Hotels

Places chosen for their atmosphere, architecture and the view from the window. Each one checked by our editors.

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Cappadocia, Turkey

Museum Hotel

A museum hotel on the slope of Uçhisar: cave rooms among antiquities and a pool over which hot-air balloons rise at sunrise.

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Portugal

Bussaco Palace Hotel

A Neo-Manueline palace (1888–1907) in the Bussaco forest on the site of a Carmelite convent. A national monument and a hotel.

Castles & palaces

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Ireland

Ashford Castle

A castle from 1228 on the shore of Lough Corrib, rebuilt in the Victorian era. Once owned by the Guinness family, now a hotel.

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Swedish Lapland, Sweden

ICEHOTEL

The world's first ice hotel: every winter artists from around the world rebuild it from the ice of the Torne River.

Unusual cabins

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Bali, Indonesia

Alila Villas Uluwatu

An architectural eco-resort by WOHA on the rocky plateau of the Bukit peninsula: pavilion villas with pools above the ocean.

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Istanbul, Turkey

Çırağan Palace Kempinski

The Ottoman palace of Sultan Abdülaziz (1863–1867) on the European shore of the Bosphorus, now a Kempinski hotel.

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Amalfi Coast, Italy

Villa Cimbrone

A historic villa in Ravello above the Amalfi Coast, now a hotel. Home of the famous Terrace of Infinity.

Historic mansions

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Venice, Italy

The Danieli, Venezia

The 14th-century Gothic Palazzo Dandolo by St Mark's Square — a hotel since 1824.

Historic mansions

North Malé, Maldives

Kurumba Maldives

The first resort in the Maldives, on Vihamanaafushi island, 10 minutes by boat from Malé airport.

Villas with pools

Transylvania, Romania

Conacul Törzburg

A small manor hotel in Bran with views of Bran Castle (“Dracula's Castle”) from the rooms. An affordable option.

Castles & palaces

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Melville Castle

A three-storey Gothic castle-mansion near Dalkeith outside Edinburgh, by the River North Esk. Now a hotel.

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Paris, France

Shangri-La Paris

The former mansion of Prince Roland Bonaparte (1896), across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. A hotel since 2010, with “Palace” status.

Historic mansions

New York, USA

Lotte New York Palace

A hotel in the 1880s Villard Houses on Madison Avenue, opposite St Patrick's Cathedral.

Historic mansions

New York, USA

The Plaza

The legendary 1907 “château” hotel on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Central Park.

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Naples and Vesuvius, Italy

Villa Signorini Events & Hotel

An 18th-century villa on Ercolano's “Golden Mile”, between Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples, with frescoes and a garden.

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Normandy, France

Château de Boucéel

An 18th-century château in Normandy near Mont-Saint-Michel: guest rooms in a historic house with a 16th-century chapel.

Castles & palaces

Banff, Canada

Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise

The Canadian Pacific Railway's “château” hotel on the shore of turquoise Lake Louise in Banff National Park.

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Cappadocia, Turkey

Sacred House

An adults-only boutique hotel in an old Greek mansion in Ürgüp: themed rooms and the underground “Inferno” spa.

Historic mansions

Biarritz, France

Hôtel du Palais Biarritz

Empress Eugénie's summer residence (1854) on the Atlantic shore in Biarritz. A hotel since 1893, with “Palace” status.

Historic mansions

Around Paris, France

Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay

A hotel in a former 12th-century Cistercian abbey in the Rambouillet forest, 40 km from Paris. The ruins of a Gothic church stand right in the park.

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Sintra, Portugal

Palácio de Seteais

A neoclassical palace of 1783–1787 in Sintra — part of a UNESCO cultural landscape, now a hotel.

Historic mansions

Java, Indonesia

Amanjiwo

An Aman hotel in the Menoreh Hills facing Borobudur temple (9th century, UNESCO): a limestone rotunda and suites with private pools.

Villas with pools

Bali, Indonesia

AYANA Resort Bali

A resort on the Jimbaran cliffs with Rock Bar — a bar on the rocks 14 metres above the Indian Ocean.

Villas with pools

Bangkok, Thailand

Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok

One of Thailand's first hotels (1876), on the banks of the Chao Phraya. The historic Authors’ Wing and river views.

Historic mansions