One of eight vibes
A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
36 hotels on this page
Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Hotel Alfred Sommier
An 1860 Haussmannian family mansion featuring preserved gilded mouldings, original trumeaux, and monumental stone caryatids.
Hotel Altus Palace
Restored nineteenth-century Leipziger Palace features original Carrara marble staircases, Pompeian-style murals, and an ornate ballroom.
Hotel Arcadia
A 12th-century protected burgher house incorporating a preserved section of medieval city wall.
Hotel Arena
A restored 1886 Catholic orphanage featuring original wooden beams, a monumental staircase, and a 19th-century frescoed chapel.
Hôtel Arraya
A seventeenth-century pilgrimage waystation on the route to Santiago de Compostela.
Hotel Astoria
A protected 1935 functionalist landmark with Denmark's first revolving door at the entrance.
Hotel B
A 1914 Belle Époque seaside pavilion by Claude Sahut, once the summer retreat of President Augusto Leguía.
Hotel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes
A 1926 Art Deco palace displaying two thousand five hundred portraits of legendary film stars.
Hotel Barrière Le Normandy Deauville
Home to Coco Chanel's 1913 boutique and Claude Lelouch's 1966 film set.
Hotel Bayerischer Hof
King Ludwig I commissioned the 1841 hotel, which preserves its mirrored Spiegelsaal.
Hotel Bel-Air
Alphonzo Bell's 1920s planning office became a golden-age Hollywood sanctuary in 1946.
Hôtel Bella Tola et Saint-Luc SPA
Protected 1883 alpine shell preserving nineteenth-century painted ceilings and antique salons.
Hotel Belles Rives
The 1925 seaside villa where Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald hosted the Lost Generation.
Hotel Bellevue Syrene
An eighteenth-century private residence built over ruins and grottoes from imperial Rome.
Hotel Bonifacius
A preserved sixteenth-century canal house with authentic timber gables, leaded windows, and medieval architectural character.
Hotel Bristol, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Warsaw
A 1901 landmark founded by Ignacy Jan Paderewski, registered as a Historic Monument.
Hotel Brunelleschi
A restored sixth-century Byzantine tower and medieval church with an on-site archaeological museum.
Hotel Café Royal
Restored 1860s gilded rococo boiseries frame the Grade II listed Oscar Wilde Lounge where historic literary figures gathered.
Hotel Can Cera
A seventeenth-century palacete built around an open carriage courtyard with soaring stone arches.
Hotel Casa Del Mar
An Italian Renaissance 1926 beach club on the National Register of Historic Places.
Hotel Casa Fuster
A 1908 Catalan Modernisme mansion by architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, featuring an ornate white marble facade.
Hotel Casa Góngora - Relais & Châteaux
A seventeenth-century estate housing Spain's oldest operable wooden wine press from 1574.
Hotel Casa Morisca
An award-winning restoration of a late fifteenth-century Moorish residence featuring original Nasrid capitals and painted timber ceilings.
Hotel Casa Real
An 1881 Pompeian manor and Neo-Gothic chapel designated as Chilean National Monuments within a centennial estate.
Hotel Catedral
Glass viewing panels in the lobby reveal the excavated circular base of the Aztec Templo de Ehécatl.
Hotel Central
A 1928 landmark that debuted as Macau's tallest tower and home to the city's first licensed casino.
Hotel Chais Monnet & Spa
A restored 1838 cognac distillery preserving monumental oak foudres and vaulted barrel cellars.
Hotel Charleston Santa Teresa
A seventeenth-century Carmelite convent and Republican wing beside Cartagena's historic ramparts.
Hôtel Château de La Chèvre d’Or
A 1953 castle restaurant conversion that grew by absorbing neighboring stone dwellings.
Hotel Château du Grand-Lucé
An 18th-century neoclassical estate hosting Enlightenment philosophers and once safeguarding Louvre treasures.
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo
A twelfth-century pagoda and Meiji-era estate grounds frame the registered Zangetsu tea house and stone lanterns.
Hotel Chourakukan
A 1909 Meiji-era villa and designated National Important Cultural Property with preserved period salons.
Hotel Continental Saigon
Vietnam's oldest operating hotel from 1880, featuring Graham Greene's Room 214 and wartime correspondent lore.
Hotel Convent de la Missió
A seventeenth-century missionary convent with sandstone arches, vaulted crypts, and a restored chapel.
Hotel Copernicus
Preserved 16th-century polychrome frescoes and Gothic brick vaults inside a former canon residence.
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.