# Grand old hotels

Some hotels have a heritage from the golden age of steam railways and ocean liners, before the Second World War, in the 19th or early 20th centuries. These hotels were where the rich and the famous of the day would stay. They have an appeal all their own: old fashioned fittings, the lack of the latest amenities, and a certain graceful agedness. They are often in superb locations, either smack in the middle of cities – very often being next to or part of a major railway station, as they were often constructed to house railway travelers – or close to major outdoor attractions. Some were also located next to sea ports to serve steamship passengers. They are likely to neighbor a legacy department store or a legacy food market from the same era. For this article, we also include numerous mid-20th century hotels that are iconic and historically significant.
New York City, London, Paris and the Los Angeles area are known for having a particularly high concentration of such hotels.

## Understand

Even today such places generally offer fine accommodation and are usually not cheap, though more modern high-end places may be even more luxurious and are often more expensive.
* The Leading Hotels of the World. This is an association, primarily for marketing, with over 400 member hotels in many countries. It includes many of the grand old hotels, but also many newer luxury hotels.
A traveller with piles of money might consider a round the world flight, broken up with stays in many of these hotels. Travelling around the world overland, on routes such as the one taken in Around the World in Eighty Days, would give a more authentic experience of pre-flight travel.
While the grand old hotels are usually privately owned, they sometimes accommodate visiting heads of state and other dignitaries.

## Do

You need not stay in such hotels to enjoy some of their services. Many have fine dining, live music and nightlife, as they had in the days of yore, and gambling if local law allows. A visitor to Singapore, for example, might go to Raffles just for a Singapore Sling at the Long Bar where it was invented, and where Rudyard Kipling and Noel Coward once drank, and check out the Billiard Room where Singapore's last tiger was shot.

## Sleep

Grand old hotels tend to have a 4- or 5-star rating. Due to their legacy and premium location, they can cost more than newer hotels with similar amenities.

## Cope

As the buildings are old, they might be less accessible for travellers with disabilities. In most cases, the staff will be helpful for guests who need assistance.

## Africa
### Democratic Republic of Congo

* -4.3044115.3121041 Hotel Memling (Kinshasa). colonial luxury hotel inaugurated in 1937

### Egypt

* 31.200829.89842 Cecil Hotel (Alexandria).
* 30.05694431.2247223 Marriott Hotel (Cairo). originally the "Al Gezira Palace" built to house Napoleon's wife, Empress Eugenie of France
* 29.98555631.1327784 Mena House Oberoi (Giza).
* 25.696932.63655 Winter Palace (Sofitel Winter Palace) (Luxor). The discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb was first announced on their bulletin board.
* 24.08231432.8873186 Cataract Hotel (Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan) (Aswan).

### Kenya

* -1.27829536.8157957 Norfolk Hotel (Nairobi).

### Morocco

* 31.620833-7.9972228 La Mamounia (Marrakech).

### Mozambique

* -25.96919432.5974569 Polana Hotel (Maputo).

### Namibia

* -22.67416714.52888910 Swakopmund Hotel (Swakopmund, Namibia).

### South Africa

* -33.93209218.41166611 Mount Nelson (Cape Town).
* -33.38318.896712 The Royal Hotel (Riebeek-Kasteel).

### Tanzania

* -3.372736.694513 The Arusha Hotel (Arusha).

### Tunisia

* 36.80434710.18042214 Hotel Majestic (Tunis).

### Zimbabwe

* -17.930725.842615 The Victoria Falls Hotel (Victoria Falls).

## Asia
### East Asia

* 22.295292114.1715311 The Peninsula (Hong Kong, China). Kowloon side, by the ferry dock and right at the foot of Nathan Road, a major tourist street. Famous for serving traditional English afternoon tea in Victorian splendor.
* 37.564444126.9800832 Westin Chosun (Seoul, South Korea).
* 25.078667121.5263613 The Grand Hotel (Taipei, Taiwan). Built in the early 1950s, mainly so that Chiang Kai Shek's government would have a suitable place to accommodate visiting dignitaries.

