7 collections
The guide by theme
Hotels gathered by what they share: a period, a setting, a story. Each page is a curated reading list.
8 hotels
The palaces of Paris
The great hotels of the French capital, from Place Vendôme to the Champs-Élysées: houses that shaped the idea of the palace hotel.
8 hotels
Castles and country houses
Hotels set in castles, stately homes and mountain retreats, where the estate matters as much as the rooms.
7 hotels
Grand railway hotels
Built by railway companies to receive their passengers, these hotels gave cities their silhouette: châteaux in Canada, Gothic Revival in London, Victorian stone in Edinburgh.
10 hotels
Hotels on the water
Palaces that rise from a lake, a bay or the sea: the island palace of Udaipur, the sail of Dubai, the beachfront of Rio.
9 hotels
Belle Époque and Art Nouveau
Hotels built between 1880 and 1914, when the grand hotel became an art form: domes, glass roofs, wrought iron and mosaics.
8 hotels
Legendary hotel bars
Hotels whose bars entered history: the birthplace of the Singapore Sling, Hemingway’s bar in Paris, the murals of Bemelmans.
9 hotels
Hotels that made history
Treaties signed, constitutions drafted, summits held: hotels where the course of events changed.