One of eight vibes
A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
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Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Estancia La Paz
The 19th-century presidential summer residence of Julio Roca, set amid historic Jesuit canals.
Eurostars Grand Hotel Wien
An 1870 Ringstraße landmark by Carl Tietz that hosted Johann Strauss's golden jubilee in its grand halls.
Eurostars Langford
A 1925 Beaux-Arts bank building preserving original relief sculptures and a mail chute.
Fairmont Breakers Long Beach
Restored 1926 Spanish Renaissance Revival architecture with preserved ceiling plasterwork, vintage mail chutes, and historic military lookout roots.
Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
Founded in 1890 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, evolving from an alpine log cabin into a grand château.
Fairmont Château Laurier
A 1912 French Châteauesque landmark with limestone turrets, designated a National Historic Site.
Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston
A 1912 landmark preserving gilded coffered ceilings and the original lobby clock.
Fairmont Empress
Francis Rattenbury designed this 1908 Canadian Pacific Railway landmark, a National Historic Site.
Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square Hotel
Preserved 1893 red-brick chocolate factory complex beneath an illuminated landmark clock tower.
Fairmont Hotel Macdonald
1915 Grand Trunk Pacific railway chateau built in limestone French Renaissance style.
Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
A 1939 Châteauesque landmark with a pitched copper roof and gargoyles, opened for King George VI.
Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
A storied lakeside landmark expanded from an eleven-room inn into beaux-arts splendor.
Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu
Built in 1899 for steamship travellers and rebuilt in 1929 as a French château.
Fairmont Le Montreux Palace
A 1906 Belle Époque palace where diplomats signed the 1936 Montreux Convention.
Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club
Founded in 1959 by William Holden, the storied equatorial retreat retains its mid-century hunting lodge provenance.
Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle
A 1924 Italian Renaissance landmark with restored terrazzo floors and original staircases.
Fairmont Royal York
A 1929 Châteauesque landmark designed by Ross and Macdonald, once the tallest building in the British Empire.
Fairmont San Francisco
Julia Morgan rebuilt the earthquake-damaged 1906 shell, later hosting the United Nations charter meetings.
Fairmont Tazi Palace Tangier
Restored 1920s hillside palace originally commissioned as a residence for the Moroccan king's advisor.
Fairmont The Norfolk
Kenya's first stone-built hotel from 1904 preserves its half-timbered Edwardian facade and storied safari-era photographic archives.
Falkensteiner Schlosshotel Velden
A 1603 Renaissance summer palace rebuilt into a grand lakeside castle hotel.
Faralda Crane Hotel
A monumental 1950s shipyard crane restored into three suites towering over NDSM Wharf.
Faro Capo Spartivento
A restored 1856 naval lighthouse and signal station perched on rugged granite cliffs above the sea.
Faustino Gran Relais & Chateaux
Restored sixteenth-century aristocratic palaces connected through Ciutadella with vaulted stone ceilings and sandstone coats of arms.
Fawsley Hall Hotel & Spa
A Grade I listed Tudor manor where Queen Elizabeth I slept in 1575.
FCC Angkor by Avani
A restored 1917 French governor mansion that later housed international war correspondents.
Fera Palace Hotel
A 1934 Flatiron-style landmark with an IPHAN-listed Art Deco facade and restored windows.
Fingal Hotel
A 1963 lighthouse service vessel converted into twenty-three cabins at Leith's docks.
Flemings Mayfair Hotel
Thirteen interconnected 1730s Georgian townhouses operating continuously as an independent Mayfair hotel since 1851.
Fontainebleau Miami Beach
Morris Lapidus built this 1954 oceanfront landmark where the Rat Pack held court.
Fonteverde
A seventeenth-century porticoed palace commissioned by Grand Duke Ferdinando I de Medici over ancient Roman thermal baths.
Fontevraud L' Ermitage
Converted twelfth-century monastic priory within a UNESCO World Heritage royal abbey where medieval monarchs lie buried.
Fortaleza do Guincho
A 1642 coastal artillery fortress with vaulted ceilings and cannons overlooking the Atlantic.
Forte de São João da Barra
A seventeenth-century four-bastion star fortress protecting Tavira, preserved with thick stone ramparts and an interior courtyard.
Gold. Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.
Silver. Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bronze. They did this well. You’ll notice.
Listed. A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
Design. Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
Luxe. Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.
Local. It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.
Heritage. A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
Wellness. You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
Classic. The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.
Resort. A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.