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.
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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Seville, Spain
Seville's 1929 Mudéjar-revival palace, commissioned by royal decree for the Ibero-American Exposition and still the city's ceremonial address.
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Palermo, Italy
The Florio dynasty's Art Nouveau palazzo on Palermo's bay, restored by Rocco Forte as Sicily's great city-edge grande dame.
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi's monumental palace hotel pairs gilded Arabian grandeur with Mandarin Oriental polish, a kilometre of private beach and vast landscaped grounds.
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Luxor, Egypt
The 1907 Nile-front grande dame of Egyptology, where news of Tutankhamun's tomb first electrified the world.
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Milan, Italy
Milan's neoclassical grande dame on Piazza della Repubblica since the 1920s, with a rooftop pool club surveying the city and the Alps beyond.
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur's establishment address beside the Petronas Twin Towers, with an infinity pool suspended over KLCC Park and the towers filling every window.
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Dubrovnik, Croatia
Dubrovnik's seafront classic since 1913, gazing across the Adriatic to the old town walls and Lokrum island.
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Suva, Fiji
Fiji's 'GPH', a 1914 harbourfront grande dame built for the ocean-liner era and restored to its white-columned glory in Suva.
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