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.
Château de Collias
An eleventh-century fortress expanded with Renaissance porticos that once sheltered King Louis XIII.
Château de Courcelles
A seventeenth-century estate where Napoleon met Marie-Louise, featuring a staircase banister attributed to Jean Cocteau.
Château de Fonscolombe
An 18th-century Italianate Monument Historique château surrounded by three-century-old parkland.
Château de la Bourdaisière
Fourteenth-century fortress foundations and Renaissance wings classified as an official French historic monument.
Château de la Treyne
Fourteenth-century fortress restored under Louis XIII, once sheltering Louvre masterworks including The Seated Scribe during wartime.
Château de laGaude
An eighteenth-century bastide and formal gardens registered as protected French historical monuments.
Chateau De Mercues
Thirteenth-century fortified summer residence of the Bishops of Cahors, set high above the Lot Valley.
Château de Mirwart
A classified medieval fortress above the Lomme, restored from centuries of aristocratic ruin.
Château de Noizay
A sixteenth-century Renaissance castle that served as headquarters during the 1560 Amboise conspiracy.
Château de Pondres
A seventeenth-century Monument Historique castle restored with a monumental Renaissance stone staircase.
Château de Vault de Lugny et Clos Jordan
Twelfth-century medieval moats, fortified ramparts, and a preserved donjon frame the historic seventeenth-century aristocratic castle.
Château Eza
A four-hundred-year-old cliffside fortress once kept as the private residence of Prince Wilhelm.
Château la Commaraine
Twelfth-century Burgundy stone painstakingly reassembled and restored by master masons.
Château Lafaurie Peyraguey
A thirteenth-century fortified estate and 1855 Premier Grand Cru Classé wine producer.
Chateau Le Cagnard
Thirteenth-century ramparts and a fourteenth-century guard room hearth anchor the stone complex.
Château Louise de La Vallière
Restored 16th-century childhood home of Louis XIV's favorite, filled with period tapestries and antique boiserie.
Chateau Marmont
A 1929 Loire Valley-inspired landmark designated as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.
Château Neercanne
A 1698 terraced marlstone castle with underground quarry caves and tiered Baroque gardens.
Château Saint-Martin & Spa
Built on a twelfth-century Knights Templar commandery with surviving drawbridge ruins and an on-site historic chapel.
Château Sainte Sabine
A seventeenth-century Renaissance château preserving grand marble staircases, delicate stained glass, and historic vaulted cellars.
Château St. Gerlach
A twelfth-century monastic estate encompassing a baroque church with eighteenth-century frescoes, seventeenth-century farmsteads, and vaulted marlstone cellars.
Cheong Fatt Tze - The Blue Mansion
Restored 1897 courtyard mansion built by merchant Cheong Fatt Tze, recognized by UNESCO.
Cheong Fatt Tze - The Qing Suites
Restored 1904 terraced servants' quarters opposite the Blue Mansion, retaining original timber beams and floorboards.
Chesa Marchetta Hotel
A sixteenth-century alpine farmhouse that operated as a storied salon hosting artists and thinkers since 1947.
Chicago Athletic Association
An 1893 Venetian Gothic landmark with restored bas-relief fireplaces and nineteenth-century stained glass.
Chichele Presidential Lodge Zambia
Built in 1972 as the personal hilltop safari retreat for Zambia's founding president Kenneth Kaunda.
Chico Hot Springs Resort & Day Spa
A 1900 clapboard lodge on the National Register, originally housing gold rush miners.
Ciragan Palace Kempinski
A restored nineteenth-century Ottoman palace built for Sultan Abdülaziz beside the Bosphorus.
CIRQA
Founded in 1540, the former monastery stands sculpted from volcanic white ashlar.
Claridge's
A Grade II-listed Victorian landmark housing historic Art Deco ballrooms, sweeping staircases, and storied wartime royal quarters.
Cloister at The Boca Raton
Addison Mizner built the 1926 inn, modeling its arches on Spanish convents.
Cloister of the Dominicans
A fifteenth-century Dominican convent organized around stone cloister arches and early frescoes.
Collegio alla Querce
A sixteenth-century palazzo and elite boarding school holding original frescoes and refectory.
Columns
Built in 1883 by Thomas Sully, this Italianate mansion holds national historic listing.
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.