Notable Hotels

Buildings of historic or architectural interest designed and still operating as hotels. The building must be noteworthy enough for a visit on its own.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Notable Hotels':

  • Budapest Gellert Hotel, built in Art Nouveau style and famous for its thermal baths
  • Diamantina Hotel do Tijuco; link
  • Medina of Marrakesh Hotel La Mamounia. Famous for its guests (inc Churchill/Roosevelt whilst at Casablanca) and art deco/moorish designs from 1922.
  • Québec "The Château Frontenac was one of a series of "château" style hotels built for the Canadian Pacific Railway company at the end of the 19th and the start of the 20th century. The railway company sought to encourage luxury tourism and bring wealthy travelers to its trains." (wiki)
  • Venice and its Lagoon Grand Hotel des Bains, Lido. The actual location where Thomas Mann "got the inspiration" for his novella "Death in Venice" and actually used as the main location in the movie (and as Shepheards in Cairo in "The English Patient"). A significant Palladian/Art Nouveau building from 1900.
  • Vienna Hotel Sacher (Wiki: "It is famous for the speciality of the house, the Sachertorte chocolate cake. There is also an art gallery in the hotel with works from the 19th century. The hotel is built where Antonio Vivaldi once lived.")