Rooms with a view

When the window is the best thing in the room.

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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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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.

Castles & palaces

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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.

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North Malé, Maldives

Kurumba Maldives

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

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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

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.

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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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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.

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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.

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Java, Indonesia

Amanjiwo

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

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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.

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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.

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Saint Petersburg, Russia

Astoria

A 1912 hotel on St Isaac's Square — a listed architectural monument of federal significance.

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French Riviera, France

Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc

An 1870 villa on Cap d'Antibes, a hotel since 1889. A pool carved into the rocks and the Eden Roc pavilion above the sea.

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French Riviera, France

Hôtel Negresco

A 1913 Belle Époque hotel with a pink dome on Nice's Promenade des Anglais.

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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.

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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.

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Lake Como, Italy

Grand Hotel Tremezzo

A 1910 Art Nouveau hotel on the western shore of Lake Como — with a pool right above the water and a view of Bellagio.

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