Hotels in Historic Buildings

Connected Sites: 25

WHS containing a building of historic or architectural significance converted from its original use into a hotel. Building must be noteworthy enough for a visit on its own.

Connected Sites

  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.52
    611
    19
    Gritti Palace - Situated on the Grand Canal it was built in 1525 as a residence of the Doge - now owned/run by Starwood hotels
    See www.starwoodhotels.com
  • Santiago de Compostela
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.56
    228
    7
    Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos
    See www.galiciaguide.com
  • Brugge
    Brugge
    Belgium
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.97
    503
    21
    Kempinski Duke's Palace Hotel is a former residence of the Dukes's of Burgundy
    See www.kempinski-bruges.com
  • Yuso and Suso Monasteries
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.98
    122
    5
    Hotel Hosteria Del Monasterio De San Millan, 4* hotel in wing of Yuso Monastery
    See www.orangesmile.com
  • Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
    Inscribed: 1982
    2.79
    128
    7
    La Saline Royale : Located on the Royal Saltworks site, a total of 31 3-star hotel rooms is available
    See www.salineroyale.com
  • Siena
    Siena
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.05
    377
    10
    Multiple examples, e.g. Il Chiostro del Carmine, in a former Carmelite convent
    See www.chiostrodelcarmine.com
  • Urbino
    Urbino
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.27
    185
    8
    Hotel Raffaello in the former 'Seminary of the Chierici'
    See www.albergoraffaello.com
  • Champagne
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.16
    220
    9
    The former Maison Castel Jeanson in Aÿ (Nomination file, p. 68) - Hôtel-Château des Crayères on the colline Saint-Nicaise, originally built by the Pommery family (Nomination file, p. 100)
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Budapest
    Budapest
    Hungary
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.88
    546
    15
    Hilton Budapest, in restored remains of a 13th-century Dominican cloister and monastery
  • Itchan Kala
    Itchan Kala
    Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.75
    122
    5
    Orient Star Khiva, in the Medersa Mohammed Rakhim Khan
  • Cartagena
    Cartagena
    Colombia
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.37
    138
    5
    Sofitel Santa Clara, in a former convent: "a jewel of 17th century colonial architecture which is on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites. Gabriel Garcia Marquez used this convent as the setting for one of his novels, 'Of Love and Other Demons'." (hotel website)
    See www.sofitel-legend.com
  • Inscribed: 2003
    2.43
    210
    11
    Cinema Hotel
    See www.inisrael.com
  • Vienna
    Vienna
    Austria
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.02
    592
    20
    Hotel Imperial was a city palace of Duke Philipp of Württemberg.
    See www.starwoodhotels.com
  • Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai
    Hotel Marine Plaza, Intercontinental Hotel (both listed among the inscribed Art Deco monuments)
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.67
    318
    12
    Koblenz Youth Hostel is located inside Ehrenbreitstein Fortress.
  • The trulli of Alberobello
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.38
    227
    7
    Trullidea, rooms in several trulli
    See www.trullidea.it
  • Segovia
    Segovia
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.85
    267
    16
    San Antonio El Real - a former monastery
    See www.sanantonioelreal.es
  • Rammelsberg and Goslar
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.20
    205
    11
    Novum Hotel Kaiserworth
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Oaxaca and Monte Alban
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.72
    136
    7
    The 16th Century Santa Catalina Convent has been converted by the Camino Real Group
    See www.caminoreal.com
  • Mexico City and Xochimilco
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.84
    275
    8
    • Gran Hotel: at 16 de Setiembre #82. Inaugurated in 1899 as a department store, being the first building in the city built with a structure of metal and concrete. In 1968, in preparation of the XIX Olympic Games. It stands out architectonically for its Beaux Arts (especially Neoclassic and Art Nouveau) decoration, including the elevators and the Tiffany-styled glass vault created by Jacques Gruber in 1908.
    See magazine.trivago.com.mx
  • Matera
    Matera
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.85
    224
    7
    "Hotel Sassi" in Sasso Barisano, Hotel "Locanda di San Martino", Sextantio Le Grotte della Civita
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    588
    15
    The Hotel Loggiato Dei Serviti in the Loggia dei Servi di Maria, originally built for the mendicant order, the Servi di Maria
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Belfries
    Belfries
    Belgium, France
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.95
    444
    17
    The old City Hall with belfry of Lo-Reninge now houses the hotel and restaurant "'t Stadhuis"
    See www.stadhuis-lo.be
  • Agadez
    Agadez
    Niger
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.96
    10
    2
    The Hotel de l'Aïr is a palace built in 1917 for Kaossen, the leader of the rebellion against the colonial power. It was later converted into a hotel. The hotel restaurant has remarkable ribbed vaults, supported by four large pillars. (AB ev)
  • Sintra
    Sintra
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.88
    404
    14
    Seteais Palace (wiki)
    See www.manorhouses.com