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.
Grand Hôtel
An 1874 landmark home to Spegelsalen, replicated from the Versailles Hall of Mirrors.
Grand Hotel a Villa Feltrinelli
Built in 1892, this lakeside villa later served as Mussolini's wartime headquarters.
Grand Hotel Amrâth Amsterdam
Occupying the monumental 1916 Scheepvaarthuis, celebrated as a foundational landmark of Amsterdam School architecture.
Grand Hotel Amrâth Kurhaus
An 1885 Neo-Renaissance palace protected as a national monument on Scheveningen Beach.
Grand Hotel Continental Siena
Sixteenth-century Palazzo Gori Pannilini retains its papal provenance, original Renaissance architecture, and historic noble-floor suites.
Grand Hotel De Djokja
Colonial 1912 architecture and dedicated Heritage Suites that sheltered pivotal figures during the Indonesian National Revolution.
Grand Hôtel du Lac
An 1868 Belle Époque landmark designed by Ernest Burnat, with storied literary ties.
Grand Hôtel du Lion D'Or
A sixteenth-century Renaissance manor with stone flagstones and antique fireplaces, welcoming travelers as an inn since 1774.
Grand Hotel et de Milan
Giuseppe Verdi lived and composed here for twenty-seven years in suite 105.
Grand Hotel et Des Palmes
Where Richard Wagner completed Parsifal in 1881 within a grand patrician residence.
Grand Hotel Fasano
A former 1888 Austrian imperial hunting lodge, stewarded across three generations by the Mayr family.
Grand Hotel Heiligendamm
Germany's original 1793 seaside resort, set across restored neoclassical white palaces along the Baltic shoreline.
Grand Hotel Kronenhof Pontresina
A registered 1848 landmark showcasing neo-Baroque wings, a 120-year-old crown chandelier, and restored Haberer ceiling frescoes.
Grand Hotel Majestic Bologna
An eighteenth-century archbishop seminary housing preserved ancient Roman road ruins in its cellar.
Grand Hotel Miramare
The 1903 Liberty palace hosted Guglielmo Marconi for his historic 1933 wireless transmissions from the terrace.
Grand Hotel Oslo
Operating since 1874, hosting Nobel Peace Prize laureates who greet crowds from the storied corner balcony.
Grand Hotel Parker's
A Grand Tour landmark from 1870 preserving nineteenth-century bronze statues, gilded oil paintings, and original crystal chandeliers.
Grand Hotel Plaza
Housed in nineteenth-century Palazzo Lozzano, preserving Antonio Sarti's noble architecture along central Via del Corso since 1864.
Grand Hotel Portovenere
A 1616 Franciscan convent with original brick vaulting and a citrus-planted cloister.
Grand Hotel Principe di Piemonte
An ornate 1920s Liberty-style facade with a crown frieze facing the Tyrrhenian seafront.
Grand Hotel Quisisana
Founded in 1845 as a hilltop healing clinic, housing the historic 1929 Liberty-style Teatro Quisisana.
Grand Hotel Son Net
Dating to 1672, the aristocratic country estate preserves its private chapel and spring-fed well.
Grand Hotel Timeo, a Belmond Hotel
Operating since 1873 beside the ancient Greek Theatre as Taormina's first grand hotel.
Grand Hotel Tremezzo
A 1910 Art Nouveau palazzo and an eighteenth-century villa on the lakeshore.
Grand Hotel Villa Castagnola
An 1880 Russian aristocratic winter residence set beside a seventeenth-century park chapel.
Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni
A neoclassical 1854 villa converted into a storied grand hotel in 1873.
Grand Hotel Yerevan
Opened in 1928 as Soviet Armenia's first hotel and Yerevan's tallest building.
Grand Hotel Zermatterhof
Operating continuously since 1879, the historic grand lodge was built by the village burgher community.
Grand-Hotel du Cap-Ferrat, A Four Seasons Hotel
A 1908 Belle Époque palace with a rotunda cupola designed by Gustave Eiffel.
Grandhotel Pupp
A Neo-Baroque landmark designed by Fellner and Helmer, rooted in eighteenth-century spa halls.
Grantley Hall
A restored seventeenth-century Grade II* listed Palladian mansion set beside an English Heritage-listed Japanese rock garden.
Gravetye Manor
Original 1598 Elizabethan stone fireplaces and thirty-five acres of William Robinson gardens.
Great Fosters
A Grade I listed sixteenth-century Tudor hunting lodge featuring original oak beams, tapestries, and royal crests.
Great Scotland Yard Hotel
Edwardian red brick facade housing London's original Metropolitan Police headquarters, restored with curated crime memorabilia.
Greywalls Hotel and Chez Roux, an SLH Hotel
Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll's only collaborative estate in Scotland, commissioned in 1901.
Gstaad Palace
A 1913 turreted castle preserving a 1783 shepherd's hut and wartime vault.
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.