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.
Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine
A twelfth-century Premonstratensian abbey, officially designated as a Spanish national cultural monument.
Abbaye de la Bussière
A twelfth-century Cistercian abbey with classified Monument Historique status and vaulted cloisters.
Abbaye de Talloires
A seventeenth-century Benedictine monastery preserved as a protected national monument on Lake Annecy.
Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay
A twelfth-century Cistercian abbey and Rothschild country estate restored with vaulted Gothic chapter halls and antique woodwork.
Adare Manor
A Victorian Gothic calendar house with 365 leaded windows, 52 chimneys, and four towers completed in 1862.
ADLER Historic Guesthouse
Operating as a historic inn since the sixteenth century, once hosting Emperor Maximilian and Cosimo de' Medici.
Admiral Hotel Copenhagen
A 1787 grain warehouse built with hand-hewn Pomeranian pine beams and brick arches.
Aigialos Hotel Santorini
Fifteen restored captain residences and vaulted cave homes along Fira's caldera rim.
Airelles La Bastide, Gordes
Sixteenth-century stone edifices rise directly from the fortified ramparts of Gordes.
Airelles Palladio Venice
Centuries of history span Andrea Palladio's sixteenth-century church, a former lace atelier, and the seventeenth-century Villa Frollo.
Akwaaba Mansion
Restored 1860s freestanding Italianate villa featuring original gaslight-era fixtures, fourteen-foot ceilings, and grand carved woodwork.
Albergo Gelsomino Hotel
A 1927 Italian colonial guesthouse designed by Rodolfo Petracco, preserved along the Kos Town waterfront.
Alchymist Grand Hotel and Spa
Four sixteenth-century Renaissance and Baroque townhouses featuring preserved ceiling frescoes, antique filigree, and a 1257 courtyard tower.
Alexandra Palace - La Maison Younan
A restored Louis XIII style château listed as an official historic monument.
Aliée Istanbul - A Paris Society Collection Hotel
Centuries-old Ottoman naval shipyard storehouses anchor a restored six-century-old Turkish hammam.
Almanac Palais Vienna
Two restored 1871 Ringstraße palaces retain original ceiling frescoes and period staterooms.
Althoff Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg
Early eighteenth-century Baroque hunting lodge built for Prince-Elector Jan Wellem, featuring preserved Medici plasterwork and grand stone fireplaces.
Altstadthotel Weisses Kreuz
A 1465 medieval structure along historic arcades where a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lodged in 1769.
Alvear Palace Hotel
A 1932 French neoclassical landmark and designated city monument bringing Parisian Belle Époque glamour to Avenida Alvear.
Aman Sveti Stefan
Fifteenth-century fortified stone cottages and a 1930s royal villa overlooking the Adriatic.
Aman Venice
Sixteenth-century Palazzo Papadopoli showcasing Giovanni Battista Tiepolo frescoes and ancestral residence of Venetian counts.
Amanfayun
Restored 18th-century tea-farming hamlet with century-old clay-tiled cottages and cobblestone village thoroughfares.
Amangalla
Seventeenth-century Dutch garrison headquarters inside Galle Fort, preserving original 300-year-old jackwood floors.
Amankora Punakha
Centered on a restored three-storey farmhouse built by a former Chief Abbot of Bhutan and royal summer retreat.
Amansara
Built in 1962 as the royal guest villa of King Norodom Sihanouk.
Amantaka
Restored 1923 French provincial hospital pavilions with dusky-green shutters set around central courtyards.
Amanyangyun
Reconstructed Ming and Qing dynasty courtyard villas with four-hundred-year-old carved stone reliefs and historic timber beams.
Ambassade Hotel
Restored seventeenth-century canal mansions along the Herengracht preserve historic timber framing, split levels, and monumental gables.
Amberley Castle Sussex
A twelfth-century fortress enclosed by sixty-foot curtain walls, Norman lancet windows, and a working nightly portcullis.
Amerikalinjen
The 1919 transatlantic shipping headquarters preserves original wood carvings and grand staircases.
Amoy Hotel
Guests enter through the restored 1824 Fuk Tak Chi temple museum along conserved Telok Ayer shophouses.
AMTD Dao by Dorsett Hornsey
Restored Grade II* listed 1935 modernist municipal landmark retaining original timber wall panelling and period ironmongery.
Ananda In The Himalayas
Centered on the 19th-century Viceregal Palace of the Maharaja of Tehri-Garhwal, complete with historic billiards room.
Anantara Convento di Amalfi Grand Hotel
An 800-year-old Capuchin monastery preserving Arab-Sicilian cloisters, a consecrated Baroque chapel, and vaulted monks’ quarters.
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.