#### China

* 39.907745116.4039874 Beijing Hotel (Beijing, China).
* Shanghai has several fine hotels built in the Art Deco style in the city's glory days, the 1840s to the 1930s:
** 31.2411121.48515 The Peace Hotel (Shanghai, China). Their jazz band became famous in the 1930s and is still an attraction in the 2020s. The players have of course changed, the style not so much.
** 31.235556121.4670836 Park Hotel (Shanghai, China).
** 31.235344121.4721377 The Yangtze Hotel (Shanghai, China).
* 39.12714117.2229848 Astor Hotel (Tianjin, China).
* 32.043281118.7923179 Centre Hotel (Nanjing, China).
* 45.771228126.61364910 Modern Hotel (Harbin, China).

#### Japan

The following three are regarded as the Three Great Hotels (御三家 gosanke) of Tokyo, in reference to the three main branches of the ruling Tokugawa family of the Edo Period:
* 35.672361139.75833311 The Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan). The oldest of the three, tracing its history to 1890 during the Meiji era, though the current building is a modern one completed in 1970. The entrance courtyard and the main lobby of the 1923 Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building was moved to the Meiji-Mura Museum in Nagoya, where it can be viewed today.
* 35.666944139.74416712 Hotel Okura (Tokyo, Japan). Opened in 1962 and a symbol of Japan's Postwar economic boom, the original building was demolished in 2015, and the current building completed in 2019, though its interior still very much preserves the feel of the original. The Okura Museum of Art, the first private museum in Japan in a building dating back to 1927, is located on its grounds.
* 35.68087139.73411713 Hotel New Otani (Tokyo, Japan). Completed in 1964, just in time for the Tokyo Olympics, it was the tallest building in Tokyo at that time. The New Otani was built on the grounds of an Imperial prince's residence and preserves its classical Japanese gardens, which date back to the 1600s. The only one of the three to still keep its original building.
There are some other grand old hotels to be found:
* 35.680806139.76577814 Tokyo Station Hotel (Tokyo, Japan). A comparative upstart, the Tokyo Station Hotel dates back to 1915, but was only reopened as a hotel in 2012.
* 35.44517139.6494115 Hotel New Grand (Yokohama, Japan).
* 34.680028135.83383316 Nara Hotel (Nara, Japan).
* 36.752083139.60403317 Nikko Kanaya Hotel (Nikko, Japan). The oldest surviving Western-style hotel in Japan, having opened in 1873.
* 35.244235139.05912318 Fujiya Hotel (Hakone, Japan).
Japan also has numerous traditional ryokan inns, some very grand and old indeed: the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Yamanashi dates back to 705 AD. See Ryokan for more.

### Middle East

Egypt is listed under Africa above.
* 34.003536.204419 Hotel Palmyra (Baalbek, Lebanon).
* 31.78980435.22938220 American Colony Hotel (Jerusalem, Israel).
* 31.77444435.22222221 King David Hotel (Jerusalem, Israel).
* 32.05685734.76259622 The Drisco (Tel Aviv, Israel). — originally called the Jerusalem Hotel when it first opened in 1866. Closed down in 1940 and sat forlorn and abandoned for decades before being painstakingly restored and reopened under its current name in 2018

### South Asia
#### India

* 12.9877.5823 Taj West End (Bangalore, Karnataka).
* 13.062880.261524 Taj Connemara (Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu).
* 22.568488.349525 The Great Eastern Hotel (Kolkata, West Bengal). built in 1841 and historically known as 'the jewel of the east'.
* 22.5615988.3510926 The Grand Hotel (Kolkata, West Bengal).
* 28.625577.215827 The Imperial Hotel (Delhi).
* 28.56444877.22619328 Maidens Hotel (Delhi).
* 18.9216472.8331729 The Taj Mahal Palace (Mumbai, Maharashtra).
* 31.1032177.1546130 The Cecil (Shimla, Himachal Pradesh).

#### Pakistan

* 31.56138974.32777831 Faletti's Hotel (Lahore, Punjab). built in late 18th century by an Italian, and now renovated.

#### Sri Lanka

* 6.92000879.84620832 Galle Face Hotel (Colombo).
* 7.293280.638433 Queen's Hotel (Kandy).

