Kick your feet up: Great terraces with even better views

Everyone travels for different reasons, and everyone requires different luxuries when they're on vacation. For some, it's a pool with poolside waitstaff and drink service. For others, it's a popular nightclub, or perhaps a restaurant with a celebrity chef. For us? We're suckers for a really, really good balcony or terrace. One that screams, "Light a cigar, pour a glass of champagne, sit on me, kick up your feet, and enjoy the view -- and pronto!"

And figuring that plenty of you won't mind joining us in dreaming of hotel terraces that overlook an azure ocean and swaying palm trees, we compiled some true hotel porn for you: a slideshow of our best hotel terraces with amazing views, from Hawaii, to Miami, to the Dominican Republic, and beyond.

Like the Jamaica Inn photo we have up above? We'll show you more breathtaking terrace photos below, or click through to the full Great Hotel Terraces slideshow on the left.

Not enough? View plenty more breathtaking shots in our full Great Hotel Terraces slideshow.