City Hotel
Istanbul, Türkiye
8.8
Pera Palace Hotel
Built in 1892 for Orient Express passengers, the Pera Palace preserves Agatha Christie's room, Atatürk's museum suite and Istanbul's grandest afternoon tea.
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290 hotels found
City Hotel
Colombo, Sri Lanka
8.8
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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Wellness Retreat
Karlovy Vary, Czechia
8.8
Grandhotel Pupp
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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Country House
Fort William, United Kingdom
8.8
Inverlochy Castle Hotel
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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Beach Resort
Dubrovnik, Croatia
8.8
Hotel Excelsior Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik's seafront classic since 1913, gazing across the Adriatic to the old town walls and Lokrum island.
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City Hotel
Nara, Japan
8.8
Nara Hotel
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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City Hotel
Yangon, Myanmar
8.8
The Strand Yangon
A 1901 Sarkies Brothers landmark on Yangon's riverfront, restored as an intimate all-suite time capsule of colonial Burma.
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City Hotel
San Juan, Puerto Rico
8.8
Hotel El Convento
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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City Hotel
Stone Town, Tanzania
8.8
Park Hyatt Zanzibar
A restored seafront mansion on the edge of UNESCO-listed Stone Town, pairing Zanzibari heritage with an infinity pool facing the Indian Ocean.
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Country House
Grasmere, United Kingdom
8.8
Forest Side
A Victorian Gothic mansion above Grasmere where a Michelin-starred, garden-fed kitchen defines the modern Cumbrian table.
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Resort
Saint-Tropez, France
8.8
Hôtel Byblos
The 1967 village-within-a-village above the Place des Lices, whose pool courtyard and Les Caves du Roy nightclub wrote much of the St-Tropez legend.
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City Hotel
Venice, Italy
8.8
The St. Regis Venice
A Grand Canal address beside St Mark's where five historic palazzi meet crisp contemporary interiors and rare private gardens on the water.
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