### Southeast Asia

Several of Southeast Asia's grand old hotels can be credited to a single family, the remarkable Sarkies brothers from Armenia, who founded all of the following icons:
* 5.4233100.3359134 Eastern and Oriental (George Town, Penang, Malaysia). The oldest of the Sarkies hotels, it has played host to many famous guests over the years like Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Rita Hayworth, Rudyard Kipling and Sun Yat-sen.
* 1.294889103.85448335 Raffles (Singapore). With the bar where the Singapore sling was invented.
* -7.26024112.7396536 Hotel Majapahit (Surabaya, Indonesia). Originally founded as the Hotel Oranje in 1911, it was given its current name after the historical Javanese kingdom of Majapahit in 1969.
* 16.769696.162637 Strand Hotel (Yangon (Rangoon) , Myanmar (Burma)).
Of course, there are some other very classy options as well:
* -6.922111107.61036138 Savoy Homann (Bandung, Indonesia). The Homann has been here since 1871, but the current building is a masterpiece of Art Deco from 1939. The 1955 Asian-African Conference brought an unlikely assemblage of world leaders to this (at the time) small town, meaning you might stay in a room once occupied by the likes of Ho Chi Minh, Jawaharlal Nehru, Zhou Enlai, Gamal Abdul Nasser or Tito.
* 13.738142100.54631739 The Oriental (Bangkok, Thailand).
* 21.025528105.85558340 The Metropole (Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi) (Hanoi, Vietnam).
* 10.776944106.702541 Continental Hotel (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). Cheap for this class of hotel.
* 10.773056106.70611142 Majestic Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam).
* 16.466602107.59026543 Morin Hotel (Hue, Vietnam).
* 12.56811999.9624244 Centara Grand Beach (Hua Hin, Thailand).
* -6.195556106.82194445 Hotel Indonesia (Jakarta, Indonesia).
* 3.138833101.69177846 Hotel Majestic (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
* 14.58343120.9741147 The Manila Hotel (Manila, Philippines).
* 11.576271104.91824848 Le Royal (Raffles Le Royal) (Phnom Penh, Cambodia).
* 13.3647103.85949 Grand Hotel d'Angkor (Siem Reap (Angkor Wat), Cambodia).
* 1.3082103.834150 Goodwood Park Hotel (Singapore).
* 17.968098102.60993251 Settha Palace Hotel (Vientiane, Laos).

## Europe
### Northern Europe
#### Nordic countries

* 55.680612.58461 Hotel D'Angleterre (Copenhagen, Denmark).
* 59.44378.01132 Dalen Hotel (Dalen, Norway). Once a popular locale for European royalty, this is one of the largest wooden buildings in Norway and one of the best preserved hotels from the 1800s.
* 57.70808311.9722643 Hôtel Eggers (Gothenburg, Sweden). This location at the central station has hosted a hotel since 1861, and has had its current name and appearance since 1894.
* 65.835624.13514 Haparanda Stadshotell (Haparanda, Sweden). A hotspot during World War I, right at the border between the Russian Empire and Sweden. Spies, war profiteers and even Lenin himself stayed here.
* 62.3903717.311175 Hotel Knaust (Sundsvall, Sweden). Opened in 1891 following the 1888 fire that destroyed most of the city. Famous for its fan-shaped marble staircase.
* 61.2091676.5377786 Kviknes Hotel (Balestrand, Norway).
* 60.168424.9477 Hotel Kämp (Helsinki, Finland).
* 59.9137310.7395728 Grand Hotel Oslo (Oslo, Norway).
* 59.27766718.3119679 Hotel Saltsjöbaden (Saltsjöbaden, Sweden). Famous for the 1938 "Saltsjöbaden agreement" (Saltsjöbadsavtalet) which has been the framework for the Swedish labour market for generations to come; see history of organized labor.
* 59.32972218.07555610 Grand Hôtel (Stockholm, Sweden). The preferred accommodation for state visits and Nobel laureates.
* 61.500923.765111 Hotel Tammer (Tampere, Finland). One of Finland's oldest operating hotels, built in 1929. Part of the national heritage area of the city centre.

#### Baltic countries

* 58.364825.600412 Grand Hotel Viljandi (Viljandi, Estonia).
* 56.95027824.10277813 Grand Palace Hotel (Riga, Latvia).

