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.
Byblos Art Hotel Villa Amistà, an SLH Hotel
A sixteenth-century Venetian villa designed by Michele Sanmicheli amid classical Italian parkland.
Ca' Bonfadini
A restored seventeenth-century patrician palazzo preserving neoclassical fresco cycles by Giuseppe Borsato.
Ca' di Dio
A 1272 pilgrim hospice preserving three original cloisters and antique stone wells.
Ca' Sagredo Hotel
A 15th-century national monument palazzo preserving original ceiling frescoes by Tiepolo and a sweeping Pietro Longhi staircase.
Cambridge Beaches Resort & Spa
A 1923 cottage colony anchored by a seventeenth-century sea captain house set across a private peninsula.
Cambridge House
Lord Palmerston once lived in this 1756 Palladian mansion facing Green Park.
Can Albertí 1740 Boutique Hotel
A 1740 noble townhouse retaining original terracotta tiles, timber beams, and the Alberti family crest.
Canal House
Three seventeenth-century merchant canal houses preserving timber ceiling beams, ornate plasterwork, and historic fireplaces.
Canfranc Estación, a Royal Hideaway Hotel
The monumental 1928 international railway terminal retains its original concourse and ticketing booths.
Canoe Place Inn & Cottages
Restored 1922 Dutch Colonial Revival architecture standing on America's oldest recorded inn site.
Cap Rocat
A nineteenth-century coastal fortress restored with original ramparts, drawbridges, and stone watchtowers intact.
Capella Sydney
A meticulously restored 1912 Edwardian Baroque sandstone landmark, formerly the state Department of Education headquarters.
Capital Hotel
A preserved 1870s landmark featuring a cast-iron facade, stained-glass lobby skylight, and historic oversized presidential elevator.
Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore
Two linked conservation landmarks, the 1930 neoclassical Capitol Building and 1904 Venetian Renaissance Stamford House, meticulously restored.
Cappadocia Cave Suites
Troglodyte chambers and hand-carved stone suites built into ancient Byzantine monastic caves.
Cappuccini Resort
A sixteenth-century Capuchin convent, with guestrooms converted from former friars' cells.
Caravelle Saigon
Wartime home to international news bureaus, preserving historical archives and original 1959 architecture.
Caro Hotel
A historic palace preserving second-century Roman mosaics and a twelfth-century Arabic defensive wall.
Carton House, A Fairmont Hotel
An eighteenth-century Palladian mansion where Queen Victoria once stayed, set across historic demesne grounds.
Caruso, A Belmond Hotel, Amalfi Coast
An eleventh-century noble palazzo preserving vaulted stone archways and restored period frescoes.
Casa Cipriani
The preserved 1909 Beaux-Arts Battery Maritime Building features original exterior ironwork and historic Guastavino vaulted tilework.
Casa da Calçada
A preserved sixteenth-century baroque manor house featuring granite masonry, ornate staircases, and historic estate vineyards.
Casa de Alba Hotel Boutique
A 1560 colonial residence among the earliest stone domestic structures built in Cartagena.
Casa de la Luz Hotel Boutique
Sixteenth-century colonial mansion protected by INAH, retaining original red tezontle volcanic stone and heavy timber beams.
Casa de Sierra Nevada, A Belmond Hotel, San Miguel de Allende
Sixteenth-century colonial mansions preserve quiet stone cloisters and original quarrystone arches.
Casa Gangotena
A 1924 Neoclassical mansion restored with painted Belgian tin ceilings and family hunting murals.
Casa grande Hacienda Zorita
Fourteenth-century Dominican monastery where Christopher Columbus stayed, featuring converted monk cells and a consecrated chapel.
Casa Kimberly Vallarta
Former hillside villas of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, linked across the street by the pink Bridge of Love.
Casa Lucia Member of Meliá Collection
Nicolás Mihanovich commissioned the 1929 Art Deco tower, once South America's tallest building.
Casa Madrona Hotel & Spa
An 1885 Victorian hillside mansion listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Casa No Name
An 18th-century episcopal residence and long-time atelier of fashion photographer Deborah Turbeville.
Casa Pestagua
An eighteenth-century palace built for the Count of Pestagua, restored with coral stone arcades.
Casa San Agustín
Three seventeenth-century colonial mansions preserve original frescoes, stone gargoyles, and an ancient aqueduct.
Casa9 Zocalo
Restored colonial architecture with stone archways and timber beams occupying historic ground beside the ancient Templo Mayor.
Casas del XVI
Restored sixteenth-century colonial residences built around original brick archways, wells, and shaded courtyards.
Cashel Palace Hotel
A 1732 Grade I Palladian manor by Edward Lovett Pearce with restored original fireplaces.
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.