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.
Expansive windows and uncluttered interiors give COMO Metropolitan London its character, with Hyde Park or the Mayfair skyline supplying the outlook from its 144 rooms and suites. In the Junior Park Suites, sycamore timber and window seats make the park views part of the room’s design; selected Metropolitan Park Rooms add balconies. This contemporary hotel on Old Park Lane also has a substantial dining identity: Nobu serves Japanese-Peruvian cooking on the first floor, while Labombe by Trivet brings a wine-focused restaurant and bar from the team behind Trivet. Hyde Park lies across the road, and Bond Street, Piccadilly, and Knightsbridge are within walking distance.
We famously had Jennifer Lopez turn up for a weekend with 66 items of luggage, but next time she came to London she stayed at the Metropolitan hotel on Park Lane.
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.
Lopez made sure to send her hotel, The five-star Dorchester, a detailed two page list of everything needed to ensure she enjoys her reported two-day stay.
From Aduana, its seventh-floor restaurant, Gran Meliá Fénix looks out over Madrid’s Salamanca district—a useful introduction to the neighborhood around it. Calle Serrano’s shops and the Paseo de la Castellana are close by, with the National Archaeological Museum among the nearby cultural stops. Inside, neoclassical rooms establish the hotel’s formal character, while Balmoral carries that mood into a bar serving cocktails, traditional tapas, and Mediterranean dishes. Dining is a particular draw: Zuma adds contemporary Japanese cooking, a robata grill, and a sushi bar. For a more private view of the city, select RedLevel accommodations have terraces with outdoor whirlpools.
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.
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A stained-glass dome made from 1,875 individual panes gives The Palace its architectural centerpiece, with a palm-shaped chandelier suspended beneath it. Each pane was dismantled, cataloged and restored as part of the renovation that brought this 1912 hotel into The Luxury Collection in 2025. Designer Lázaro Rosa-Violán’s interiors draw on the Belle Époque and Roaring Twenties, alongside preserved marble, historic tapestries and original architectural details. Beneath the dome, La Cúpula serves contemporary Spanish cooking and afternoon tea. Outside, the hotel’s Plaza de las Cortes address places Madrid’s museums within walking distance; selected rooms overlook the Neptune Fountain or the Spanish Parliament, giving the city a presence well beyond the public rooms.
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Gemma, the Italian trattoria on The Bowery Hotel's ground floor, gives this address at 335 Bowery a social center of gravity. Chef Andrea Taormina's rustic, seasonal cooking comes with an extensive Italian wine list, while the lobby offers a separate setting for cocktails. Upstairs, marble bathrooms have antiqued brass fixtures and C.O. Bigelow bath products. Rooms range from compact 250-square-foot queens and kings to garden rooms with private terraces and larger suites. The 14th-floor Penthouse Terrace Suite adds a 650-square-foot terrace, giving its occupants an outdoor space bigger than many of the hotel's bedrooms. Complimentary bicycles offer another way to explore beyond the hotel's doors.
The Bowery Hotel’s guest book is peppered with eye-popping names across the celebrity spectrum (Charli xcx, Bella Hadid, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Keith Richards, Jennifer Lopez
Wood-burning fireplaces and landscaped terraces give The Lowell the character of a private Manhattan residence, with select accommodations offering those distinctly domestic pleasures. This family-owned hotel on East 63rd Street has 47 individually appointed suites and 27 rooms, their interiors inspired by designer Michael Smith’s residential style. Its setting between Madison and Park Avenues places Central Park and Madison Avenue’s boutiques within easy walking distance. The residential character extends to a Club Room reserved for hotel guests, while Majorelle brings a more elaborate flourish: marble columns, vaulted wood-arched ceilings and a year-round garden frame French Mediterranean cooking with Moroccan influences. Together, these spaces give the hotel a particular Upper East Side identity, rooted in apartment living and neighborhood dining.
Karl Lagerfeld’s Grands Appartements give Hôtel de Crillon a distinctive design pedigree behind its Neoclassical façade on Place de la Concorde. Art runs through the hotel, with sculpture, painting and photography by established and emerging artists sharing space with its historic architecture. The rooms take a residential approach, pairing custom art and comfortable furnishings with marble bathrooms; suites add bespoke furniture, textiles and individually selected objets d’art. Tucked-away courtyards offer a quieter setting within the property. For an evening overlooking the square, Les Ambassadeurs serves cocktails alongside live music, with a terrace beneath the arcades—a place to appreciate the architecture as part of everyday hotel life.
Arrival at La Réserve Paris takes place in the Louis XV Salon, setting the tone for a hotel shaped around the rituals of a private Parisian home. Jacques Garcia’s interiors draw on the building’s recovered woodwork, moldings and cornices, adding marble fireplaces and rich fabrics to its residential proportions. The 25 suites outnumber the 15 rooms; silk walls, antique furniture and oak parquet carry that character upstairs, where every accommodation has a dedicated butler. On Avenue Gabriel, just off the Champs-Élysées, the hotel also gives guests reasons to stay in: a library reserved for residents and their friends, a 16-meter indoor pool, and Jérôme Banctel’s three-Michelin-starred restaurant, Le Gabriel.