Travel Picks: 10 Top ultra boutique hotels

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Increasing numbers of hotels call themselves "boutique" but many of these may have over 100 rooms and lack the intimacy of a truly boutique property.

So where are the lodgings that reflect the style, intimacy and personal attention of a true jewel-box hotel? Luxury travel site globorati.com lists 10 of the world's top "ultra boutique" hotels which all have a dozen rooms or less.

This selection is not endorsed by Reuters:

1. The Eugenia: Bangkok, Thailand (www.theeugenia.com/)

This 19th-century colonial house boasts a dozen plush suites with hand-beaten copper tubs and four-poster beds. Several vintage Jaguars stand ready to chauffeur you at will.

2. Katitche Point Greathouse: British Virgin Islands (www.katitchepoint.com/)

Katitche Point Greathouse, on the verdant bluffs of Virgin Gorda, has four suites and master guestroom overlooking Sir Francis Drake Channel where the Caribbean meets the Atlantic. From the top of the pyramidal main lodge, stargaze from a hammock.

3. Riad Meriem: Marrakech, Morocco (www.riadmeriem.com/)

Custom-made lanterns scatter the walls with "constellations" at this five-suite hotel decorated by Manhattan designer Thomas Hays. Life centers around the courtyard with its plunge pool and lounge, while a jasmine and bougainvillea clad roof terrace is the place to catch the sun set.