Hotels Brad Pitt Has Stayed At

Contemporary British art reaches into every room and suite at 45 Park Lane, with works by Damien Hirst and Sir Peter Blake among a collection that extends through the public spaces. Changing exhibitions give the lobby and BAR 45 fresh reasons to linger. Wrapped in horizontal aluminum fins added by Thierry Despont, the Mayfair hotel carries that visual confidence into its architecture, while his Art Deco interiors give it a more intimate character. All 45 rooms face Hyde Park, making the outlook a defining part of a stay. Downstairs, Wolfgang Puck’s CUT—his first European restaurant—brings an American steakhouse sensibility to this corner of London.

A Chihuly chandelier in the Foyer gives Claridge’s a fitting introduction: design is central to this Mayfair hotel, where Victorian grandeur and Art Deco geometry shape the public rooms. The bedrooms carry that range further, spanning Victorian, Deco, and contemporary styles rather than following a single decorative template. Afternoon tea in the Foyer & Reading Room remains one of the hotel’s defining rituals, while the intimate Fumoir has been serving cocktails since 1929. The spa adds another architectural draw, with a heated pool beneath a multi-vaulted ceiling supported by stone columns. Outside, Brook Street and Davies Street place guests among Mayfair’s shopping streets, within easy reach of Hyde Park.

Philippe Starck’s design gives St Martins Lane a playful streak, carried through from its bold interiors to the golden hand that serves as a door handle at Blind Spot, the hotel’s hidden cocktail bar. In Covent Garden’s theater district, this is a hotel with an evening life of its own: the speakeasy serves drinks inspired by cities around the world, while EllaMia moves from craft coffee to cocktails after dark. Upstairs, rooms have floor-to-ceiling windows and customizable LED lighting, letting guests adjust the mood as daylight fades. The combination of expressive design, generous windows and places to linger makes it a distinctive base for exploring London’s West End.

English gardens provide the design thread at The Dorchester: their colors and motifs shape the rooms and suites, while an extensive art collection explores the British landscape tradition. Outside, Hyde Park stretches across from the hotel’s Park Lane address in Mayfair, with Bond Street’s boutiques nearby. That connection to its surroundings gives this grand London hotel a character beyond its dining credentials, which include contemporary French cuisine at the three-Michelin-starred Alain Ducasse restaurant. The Promenade supplies a more everyday rhythm, serving breakfast, afternoon tea and dinner with live music. Together, these spaces make the hotel as much a place to spend an afternoon or evening as a base for exploring London.

Palm Court’s crystal canopy sets the tone at Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid, a Belle Époque palace where the dining rooms are as much a draw as the address. Beneath it, the all-day restaurant serves contemporary interpretations of Ritz classics under chef Quique Dacosta’s direction. His two-Michelin-starred Deessa occupies the Alfonso XIII room, with a terrace overlooking the Ritz Garden. The hotel sits between the Prado Museum and Retiro Park, placing art and open space close at hand. Upstairs, accommodations range from courtyard-facing rooms to suites overlooking the Prado and Plaza de la Lealtad, with marble bathrooms and a classic approach to interiors that carries the palace’s character into the private spaces.

An art collection that includes Jacky Puzey’s textile-inspired installation gives Rosewood Villa Magna a distinctive point of view on Madrid’s craft and culture. Its interiors draw on early 20th-century design and pay tribute to the former Anglada Palace, lending a residential character to this address on Paseo de la Castellana. Rooms overlook the gardens or boulevard, while the rooftop houses open up views across Madrid. Food is another reason to spend time here: at Amós, Jesús Sánchez interprets Cantabrian ingredients from sea, mountain, and farm; Flor y Nata offers a more casual stop for coffee and pastries. Beyond the hotel, Salamanca’s galleries, ateliers, and family-run bakeries extend the cultural thread into the neighborhood.

