City Hotel
Istanbul, Turkey
9.0
Çırağan Palace Kempinski
A restored Ottoman palace on the Bosphorus shore whose waterfront infinity pool and sultan-era suites remain Istanbul's grandest stage.
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The Directory
Every property researched and profiled by the Browntravels editorial team. Sponsored placements are always clearly labelled.
London, United Kingdom
An Edwardian banking headquarters on High Holborn reborn as a manor-house-in-the-city, entered through a grand carriage courtyard.
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Rome, Italy
A family-run grande dame crowning the Spanish Steps, with rooftop Michelin-starred dining and the whole of Rome unrolled below.
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Capri, Italy
Capri's grande dame since 1845 on Via Camerelle, steps from the Piazzetta, with gardens, twin pools and the island's most storied terrace.
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Vienna, Austria
A Ringstrasse palace built for a prince and converted for the 1873 World's Fair, where butlers, marble staircases and the Imperial Torte keep Habsburg Vienna alive.
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Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva's oldest grand hotel, an 1834 landmark on the Rhône where lake, Jet d'Eau and Mont Blanc views meet rooftop Japanese-Peruvian dining.
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Tokyo, Japan
Japan's original grand hotel, welcoming guests beside Hibiya Park since 1890 and forever linked to Frank Lloyd Wright's legendary earlier building.
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Shanghai, China
Victor Sassoon's 1929 Art Deco masterpiece beneath the green pyramid roof on the Bund, still home to Shanghai's fabled Old Jazz Band.
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New Delhi, India
A 1936 landmark of Lutyens' Delhi on Janpath, where colonial and Art Deco styles meet one of the world's great hotel art collections beneath king palms.
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New York, United States
The Art Deco colossus of Park Avenue, returned to service after a monumental restoration of its 1931 landmark interiors.
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