### Western Europe

* 50.8513894.35361114 Hotel Metropole (Brussels, Belgium).
* 53.33893-6.25609215 Shelbourne Hotel (Dublin, Ireland).
* 48.867972.3288916 Hôtel Ritz (Paris, France).
* 48.8673372.32114917 Hôtel de Crillon (Paris, France).
* 48.8708512.33103618 Le Grand Hôtel (Intercontinental Paris Le Grand) (Paris, France).
* 48.8513542.32720319 Hôtel Lutetia (Paris, France).
* 43.694497.2583820 Hôtel Negresco (Nice, France).
* 52.3597194.9059121 Amstel Hotel (Amsterdam, Netherlands).
* 52.372784.8944422 Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky (Amsterdam, Netherlands). As central as anything could be, right on Dam Square.
* 52.1133334.28166723 Kurhaus (Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands).
* 52.083764.3133624 Hotel des Indes (The Hague, Netherlands).
* 51.5125-0.147525 Claridge's (London, England).
* 51.508247-0.12492326 Charing Cross Station Hotel (The Clermont at Charing Cross) (London, England). One of London's grand railway station hotels, opened in 1865.
* 51.509898-0.12021527 Savoy Hotel (London, England).
* 51.507222-0.14138928 The Ritz (London, England). Perhaps the most famous place in the world for high tea. Reservations are required many months in advance.
* 51.517778-0.14361129 The Langham (London, England).
* 51.53-0.12527830 St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel (Midland Grand Hotel) (London, England). Located within the station building of St. Pancras railway station, it was originally opened in 1873 as the Midland Grand Hotel before closing in 1935. The former hotel space was then used as railway offices until 2004, when part of it was converted back into a hotel, and another part into luxury apartments. (updated Jun 2024)
* 51.5023-0.1600431 Hyde Park Hotel (Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London) (London, England).
* 51.5176-0.08023232 Great Eastern Hotel (Andaz London Liverpool Street) (London, England). One of London's grand railway station hotels, opened in 1884 to serve passengers of the adjacent Liverpool Street station.
* 51.531066-0.12467733 Great Northern Hotel (London, England). The oldest of London's railway hotels, opened in 1854 to serve passengers of the adjacent King's Cross station. It was named after the Great Northern Railway, the railway company that built King's Cross station.
* 51.515795-0.17592234 Great Western Royal Hotel (Hilton London Paddington) (London, England). One of London's grand railway station hotels, part of the London Paddington station building, opened in 1854.
* 51.521778-0.16282635 Hotel Great Central (The Landmark London) (London, England). One of London's grand railway station hotels, opened in 1899 to serve passengers of the adjacent Paddington station.
* 53.4772-2.24536 The Midland (Manchester, England).
* 51.754977-1.25965637 The Randolph (Oxford, England).
* 53.958679-1.09216138 Royal Station Hotel (The Principal York) (York, England). Opened in 1878 to serve passengers of the adjacent York station.
* 55.9527-3.1896139 The Balmoral (Edinburgh, Scotland).
* 55.94974-3.20711240 The Caledonian Hotel (Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh - The Caledonian) (Edinburgh, Scotland). Originally part of the Edinburgh Princes Street railway station, only the hotel remains today, while the railway station itself was closed in 1965.
* 55.8597-4.2587141 Grand Central Hotel (Glasgow, Scotland). Opened in 1883 to serve railway passengers, and part of the Glasgow Central railway station building.
* 51.478-3.1779942 Royal Hotel (Cardiff, Wales). The oldest of Cardiff's grand hotels, opened in 1866.

