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
Editors' choicePortugal
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
Editors' choiceIstanbul, Turkey
The Ottoman palace of Sultan Abdülaziz (1863–1867) on the European shore of the Bosphorus, now a Kempinski hotel.
Castles & palaces
Editors' choiceVenice, Italy
The 14th-century Gothic Palazzo Dandolo by St Mark's Square — a hotel since 1824.
Historic mansions

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

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

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

French Riviera, France
A 1913 Belle Époque hotel with a pink dome on Nice's Promenade des Anglais.
Historic mansions

Paris, France
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 Gothic palazzo of Doge Andrea Gritti on the Grand Canal, opposite Santa Maria della Salute. A hotel since 1895.
Historic mansions

Lake Como, Italy
A 16th-century Renaissance residence on Lake Como, a hotel since 1873: a 10-hectare park and the famous floating pool.
Historic mansions