City Hotel
Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Galle Face Hotel
One of Asia's oldest hotels, an oceanfront Victorian grande dame on Galle Face Green since 1864, famous for chequered verandas and Indian Ocean sunsets.
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The Directory
Every property researched and profiled by the Browntravels editorial team. Sponsored placements are always clearly labelled.
Washington DC, United States
The Beaux-Arts 'residence of presidents' two blocks from the White House, where American political history has unfolded in the lobby since the 19th century.
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Lima, Peru
A 1927 hacienda-style landmark in leafy San Isidro, hung with museum-loaned colonial art and facing the fairways of Lima's grandest golf club.
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Karlovy Vary, Czechia
Karlovy Vary's neo-baroque colossus with roots in 1701, spa-town host to composers, emperors and the town's famous film festival.
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Fort William, United Kingdom
A Victorian baronial castle in the shadow of Ben Nevis, praised by Queen Victoria and long the Highlands' most refined retreat.
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Dubrovnik, Croatia
Dubrovnik's seafront classic since 1913, gazing across the Adriatic to the old town walls and Lokrum island.
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Nara, Japan
A 1909 Meiji-era classic above Nara Park, where temple-roofed architecture and deer-filled lawns meet old-school Japanese hospitality.
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Yangon, Myanmar
A 1901 Sarkies Brothers landmark on Yangon's riverfront, restored as an intimate all-suite time capsule of colonial Burma.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
A 1651 Carmelite convent in the heart of Old San Juan, reborn as the Caribbean's most characterful small heritage hotel.
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Suva, Fiji
Fiji's 'GPH', a 1914 harbourfront grande dame built for the ocean-liner era and restored to its white-columned glory in Suva.
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