### Central Europe

* 48.20111116.37305643 Hotel Imperial (Vienna, Austria).
* 48.20388916.36944444 Hotel Sacher (Vienna, Austria).
* 50.21944412.87888945 Grandhotel Pupp (Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic).
* 50.219412.886146 Hotel Imperial (Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic).
* 50.0882214.4274947 Hotel Paris (Prague, Czech Republic).
* 50.08394614.42773848 Art Nouveau Palace Hotel (Prague, Czech Republic).
* 50.0877814.4266149 Grand Hotel Bohemia (Prague, Czech Republic).
* 50.10919414.39330650 Hotel International (Prague, Czech Republic). The largest Stalinist building in Prague, inspired by the Seven Sisters of Moscow.
* 52.51604313.37994451 Hotel Adlon (Berlin, Germany).
* 50.118.6755652 Frankfurter Hof (Frankfurt, Germany).
* 53.5573610.004753 Hotel Atlantic (Hotel Atlantic Kempinski) (Hamburg, Germany).
* 54.14369211.84320854 Grand Hotel Heiligendamm (Heiligendamm, Germany).
* 48.140711.573255 Bayerischer Hof (Munich, Germany).
* 47.48386719.05221456 Hotel Gellért (Budapest, Hungary).
* 47.50266419.06677657 Corinthia Hotel (Grand Hotel Royal) (Budapest, Hungary).
* 50.0637119.9377258 Grand Hotel (Krakow, Poland).
* 52.24166721.01444459 Hotel Europejski (Warsaw, Poland).
* 51.10617617.03071360 Hotel Monopol (Wroclaw, Poland).
* 46.208976.1496761 Beau Rivage (Geneva, Switzerland).
* 46.203436.15248762 Hotel Métropole (Geneva, Switzerland).
* 47.05488.31458963 Grand Hotel National (Lucerne, Switzerland).
* 46.497159.8406164 Badrutt's Palace Hotel (St. Moritz, Switzerland).
* 47.372718.5731265 The Dolder Grand (Zurich, Switzerland).
* 47.3724978.53976966 Hotel Widder (Zurich, Switzerland).
* 44.81291720.46041767 Hotel Moskva (Belgrade, Serbia). Good prices for this class of hotel.

### Southern Europe

* 37.97626323.73540968 Hotel Grande Bretagne (Athens, Greece).
* 43.71658310.40113969 Royal Victoria Hotel (Pisa, Italy).
* 43.739117.4273970 Hôtel de Paris (Monaco).
* 35.895514.50702871 Hotel Phoenicia (Valletta, Malta).
* 32.640521-16.92402972 Reid's Palace (Funchal, Portugal). Has a Michelin starred restaurant.
* 38.70359-9.1868973 Pestana Palace Hotel (Lisbon, Portugal).
* 38.714809-9.14128174 Hotel Avenida Palace (Lisbon, Portugal).
* 41.391442.1714575 El Palace (Barcelona, Spain).
* 40.4156-3.6928176 Hotel Ritz (Madrid, Spain).
* 40.4155-3.694977 The Westin Palace (Madrid, Spain).
* 37.38189-5.9926178 Hotel Alfonso XIII (Seville, Spain).
* 41.03099428.97359579 Pera Palace (Istanbul, Turkey). Built in 1892 for the purpose of hosting the passengers of the Orient Express service.
* 40.8728829.1263480 Splendid Palace (Büyükada (Princes' Islands), Turkey).

### Eastern Europe

* 40.18138944.51638981 Grand Hotel Yerevan (Yerevan, Armenia). Opened in 1926 as the premier state-owned hotel of the former Soviet Armenia.
* 55.75666737.61388982 Hotel National (Moscow, Russia).
* 55.7605237.6233883 Hotel Savoy (Moscow, Russia).
* 55.75157937.56420384 Hotel Ukraina (Radisson Collection Hotel, Moscow) (Moscow, Russia). This was the world's tallest hotel from its opening in 1957 until 1976, and is still Europe's tallest in 2022. One of the "Seven Sisters", a group of seven Stalinist skyscrapers in Moscow.
* 55.7740137.6517385 Hotel Leningradskaya (Moscow, Russia). Completed in 1954, and one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of seven Stalinist skyscrapers in Moscow.
* 55.78457737.56979186 Hotel Sovietsky (Moscow, Russia). Moscow's premier hotel during Soviet times, and today regarded as one of the finest surviving examples of Stalinist architecture.
* 55.75661137.616587 Hotel Moskva (Moscow, Russia). Originally built in a Stalinist architectural style in 1935, it was demolished in 2004 and rebuilt in 2014, albeit with the facade being architecturally faithful to the original.
* 55.75833337.62138988 Hotel Metropol (Moscow, Russia).
* 59.93566130.33035589 Grand Hotel Europe (Saint Petersburg, Russia).
* 59.93277830.30888990 Hotel Astoria (Saint Petersburg, Russia).
* 59.93377130.30870491 Hotel d'Angleterre (Saint Petersburg, Russia).
* 49.83866124.03058192 Hotel George (Lviv, Ukraine).
* 46.48116730.74301993 Bristol Hotel (Odesa, Ukraine).

