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.
Prince de Galles, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Paris
Authentic 1928 Art Deco architecture along Avenue George V centered around an original mosaic-tiled courtyard patio.
Princes' Palace Resort
A restored 1885 Belle Époque mansion once home to an Ottoman artillery commander.
Priory Wareham
A Grade II* listed sixteenth-century priory house set within four acres of cottage gardens along the River Frome.
Pulitzer Amsterdam
Twenty-five interconnected seventeenth-century merchant canal houses preserved along the Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht waterways.
PURS Luxury Boutique Hotel
A restored 1677 chancellery retains original timber beams, stucco ceilings, and ancient Roman artefacts excavated on site.
Qarvasla Hotel
An 1890s Silk Road caravanserai restored with red brickwork and Moorish keyhole archways.
QC Terme Bagni di Bormio Bagni Nuovi
An 1836 neoclassical thermal palace preserving King Vittorio Emanuele's original marble bathtub.
Qiushui Villa
A 1930s lakeside villa built by newspaper magnate Shi Liangcai for Shen Qiushui.
QT Sydney
Preserved 1920s features across the merged Gowings department store and State Theatre, complete with original timber floorboards.
Quinta Nova Nossa Senhora do Carmo
An 18th-century manor house featuring a preserved 1764 granite winery and a 1795 riverside chapel.
RAAS Devigarh
An eighteenth-century royal fortress restored over fifteen years, preserving defensive ramparts and courtyards.
Radisson Collection Hotel Xing Guo Shanghai
Seventeen-acre parkland preserving 1930s garden villas, including Clough Williams-Ellis's copper-roofed Hazelwood Palladian mansion.
Radisson Collection Hotel, Palazzo Nani Venice
Sixteenth-century patrician residence preserved with mythological frescoes and Alessandro Vittoria stuccos.
Raffles Europejski Warsaw
Enrico Marconi's 1857 palace on the Royal Route retains its soaring 19th-century proportions.
Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor
Ernest Hébrard designed this 1932 French Indochina landmark with its original open-cage elevator.
Raffles Hotel Le Royal Phnom Penh
Ernest Hébrard's 1929 master plan, layering French colonial symmetry with Khmer stone carving.
Rajmahal Palace RAAS Jaipur
An eighteenth-century maharaja residence that later served as Jaipur's historic British Residency.
Rakkojae Seoul Main Hanok
A 130-year-old Joseon estate restored through traditional joinery by Master Carpenter Jeong Yeong-jin.
Ran Baas The Palace
An 18th-century royal guesthouse in Patiala fortress, restored with gilded arches and frescoes.
Refuge du Montenvers
Built in 1880 from quarried granite to shelter early Mont Blanc mountaineers.
Regina Experimental Biarritz
A 1907 Belle Époque landmark on the cliffs, retaining its original cupolas and monumental Eiffel-style glazed atrium.
Reid's Palace, A Belmond Hotel, Madeira
A listed 1891 cliffside palace where Winston Churchill painted and wrote his memoirs.
Relais & Châteaux Schlosshotel Chastè - Scuol Tarasp
A five-hundred-year-old Engadine farmhouse held by the Pazeller family across twenty-two generations beneath Tarasp Castle.
Relais & Châteaux Weeshuis Gouda
Red-shuttered sixteenth-century orphanage and monastery complex framing a serene courtyard beside Sint Janskerk.
Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce
Sixteenth-century half-timbered gabled canal houses feature leaded stained glass and preserved period woodwork over the Dijver.
Relais Chateaux Il Falconiere & Spa
A seventeenth-century villa and chapel, once home to poet Antonio Guadagnoli, preserved by the Baracchi family since 1860.
Relais Christine
Seventeenth-century townhouse preserving thirteenth-century Gothic abbey vaults, ancient stone crypts, and a private cobblestone courtyard.
Relais d’Amboise
Historic noble residences and sixteenth-century convent buildings flank centuries-old troglodyte limestone galleries.
Relais San Maurizio
A 1619 Cistercian monastery with vaulted stone cellars set among Langhe hills.
Reschio Hotel
An eleventh-century fortified stronghold with restored ramparts, ancient stone courtyards, and a five-story suite inside the watchtower.
Residenza Napoleone III
Sixteenth-century Palazzo Ruspoli, home to the Ruspoli family since 1713 and Emperor Napoleon III in 1830.
Rex Hotel
A 1927 automotive garage turned wartime headquarters for daily military press briefings.
Riad Fes
A restored fourteenth-century palace spanning five interconnected houses with carved cedarwood doors.
Riad Laaroussa
A restored seventeenth-century palace preserving antique zellij tilework and carved plaster filigrees.
Riad Mayfez Suites & Spa
A restored nineteenth-century Grand Vizier residence and listed monument spanning Arabo-Moorish courtyards and an Art Deco villa.
Riggs Washington DC
An 1891 Romanesque Revival bank where twenty-three American presidents kept their accounts.
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.