One of eight vibes
A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
36 hotels on this page
They did this well. You’ll notice.
Martis Palace Hotel Rome
A sixteenth-century Renaissance palazzo preserving original stone fragments and vaulted architectural proportions.
Maruyo Hotel
A restored post-war wooden head house built for a Meiji-era lumber merchant family, operated by its fifth generation.
Mas de Capelou
A seventeenth-century stone farmhouse once used as a retreat by papal chaplains.
Mas de Torrent Hotel & Spa
An eighteenth-century Catalan masia displaying original stone arches and Josep Maria Sert murals.
Mas Falgarona
A seventeenth-century Catalan masia with original stone vaults and a 1605 window lintel.
Mas Lazuli Hotel
An eleventh-century Catalan convent restored with original stone walls, wooden beamed ceilings, and historic architectural character.
Mason & Fifth
Four interconnected 1860s Grade II-listed stucco townhouses restored around a leafy courtyard.
Mason & Fifth, Belsize Park
A late-Victorian red-brick mansion block restored with repaired surfaces over wholesale replacement.
Masseria Agnello
Restored nineteenth-century estate stables and farmworkers' quarters overlooking coastal olive groves.
Masseria Antonio Augusto
Centuries-old monastic arches and restored ceiling frescoes anchor the converted fortified Apulian farmhouse.
Masseria Auraterrae
Eighteenth-century stone stables, refectory halls, and a former dovecote carefully converted into rural guest suites.
Masseria Bagnara Resort & SPA
The seventeenth-century stone farmhouse preserves barrel-vaulted ceilings and a conical pagliara wine cellar.
Masseria Corsano
An eighteenth-century fortified farmhouse with an original watchtower and ancient dry-stone boundary walls.
Masseria Costanza
An eighteenth-century agricultural masseria featuring original barrel-vaulted ceilings, exposed tufo stone, and weathered terracotta floor tiles.
Masseria della Volpe
A restored nineteenth-century agricultural manor farm preserving ancient stone walls and rainwater wells.
Masseria Diso - Il Tabacchificio
A 1930s tobacco processing plant preserves vaulted drying halls across quiet olive groves.
Masseria Fontana Di Vite
An eighteenth-century Gattini family estate, with restored barrel-vaulted stone farm worker cottages.
Masseria Le Carrube
An 18th-century olive-oil mill preserving its original stone press and livestock troughs.
Masseria Le Torri
A seventeenth-century convent and farmhouse held by the same family since 1870.
Masseria Palombara Relais & Spa
A restored seventeenth-century masseria anchored by the historic Torre Palombara dovecote tower.
Masseria Trapanà
Restored sixteenth-century fortified farmhouse with ancient chapel frescoes and a subterranean olive press.
Mastrojanni Relais - Small Luxury Hotels of The World
Restored medieval stone watchtowers that once guarded the historic Via Francigena pilgrimage route.
Max Brown Hotel Canal District
Three seventeenth-century canal houses retain original timber beams and steep historic stairways.
Maxwell Reserve Autograph Collection
Restored 1929 British colonial shophouses along Murray Terrace housing centuries-old family heirlooms and equestrian antiques.
Maya Tangalle
Nineteenth-century Aranwella estate built with distinctive British and Dutch colonial lines.
Mazeej Balad
Housed in La Viennoise, a nineteenth-century former Austro-Hungarian diplomatic mission.
Medusa Hotel
A converted nineteenth-century Victorian mansion retaining grand proportions, intricate fireplaces, and original decorative cornicing.
Meinsbur Boutique Hotel & Restaurant
Four-hundred-year-old thatched farmhouse where post-war screen stars stayed during regional film shoots.
Meisenheimer Hof
A restored 1699 coaching inn and half-timbered houses along medieval town walls.
Meliá Genova
A 1929 rationalist corporate headquarters designed by Genoese architect Giuseppe Crosa di Vergagni.
Meliá White House
A Grade II listed 1936 residential complex by Robert Atkinson with a distinct six-winged star layout.
Melsted Badehotel
Klara Christensen founded this chalk-white functionalist seaside boarding house in 1935.
Meltar Boutique Hotel
A nineteenth-century Cimbrian farmhouse preserving its original timber beams and stone bones.
Mercer Plaza Sevilla
Regionalist 1910s facades enclose an excavated third-century Roman city wall in the courtyard.
Mercure Krakow Fabryczna City
Red-brick 1930s distillery buildings restored with an on-site vodka history museum.
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.