City Hotel
Shanghai, China
9.4
The Peninsula Shanghai
The first new building on the Bund in generations, channelling 1920s Shanghai glamour behind a stone facade facing the Huangpu River and Pudong skyline.
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Jaipur, India
The former residence of the Maharaja of Jaipur, a sandstone palace of marble corridors, peacock-filled gardens and princely suites run by Taj since the 1970s.
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Hong Kong, China
The 'Grande Dame of the Far East' pairs 1928 colonnaded elegance with Rolls-Royce arrivals, rooftop dining and impeccable Kowloon service.
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Singapore, Singapore
The 1887 colonial legend—all white verandahs, frangipani courtyards and butler-tended suites—polished to brilliance by careful restoration.
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London, United Kingdom
César Ritz's 1906 Piccadilly landmark, where Louis XVI interiors, the Palm Court and a gilded dining room keep Edwardian London gloriously alive.
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Tokyo, Japan
A purpose-built Marunouchi tower facing the Imperial Palace gardens, where Peninsula polish meets Japanese craft in one of Tokyo's most privileged positions.
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New York, United States
John Jacob Astor IV's 1904 Beaux-Arts flagship on Fifth Avenue, where butler service and the King Cole Bar keep Gilded Age Manhattan alive.
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Paris, France
The artists' palace opposite the Tuileries, where Dali-era eccentricity meets Louis XVI elegance and Alain Ducasse-led dining.
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Cape Town, South Africa
A 1920s grain silo reborn above the Zeitz MOCAA museum, its pillowed glass windows framing Table Mountain and the V&A Waterfront.
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Venice, Italy
A 14th-century doge's palace on the Riva degli Schiavoni, whose gilded Gothic atrium and lagoon-view rooftop define Venetian grand-hotel romance.
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