Experience · Heritage

Top Heritage Hotels

The world's finest heritage properties, selected by our editorial team.

Editor's Pick · The Rest, In No Particular Order

Airelles Gordes, La Bastide

Gordes · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

A 17th-century bastide at the edge of Provence's most photographed hilltop village — 40 rooms behind ochre walls.

Aman Venice

Venice · Veneto

A 16th-century palazzo on the Grand Canal with frescoed ceilings by Tiepolo — Aman's quietest urban address.

Badrutt's Palace Hotel

St. Moritz · Graubünden

The St. Moritz institution since 1896 — the hotel that essentially invented Alpine winter tourism.

Bela Vista Hotel & Spa

Praia da Rocha · Algarve

A 1918 Algarve mansion with its own stretch of sand — 38 rooms behind a blue-and-white azulejo façade.

Belmond Hotel Caruso

Ravello · Campania

An 11th-century palazzo 1,200 feet above the Amalfi coast — the infinity pool everyone has seen on Instagram.

Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons

Great Milton · England

Raymond Blanc's Oxfordshire manor — two Michelin stars for 40 years running, and the gardens that supply them.

Belmond Reid's Palace

Funchal · Madeira

A pink palace on a Madeira cliff since 1891 — Churchill's winter painting studio, and still serving tea on the same terrace.

Borgo Santo Pietro

Chiusdino · Tuscany

A restored 13th-century estate on 300 Tuscan acres — working farm, Michelin kitchen, and one of Europe's most acclaimed rural retreats.

Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne

Bürgenstock · Nidwalden

A clifftop village 1,500 feet above Lake Lucerne — Audrey Hepburn's favorite, now a four-hotel complex after a billion-franc redo.