New in the Atlas: 35 more palace and grand hotels across Europe
From the Plaza Athénée and the Dorchester to an Ottoman palace on the Bosphorus, the grand hotels now in the Atlas, city by city.
Paris and London
In Paris, the red awnings of the Plaza Athénée, the Art Deco Four Seasons George V and LVMH's Cheval Blanc in the Samaritaine. In London, The Dorchester on Park Lane and Raffles at The OWO, the Old War Office on Whitehall.
Vienna, Budapest and Prague
The Hotel Imperial on the Ringstrasse, a palace since 1863, and Rosewood Vienna on the Petersplatz. In Budapest, Matild Palace, built for an archduchess in 1902. In Prague, the Mandarin Oriental in a former 14th-century monastery below the castle.
Italy and the Riviera
In Rome, the Bulgari Hotel Roma facing the Mausoleum of Augustus and the Hotel Eden near the Villa Borghese. In Milan, the Bulgari and the Mandarin Oriental. In Monaco, the Belle Époque Hermitage and the Métropole.
The Bosphorus
In Istanbul, the Four Seasons at the Bosphorus, an Ottoman palace on the water, and The Peninsula on the Karaköy waterfront.
The new hotels
- Hôtel Plaza Athénée · Paris
The red awnings of Avenue Montaigne, the street of the great couture houses, since 1913. - Four Seasons Hotel George V · Paris
An Art Deco landmark of 1928 a few steps from the Champs-Élysées, famous for its flowers and home to Le Cinq, one of the city's three-star dining rooms. - Cheval Blanc Paris · Paris
LVMH's Paris palace, opened in 2021 inside the Samaritaine building on the Seine, with interiors by Peter Marino and the three-star Plénitude. - The Dorchester · London
Park Lane's great hotel since 1931, looking over Hyde Park, and home to Alain Ducasse's three-star restaurant. - Raffles London at The OWO · London
The Old War Office on Whitehall, where Churchill worked, opened as a Raffles hotel in 2023. - Hotel Imperial · Vienna
A Ringstrasse palace built in 1863 for the Duke of Württemberg and a hotel since 1873, the traditional address of state visitors to Vienna. - Matild Palace · Budapest
A 1902 palace built for Archduchess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg, opened as a Luxury Collection hotel in 2021 beside the Elisabeth Bridge. - Mandarin Oriental, Prague · Prague
A former 14th-century monastery in Malá Strana, below the castle, with a spa in the old chapel. - Bulgari Hotel Roma · Rome
Opened in 2023 in a 1930s rationalist building on the Piazza Augusto Imperatore, facing the restored Mausoleum of Augustus. - Hotel Eden · Rome
A Dorchester Collection hotel near the Villa Borghese gardens, opened in 1889, with a rooftop restaurant over the domes of Rome. - Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo · Monaco
A Belle Époque palace above the port, with a glass-domed winter garden and L'Abysse, Yannick Alléno's sushi counter. - Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus · Istanbul
A 19th-century Ottoman palace on the European shore of the Bosphorus, with a waterside terrace, an outdoor pool and a spa. - The Peninsula Istanbul · Istanbul
Opened in 2023 on the Karaköy waterfront in three restored historic buildings and a new one, looking across to the old city and the Topkapı Palace. - Beau-Rivage Genève · Geneva
Owned by the same family since it opened in 1865, the Beau-Rivage faces the lake and the Jet d'Eau. - La Réserve Eden au Lac · Zurich
A 1909 building on the lakeshore reimagined by Philippe Starck, with a rooftop restaurant looking over Lake Zurich to the Alps.
