City Hotel
Athens, Greece
8.7
Hotel Grande Bretagne
Athens' 19th-century grande dame on Syntagma Square, with Acropolis views from its rooftop and marble grandeur throughout.
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Athens, Greece
A 1930s landmark on Syntagma Square whose rooftop restaurant and penthouse pool look straight onto the floodlit Acropolis.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
An 1896 grande dame at the meeting of the Amstel and the canal ring, with Dutch Masters on the walls and terraces hanging over the water.
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Taipei, Taiwan
A colossal vermilion palace on Yuanshan hill, one of the world's great examples of classical Chinese revival architecture and Taipei's most photographed hotel.
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Los Angeles, United States
The Loire-styled castle above Sunset Boulevard that has sheltered Hollywood's secrets, romances and reinventions since 1929.
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San Francisco, United States
The Nob Hill grande dame that survived the 1906 earthquake, hosted the drafting of the UN Charter and still crowns the city's cable-car summit.
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
A vast palace originally built to host state guests, set in landscaped grounds beside Riyadh's Diplomatic Quarter and run with ceremonial polish.
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Lisbon, Portugal
A late-19th-century aristocratic palace and national monument in Lisbon's Alcântara district, set in botanical gardens with a garden pool.
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Reykjavík, Iceland
Iceland's original grand hotel, a 1930 Art Deco landmark on Austurvöllur square opposite the national parliament.
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Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi's original hotel, opened in 1904, whose Lord Delamere Terrace has watched over Kenyan history for more than a century.
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