Martin Brudnizki’s interiors give Fouquet’s New York its particular personality: brass, velvet, and Art Deco furniture bring a Parisian sensibility to Tribeca’s cobblestone streets. The 97 rooms and suites carry that aesthetic into a softer palette of pastels, with high ceilings and large windows; Deluxe King rooms pair lavender and almond green with views of the neighborhood’s historic redbrick buildings. The connection to Paris extends to Brasserie Fouquet’s, an homage to the Champs-Élysées original founded in 1899, and Titsou Bar, whose candlelit tables recall the 1920s and ’30s. Terrace suites open the hotel outward, framing Tribeca’s 19th-century architecture or the Hudson River.

Central Park becomes part of the interior at Mandarin Oriental New York, where many rooms frame the park through floor-to-ceiling windows. Occupying the upper floors of the Deutsche Bank Center at Columbus Circle, the hotel makes its elevated perspective a defining feature: accommodations look toward the park, Hudson River or Manhattan skyline, while MO Lounge pairs Central Park views with contemporary American cooking and cocktails. Even a swim comes with a city outlook in the 75-foot indoor lap pool. Marble bathrooms with deep soaking tubs give the rooms a generous residential touch, and the park’s southwest corner places walks, Lincoln Center performances and Midtown outings within easy reach.

No two of The Greenwich Hotel’s 86 rooms and suites are alike, a principle that gives this Tribeca address its individual character. Custom furnishings, Siberian oak floors, and handwoven rugs feature in the king rooms; courtyard-facing accommodations have French doors and Juliet balconies, while corner suites look toward the Hudson River. That domestic scale extends to the Drawing Room bar and open-air courtyard, both reserved exclusively for hotel guests, where meals come from Locanda Verde. Chef Andrew Carmellini’s Italian neighborhood taverna anchors the hotel’s dining life. Shibui Spa adds another dimension, with interiors centered on wood, water, and stone, a heated pool, and five treatment rooms.

Kit Kemp’s appetite for color, pattern, and craftsmanship gives The Whitby Hotel its personality, from individually designed bedrooms to a drawing room filled with art and an honesty bar. Floor-to-ceiling windows bring the Manhattan setting into every room and suite, with many looking across the skyline. Downstairs, a pewter-topped bar anchors The Whitby Bar & Restaurant, where handcrafted objects and original artworks share space with afternoon tea and a seasonal European menu. Set on West 56th Street just off Fifth Avenue, two blocks from Central Park, this Firmdale hotel makes an appealing base for travelers who take as much interest in the rooms they inhabit as the city outside.

Bulgari’s jewelry designs find an architectural expression at its Paris hotel: the Parentesi motif runs along the facade, while the house’s eight-point star appears inside. Designed by Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel’s ACPV Architects, the 76-room-and-suite hotel brings a distinctly Italian character to Avenue George V in the Golden Triangle. Marble, silk wallcoverings and varnished eucalyptus woodwork sit alongside lacquer, parchment and straw marquetry crafted by French artisans. That exchange between Italian design and French craft extends to Il Ristorante – Niko Romito, set in a private garden, where Parisian-style banquettes are made in Italy and the menu centers on contemporary Italian cooking.

Le Bristol Paris has a yacht above its rooftops: naval architect Cäsar Pinnau designed its sixth-floor indoor pool with teak decking and a trompe-l’oeil stern, with views toward the Eiffel Tower and Sacré-Cœur. That playful space adds a distinctive chapter to this grand hotel on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, whose rooms and suites follow an elegant Parisian style. A 13,000-square-foot courtyard garden gives guests room to linger, while the kitchens reveal how much is made here: the hotel mills its own flour, bakes its bread, and produces chocolates in-house. Three-Michelin-starred Epicure anchors a stay in which French cooking deserves as much attention as the address.

Sandstone alcoves, brick archways and a domed atrium give InterContinental Sydney’s Treasury bar a setting rooted in the city’s 1851 Treasury Building. That restored government building lends the hotel its architectural character, with a curved central bar and botanical cocktails bringing everyday life into the historic interiors. Upstairs, guest rooms look toward Sydney Harbour, the Opera House, Harbour Bridge, Royal Botanic Gardens or the city skyline, depending on the room. Aster, the rooftop bar on level 32, makes the harbor panorama part of an evening out. Circular Quay is the hotel’s neighborhood, putting the Opera House, gardens and historic Rocks district within walking distance.