benjamin Hotel, Manhattan

If you’re weary, then you will certainly find rest at The Benjamin Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.

Hotel rooms don’t come more sleep-specific than this – think 400-plus-thread-count Egyptian linens and a down comforter with triple sheeting. Moreover, the hotel employs a sleep concierge who will walk you through a 12-choice pillow menu – the choice includes pillows filled with buckwheat hulls and soft-foam with silk covers.

The hotel even offers a sleep guarantee – if you don’t sleep well, it will refund the cost of that night’s stay.

Four Seasons, Cairo

Located in the soaring Giza Tower, the Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at The First Residence is a luxurious expanse of gold, granite, gilded furnishings, magnificent views of the pyramids and the most comfortable beds this side of the Nile.

The hotel emphasises luxury in every nook and cranny of your room – have a luxurious bath in the deep soaking tub before you sleep in a bed that is as soft as a cloud.

Chewton Glen, Hampshire, England

If you were lucky enough to have a sizeable garden when you were growing up, then you must have special memories of sleeping in a swaying tree house.

Set on the edge of the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England, Chewton Glen seeks to recreate that experience. The rooms in this privately owned luxury country house are all built high among the trees in a secluded valley – this means that a 130-acre expanse of trees and picturesque grounds lie outside your window.

Enjoy the tree house experience – and instead of lying on the bare floorboards of your tree house, you get to sleep in a bed that is as soft as a mound of freshly cut grass.

La Mamounia, Marrakesh

This hotel is a legend, not only in Morocco but in the world.

After a three-year refurbishment, this old lady of hospitality has been nipped and beautifully tucked. Faithful to its original Moorish and art deco style, the hotel has been upgraded with leather-clad lifts and walk-in closets – however, it has maintained its old world charm, best showcased in the mythical Churchill Bar and the manicured park.

The bed is as deliciously soft as a Moroccan almond pastry – the Egyptian cotton sheets have such a high thread-count that you will run out of numbers.

Kandy House, Kandy

A former ancestral manor house, Kandy House has been transformed into a designer boutique hotel that blends in with the beautiful natural surroundings of Sri Lanka.

Such is the connection that the hotel enjoys with the tropical garden setting that the rooms are named after butterflies. The five deluxe rooms are as intricately colourful as the butterflies that give them their name – Sunbeam, Cornelian, Monkey Puzzle, Pioneer and Lime butterfly.

The beds are honeymoon perfect, dressed in the softest and most luxurious of Sri Lankan fabrics.