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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City Hotel
Athens, Greece
8.7
King George, Athens
A 1930s landmark on Syntagma Square whose rooftop restaurant and penthouse pool look straight onto the floodlit Acropolis.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
8.7
De L'Europe Amsterdam
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
8.7
The Grand Hotel Taipei
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
8.7
Chateau Marmont
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
8.7
Fairmont San Francisco
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
8.7
The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh
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
8.7
Pestana Palace Lisboa
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
8.7
Hotel Borg
Iceland's original grand hotel, a 1930 Art Deco landmark on Austurvöllur square opposite the national parliament.
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Nairobi, Kenya
8.7
Fairmont The Norfolk
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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Melbourne, Australia
8.7
The Hotel Windsor
Australia's grand Victorian survivor of 1883, facing Parliament House on Spring Street and famed for its theatrical afternoon tea.
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Country House
Aoraki/Mount Cook Village, New Zealand
8.7
The Hermitage Hotel
New Zealand's storied alpine hotel, serving Aoraki/Mount Cook since 1884 with panoramic windows on the country's highest peak.
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