Blog Category: Historic Hotels

Michelle says: “I have a very special place in my heart for historic hotels. History is created with the passage of time- it´s intangible, and unlike luxury, it is something that money can´t buy.
When you walk into a historic or heritage hotel, it feels different, intriguing, set apart from the outside world; you can almost savour the history in the air. You know that fascinating, world-changing events have taken place in this very space, famous people have walked through these corridors, and it always feels like an occasion to stay here. Do you love historic hotels too? Are you, like me, so hooked that you can never have enough of them either? Then read on… “

Park Hotel Vitznau
Alvear Palace Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Raffles Hotel, Beijing, China.
Raffles Hotel, Singapore.
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
The Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong, China
The Dolder Grand, Zurich, Switzerland.
The Norfolk Fairmont Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
The Fairmont Hotel, Beijing, China.
Four Seasons Prague, Czech Republic
Hotel La Florida, Barcelona, Spain.
The Hotel Kamp, Helsinki
The Premier Place Hotel, Kiev
The Waldorf Hilton, London
The Sacher Hotel, Vienna, Austria
Napa River Inn


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