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.
The Great Southern Killarney
An 1854 railway hotel founded on a perpetual train agreement with Lord Kenmare.
The Half Moon, Herne Hill
A Grade II* listed Victorian pub preserving 1896 Jacobethan joinery, Corinthian columns, and hand-painted avian mirrors.
The Henry Hotel Manila
Restored 1940s postwar family villas arranged around mature tropical gardens in Pasay.
The Henry Jones Art Hotel
Restored 1820s jam factory and sandstone warehouses along Hobart's historic waterfront wharf.
The Hermitage Hotel
A 1910 Beaux-Arts National Historic Landmark that served as the pivotal headquarters for the 1920 suffrage ratification.
The High Line Hotel
An 1895 Collegiate Gothic seminary building featuring red brick façades, gas lamps, and private cloistered grounds.
The Hiramatsu Kyoto
A restored 1899 kyo-machiya townhouse preserving traditional wooden lattice windows, earthen plaster walls, and structural timbers.
The Hollywood Roosevelt
1927 Spanish Colonial shell where the inaugural 1929 Academy Awards ceremony took place.
The Hotel Chalet
Chattanooga's 1909 Beaux-Arts Terminal Station, saved from demolition and reimagined as sleeper quarters.
The Hotel Hershey
Commissioned by Milton Hershey during the Great Depression, the 1933 landmark overlooks historic formal gardens.
The Hotel Seiryu Kyoto Kiyomizu
A 1933 elementary school conversion preserving original arched brick facades, sweeping staircases, and historic classroom proportions.
The Hotel Windsor
Charles Webb designed this 1883 Victorian landmark where delegates drafted Australia's 1898 federal constitution.
The Hoxton Amsterdam
Five interconnected seventeenth-century canal townhouses featuring preserved timber beams, monumental ceilings, and historic fireplaces.
The Hoxton, Lloyd
A 1921 listed shipping lodge by Evert Breman, once home to artists' studios.
The Imperial New Delhi
A 1936 Art Deco landmark housing five thousand original Indo-European artworks along marble corridors.
The Inn at Mattei's Tavern
Restored 1886 stagecoach stop featuring four original cottages, a landmark wooden water tower, and the 1886 guest ledger.
The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe
A 1924 Spanish Colonial Revival retreat set among fragrant eucalyptus groves.
The Inn at the Spanish Steps
An 18th-century aristocratic residence holding national monument status, retaining original exposed timber beams, cherubim frescoes, and historic grandeur.
The Inn of The Five Graces
Historic 17th-century adobe structures and 1880s riverstone army buildings in America's oldest residential neighborhood.
The Interlude Hotel at Pentridge
Nineteenth-century bluestone cells and exercise yards surround the rare surviving panopticon.
The Jaffa
A restored nineteenth-century French hospital and convent incorporating an excavated thirteenth-century Crusader bastion into the lobby.
The James Suite Hotel 1564 Firenze
A restored 1564 convent where original Renaissance arches and angelic ceiling frescoes surround a secluded cloistered courtyard.
The Jefferson
A 1923 Beaux-Arts building displaying six original Jefferson-signed documents beneath a restored 1920s vaulted skylight.
The Jefferson Hotel
Built in 1895, this Beaux-Arts landmark retains authentic Tiffany stained glass and storied presidential guest histories.
The Johri Jaipur
An 1871 merchant haveli carefully restored around an open-air central courtyard.
The Knickerbocker
A 1906 Beaux-Arts landmark commissioned by John Jacob Astor IV, celebrated as the birthplace of the dry martini.
The Landmark London
A Grade II listed 1899 Victorian railway palace with an ornate red-brick facade and central carriage courtyard.
The Lanesborough Hotel
Housed in William Wilkins' 1827 neoclassical Grade II* listed landmark, originally built as St George's Hospital.
The Langham Boston
Built inside the 1922 Federal Reserve Bank, retaining original terrazzo floors, brass seals, and restored Wyeth murals.
The Langham London
Opened in 1865 by the Prince of Wales as Europe's first purpose-built grand hotel.
The Langham Yangtze Boutique Hotel
A 1933 Art Deco landmark featuring ornate zigzag balconies, a stained-glass dome, and storied jazz-age ballroom history.
The Langley, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Buckinghamshire
An 18th-century Palladian lodge and Grade II-listed brewery conversion set within historic Capability Brown parkland.
The Largo
Five historic townhouses dating from the fifteenth century restored with exposed granite foundations and preserved plasterwork.
The Liberty, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Boston
The 1851 Charles Street Jail retains monumental granite walls and original cell blocks.
The LINE DC
A landmark 1912 Neoclassical church preserves monumental ionic columns and soaring vaulted ceilings.
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.