## North America
### Canada

The grand old hotels in Canada, also referred to as railway hotels, have a unique place in Canadian history. Most of them were built during the first quarter of the 20th century by the Canadian Pacific Railway or Grand Trunk Railway to provide elegant accommodation while viewing the natural beauty along the rail line. Canadian Pacific, which purchased the former Grand Trunk (Canadian National) hotels in 1988, spun off all non-rail subsidiaries (including Fairmont, its hotel group) in 2001.
These hotels are popular with tourists and locals alike and though overnight stays are expensive; they represent a fine piece of Canadiana worth visiting even if you only have time for a walk through the lobby. Three – Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper- are major tourist resorts in their own right, located amid stunning Rocky Mountain scenery.
Listed approximately east-to-west, they are:
* 44.6427-63.57941 Lord Nelson Hotel (Halifax, Nova Scotia).
* 44.640139-63.5684722 Hotel Nova Scotian (Halifax, Nova Scotia). Connected by walkways to both the Halifax railway station and Pier 21, the main dock for transatlantic ocean liners.
* 44.634278-65.7606113 The Pines (Digby, Nova Scotia). Popular as a golf resort.
* 45.080278-67.0547224 The Algonquin Resort (Saint Andrews, New Brunswick). An icon of the province with its Tudor-style architecture.
* 47.620833-70.1458335 Le Manoir Richelieu (La Malbaie, Quebec).
* 46.81182-71.205386 Le Château Frontenac (Quebec City, Quebec). Tallest structure in "Vieux-Québec" (the old city) and the city's most easily-recognised landmark; arguably the most photographed hotel in the world.
* 45.5006-73.56787 Queen Elizabeth Hotel (Montreal, Quebec).
* 45.645-74.958 Le Château Montebello (Montebello, Quebec). Claims to be "the world’s largest log cabin". Close to Ottawa, often used for federal or even international conferences.
* 45.425567-75.6951089 The Château Laurier (Ottawa, Ontario). One of Canada's Prime Ministers, R.B. Bennett, lived in this hotel, a block from Parliament, rather than in the mansion most PMs occupy. Well-known portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh also lived here; some of his photographs decorate the lobby.
* 43.646133-79.38156110 The Royal York (Toronto, Ontario). Right across the street from Union Station, and connected by a tunnel. That station has trains for the Toronto subway, for GO (Government of Ontario) trains to suburbs and nearby towns, and for long-distance rail. The cross-country train The Canadian has its eastern terminus there. Also has free shuttle bus service to Toronto Island airport.
* 49.887778-97.13666711 Fort Garry Hotel (Winnipeg, Manitoba).
* 50.4467-104.61112 Hotel Saskatchewan (Regina, Saskatchewan).
* 52.126389-106.65916713 The Bessborough Hotel (Delta Bessborough) (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan).
* 53.5403-113.48914 The Hotel MacDonald (Edmonton, Alberta).
* 51.044444-114.06522215 The Palliser Hotel (Calgary, Alberta).
* 51.164167-115.56166716 Banff Springs Hotel (Banff Springs Hotel National Historic Site) (Banff, Alberta).
* 51.4178-116.21717 Chateau Lake Louise (Lake Louise, Alberta). In Banff National Park, on a beautiful glacier lake. Always expensive, painfully so in the summer high season.
* 52.8861-118.05718 Jasper Park Lodge (Jasper, Alberta).
* 49.283839-123.12095919 The Hotel Vancouver (Vancouver, British Columbia).
* 48.4218-123.36820 The Empress Hotel (Victoria, British Columbia).
Of course, there are some other very classy options as well:
* 45.5-73.57821 Ritz-Carlton Montreal (Montreal, Quebec).
* 45.4195-75.691622 Lord Elgin Hotel (Ottawa, Ontario).

### Costa Rica

* 9.933611-84.077523 The Gran Hotel Costa Rica (San José). 20th-century colonial-style landmark
* 9.933605-84.09522524 Hotel Grano de Oro (San José). Grand old hotel of Victorian design.

### Cuba

* 23.143056-82.38055625 Hotel Nacional de Cuba (Havana). A grand old lady filled with memories of times past

### Haiti

* 18.529444-72.337526 Hotel Oloffson (Port-au-Prince).

