Editors' choicePortugal
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
Historic mansions
Houses with a past, carefully turned into hotels.
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Editors' choiceAmalfi 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
Editors' choiceVenice, Italy
The Danieli, Venezia
The 14th-century Gothic Palazzo Dandolo by St Mark's Square — a hotel since 1824.
Historic mansions
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.
Historic mansions
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.
Historic mansions
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
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.
Castles & palaces
Sintra, Portugal
Palácio de Seteais
A neoclassical palace of 1783–1787 in Sintra — part of a UNESCO cultural landscape, now a hotel.
Historic mansions
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
Istanbul, Turkey
Pera Palace Hotel
An 1895 hotel built for Orient Express passengers in the Pera district — the oldest European-style hotel in Turkey.
Historic mansions
Moscow, Russia
Metropol
Moscow's largest Art Nouveau hotel (1899–1905), with Vrubel's majolica panel “Princess of Dreams”.
Historic mansions
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Astoria
A 1912 hotel on St Isaac's Square — a listed architectural monument of federal significance.
Historic mansions
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Grand Hotel Europe
An 1875 hotel on the corner of Nevsky Prospekt and Mikhailovskaya Street with Art Nouveau interiors by Fyodor Lidval.
Historic mansions
French Riviera, France
Hôtel Negresco
A 1913 Belle Époque hotel with a pink dome on Nice's Promenade des Anglais.
Historic mansions
Paris, France
Hôtel de Crillon
An 18th-century palace on Place de la Concorde by Ange-Jacques Gabriel. A hotel since 1909, today a Rosewood.
Historic mansions
Venice, Italy
The Gritti Palace
The Gothic palazzo of Doge Andrea Gritti on the Grand Canal, opposite Santa Maria della Salute. A hotel since 1895.
Historic mansions
Lake Como, Italy
Villa d'Este
A 16th-century Renaissance residence on Lake Como, a hotel since 1873: a 10-hectare park and the famous floating pool.
Historic mansions