Hotel / Motel

Paris, France

Hotel de Boisgelin

This theater inside what is now the Italian Embassy in Paris gives a tiny taste of the extravagant aesthetics of 18th century French nobility.

Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France

Grand Hotel Thalasso

This grand hotel in southern France sits on a seaside port with a storied history including the wedding of King Louis XIV and princess Maria Teresa.

Porto, Portugal

Hotel Infante Sagres

Opened in 1951, this luxurious hotel continues to entice the rich and famous to Porto, Portugal.

Florence, Italy

Hotel Tornabuoni Beacci

This historic hotel in the center of Florence is housed in two Renaissance palaces dating back to the 13th century.

Zanzibar, Tanzania

Dhow Palace

This pool was added to this Zanzibarian hotel in the 21st century, but the original structure dates back several centuries.

Berlin, Germany

Hotel Adlon

When it opened in 1907 across from the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was the "most modern" hotel in Germany.

Florence, Italy

Palazzo Della Gherardesca

Housing Florentine nobles for 500 years, this palace is now a Four Seasons hotel fit for a Pope.

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Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Boca Raton Resort

The opulence of this beachfront palace wouldn’t be possible today without the untold history of a friendly invasion by the U.S. Army.

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Mills House Hotel

President Theodore Roosevelt once stayed at this Charleston hotel in 1902.

Pembroke, Bermuda

The Princess Hotel

One of the grandest hotels in Bermuda, it was purchased by a local family, and now operates as a Fairmont property.

Jaipur, India

Rambagh Palace

This Indian luxury hotel, known as the "Jewel of Jaipur," was once the royal residence of the Maharaja of Jaipur.

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Estes Park, Colorado, United States

Stanley Hotel

A one-night stay at the Stanley Hotel sparked the inspiration for Stephen King's The Shining.

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Jaipur, India

Rajmahal Palace

She won Parliament by a world-record landslide, founded schools, and turned a garden palace into a political headquarters- beauty be damned.

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Como, Italy

Villa Sola Cabiati

This 16th century villa belonged to one family for hundreds of years, and once hosted Napoleon.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Old Waverley Hotel

The Old Waverley Hotel is a former temperance hotel located in Edinburgh's famed Princes Street.