### Mexico

* 20.67-88.5727 Hacienda Chichen (Chichen Itza, Yucatan). 16th-century colonial landmark.
* 19.425139-99.16416728 Hotel Geneve (Mexico City).
* 19.432642-99.13438129 Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico (Mexico City).

### United States

There is a program called Historic Hotels of America with 260-odd hotels involved as of 2015. Each of these hotels is over 50 years old and is (or is eligible to be) a historic landmark.
* 30.448611-91.18972230 Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center (Baton Rouge, Louisiana). (formerly the Heidelberg Hotel).
* 33.520048-86.80792531 The Tutwiler Hotel (Birmingham, Alabama).
* 43.555814-73.6455932 The Sagamore Resort (Bolton Landing, New York).
* 34.081893-118.41348833 The Beverly Hills Hotel (Beverly Hills, California). One of the world's most famous hotels, it has long been popularly associated with Hollywood's biggest stars. It was a favorite of Elizabeth Taylor, who spent six of her eight honeymoons here.
* 42.357845-71.0600834 Parker House Hotel (Boston, Massachusetts). Claims to be the oldest continuously operating hotel in the USA
* 40.019167-105.27861135 Hotel Boulderado (Boulder, Colorado).
* 44.257222-71.43944436 Mount Washington Hotel (Bretton Woods, New Hampshire). Where the Bretton Woods Conference that established the modern international financial system was held in 1944.
* 42.884444-78.87277837 Hotel Lafayette (Buffalo, New York).
* 41.8952-87.623838 Warwick Allerton - Chicago (Chicago, Illinois). (formerly Allerton Hotel, Warwick Allerton Hotel Chicago, and Allerton Crowne Plaza Hotel)
* 41.873333-87.62472239 The Blackstone Hotel (Chicago, Illinois).
* 41.900464-87.6242540 Drake Hotel (Chicago, Illinois).
* 41.8725-87.62436141 Hilton Chicago (Chicago Hilton and Towers) (Chicago, Illinois). (formerly Stevens Hotel)
* 41.8803-87.626942 Palmer House (Chicago, Illinois).
* 39.102447-84.51328643 The Cincinnatian (Cincinnati, Ohio).
* 42.704357-74.9267944 The Otesaga Hotel (Cooperstown, New York).
* 34.02397-118.3940445 Culver Hotel (Culver City, California). Once a favorite among the superstars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, the cast of The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind stayed here during filming.
* 36.0575-112.13694446 El Tovar Hotel (Grand Canyon, Arizona).
* 21.276544-157.82659747 Moana Hotel (Moana Surfrider) (Honolulu, Hawaii).
* 24.547786-81.79012348 Casa Marina (Key West, Florida).
* 34.0982-118.368449 Chateau Marmont (Los Angeles, California). Originally completed in 1929 as a residential apartment building, it was converted to a hotel in 1931. The building's architecture was inspired by that of the Château d'Amboise, a medieval castle in the Loire Valley of France. It has long been a popular short-term residence for Hollywood celebrities over the years.
* 34.049757-118.25404250 Millennium Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles Biltmore) (Los Angeles, California).
* 34.101375-118.34169151 The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (Los Angeles, California). Named after Theodore Roosevelt and financed by Hollywood giants such as Louis B. Mayer, Douglas Fairbanks, Sid Grauman and Mary Pickford. The first Academy Awards ceremony was held here at the Blossom Ballroom on 16th May 1929. Marilyn Monroe lived here for two years, and the hotel's swimming pool was where she had her first commercial photoshoot.
* 45.851111-84.62583352 Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island, Michigan).
* 35.1425-90.0518253 The Peabody Memphis (Memphis, Tennessee).
* 43.039136-87.905754 The Pfister Hotel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).
* 36.16373-86.78234155 Hermitage Hotel (Nashville, Tennessee).
* 29.9542-90.068256 Hotel Monteleone (New Orleans, Louisiana).
* 29.9504-90.072857 Le Pavillon Hotel (New Orleans, Louisiana). (formerly New Denechaud Hotel, or DeSoto Hotel)
* 41.768611-74.15555658 Mohonk Mountain House (New Paltz, New York).
* 40.755833-73.98233359 Algonquin Hotel (New York, New York).
* 40.76468-73.9811860 Park Central Hotel (New York, New York).
* 40.7565-73.973461 Waldorf Astoria New York (New York, New York). Where President Franklin Roosevelt stayed during his trips to New York during World War II. A secret train platform that Roosevelt used in an effort to hide his disability from the public survives underneath the hotel, though it is not accessible to the public.
* 40.755833-73.97333362 The Barclay (InterContinental New York Barclay) (New York, New York). One of the large hotels built in the area to serve railway passengers of nearby Grand Central Terminal, the top floor was once a private suite for New York Central Railroad director Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, and today has a penthouse that you can stay in, if you can afford it that is.
* 40.75502-73.9729963 The Lexington Hotel (The Lexington Hotel, Autograph Collection) (New York, New York). One of the large hotels built in the area to serve railway passengers of nearby Grand Central Terminal. One of its suites was once the residence of Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio during their brief marriage.
* 40.76514-73.9713664 The Pierre (New York, New York).
* 40.764528-73.97444465 Plaza Hotel (New York, New York).
* 40.761389-73.97472266 St. Regis New York (New York, New York). One of the claimants to having invented the Bloody Mary cocktail.
* 40.755753-73.9862667 The Knickerbocker Hotel (New York, New York).
* 40.7599-73.973268 Hotel Elysée (New York, New York).
* 40.761667-73.97527869 Gotham Hotel (The Peninsula New York) (New York, New York).
* 41.257418-95.96672770 Kimpton Cottonwood Hotel (Omaha, Nebraska). (formerly Blackstone Hotel)
* 26.714766-80.03398371 The Breakers (Palm Beach, Florida).
* 40.4406-79.996672 Omni William Penn Hotel (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
* 37.2745-79.939473 Hotel Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia).
* 32.680956-117.17841774 Hotel del Coronado (The Del) (San Diego, California).
* 37.788144-122.40172475 The Palace Hotel (San Francisco, California).
* 37.7877-122.40876 Westin St. Francis (San Francisco, California). (formery St. Francis Hotel)
* 35.68665-105.93780477 La Fonda (Santa Fe, New Mexico).
* 34.0066-118.49178 Casa del Mar (Santa Monica, California). Originally completed in 1926 as a private beach club, it counted among its members Hollywood celebrities of the Golden Age such as Clark Gable and Greta Garbo. It was taken over by the U.S. Navy in 1941 to house enlisted soldiers during World War II, and struggled to regain its prominence following the war, eventually closing in 1960. It was then used for several different purposes in the intervening years before being restored to its former glory and reopened as a luxury hotel in 1999.
* 38.896667-77.03222279 Willard InterContinental Washington (Willard Hotel) (Washington, D.C./West End).
* 37.7854-80.308380 The Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia).
* 35.0208-110.694681 La Posada (Winslow, Arizona).
* 37.745744-119.57418682 Ahwahnee Hotel (Yosemite National Park).

