One of eight vibes
A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
36 hotels on this page
They did this well. You’ll notice.
Villa Milimani
A 1927 wooden chalet preserves its steep gables and traditional timber facade.
Villa Mon Repos
An early twentieth-century Liberty villa that housed Taormina's glittering mid-century casino.
Villa Paranaguá Hotel & SPA (SPA e Restaurante apenas por Reserva)
A twentieth-century mansion once home to actress Tônia Carrero, restored under heritage oversight.
Villa Petriolo
A preserved sixteenth-century Renaissance estate once owned by Florentine nobility, retaining original terracotta floors and vaulted ceilings.
Villa Poggiano
An eighteenth-century Sienese aristocratic summer villa with a 1930 rationalist travertine pool.
Villa Principe Leopoldo
An 1868 summer villa built for Prince Frederick Leopold, preserving nineteenth-century salon architecture.
Villa Rosmarino
A 1907 sea commander's villa retains trompe l'oeil facades and garden millstones.
Villa Ruimzicht
An 1853 former boarding school and national monument set within an historic arboretum.
Villa Sassolini
Fifteenth-century aristocratic retreat preserving original sgraffito artwork etched into exterior plaster.
Villa Tolomei Hotel & Resort
A protected fourteenth-century noble villa, retaining historic family crests and restored Renaissance structures.
Village Aparthotel by BOA
Restored 19th-century Bairro do Silva workers' housing complex set around private stone alleyways.
Villars Palace
Preserved 1875 theatre architecture and a grand ballroom with original wooden ceilings dating from 1913.
Villas Foch
Restored 1850 neoclassical townhouses with monumental entrance arches and original ceiling mouldings.
Ville sull'Arno
A nineteenth-century riverside villa where Macchiaioli painters gathered around critic Diego Martelli.
Vincci Alfama
A restored crafts institute paying tribute to Saint Vincent and Lisbon heritage.
Vincci Ponte de Ferro
Converted nineteenth-century port wine storage warehouses preserve original granite stone walls and cliffside architectural foundations.
Vinilia Wine Resort
An early twentieth-century turreted manor house restored from an abandoned noble estate.
Vinotel
Restored 1880s wine merchant townhouse with lace balconies and vaulted brick cellars.
Virgin Hotels Edinburgh
The hotel occupies the 1864 Category A-listed India Buildings, incorporating vaulted cellars and a restored 19th-century church.
Vis Urban Suite & Spa
An 1876 residential palazzo preserved with period stone staircases and original apartment plaques.
Vista Boutique Hotel
A restored stone residence that sheltered anti-fascist partisans during World War II.
voco Grand Central Glasgow by IHG
An 1883 Queen Anne landmark where John Logie Baird transmitted early television pictures.
Volkshaus Basel
A restored 1925 civic hall preserving historical structural bones and soaring ballroom ceilings.
W Amsterdam
A 1906 KAS Bank headquarters and a 1924 telephone exchange converted into twin hospitality spaces.
W Bangkok
The restored 1889 neoclassical House on Sathorn preserves historic former embassy salons for afternoon tea and coastal dining.
W New York Union Square
The 1911 Beaux-Arts Germania Life building features preserved Corinthian marble columns and ornate carved rosette ceilings.
W15 Hanthana Estate
A restored nineteenth-century tea planter bungalow and converted horse stables on fifteen acres.
Wald & Schlosshotel Friedrichsruhe
An eighteenth-century baroque hunting lodge featuring ornate stucco ceilings, antique furnishings, and historic country estate buildings.
Waldhotel Arosa
A 1910 lung sanatorium whose alpine setting inspired Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain.
Walker Hotel Tribeca
An 1899 William Birkmire Renaissance Revival button factory preserves original iron shutters and subterranean brick vaults.
Walkerhill Douglas House
A 1963 modernist woodland lodge, named in honor of General Douglas MacArthur.
Wallawwa by Teardrop Hotels
An eighteenth-century chieftain manor once commandeered by Lord Mountbatten during the war.
Walled Garden - Wilderness Reserve
Victorian gardeners' bothies and an eighteenth-century kitchen garden restored into contemporary residential estate lodgings.
Wanås Restaurant Hotel
A sixteenth-century Scanian estate stewarded across nine generations, where converted farmstead buildings sit amid ancient beech forests.
Weinhaus Henninger
A 1615 half-timbered monument estate with preserved fireplaces and original tiled stoves.
WelcomHeritage Grace Hotel
A 200-year-old Kangra manor house once inhabited by the Raja of Nadaun.
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.