## South America
### Argentina

* -34.587694-58.38880683 Alvear Palace Hotel (Buenos Aires).

### Brazil

* -22.96726-43.1787484 Copacabana Palace (Rio de Janeiro).
* -12.968566-38.50718485 Convento do Carmo (Salvador).

### Peru

* -12.0508-77.035486 Gran Hotel Bolívar (Lima). – The cocktail Pisco Saur was invented here. Royalty stayed here, and the Rolling Stones had to leave for bad behavior.

## Oceania
### Australia

* -35.299149.12552 Canberra Hotel (Canberra). What was once "Hostel No. 1" originally opened in 1924 to house politicians visiting Parliament. After extensive renovations and extensions, it became Canberra's first five-star hotel when Hyatt adopted it into its flagship Park Hyatt collection in 1988. Low-rise and diminutive from the outside, it's surprisingly grand inside, with 1920s Art Deco style throughout.
* -33.713150.31153 The Carrington Hotel (Katoomba).
* -37.8119144.97354 Hotel Windsor (Melbourne).

### Fiji

* -18.146889178.422555 Grand Pacific Hotel (Suva).

### New Zealand

* -45.87878170.5007556 Wains Hotel (Dunedin).
* -45.0328168.66157 Eichardt's Hotel (Queenstown).

## See also

* Historical travel
* Legacy department stores
* Old towns
* Grand Tour