United States Top 500 Best Hotels, Inns, Resorts, Spas
HOTELS, RESORTS & SPAS BY REGION (146 countries) :
Alaska
Anchorage
 - Historic Anchorage Hotel - "Where Ghosts Are More than Just Stories: Curtains rumbling, shower curtains swaying, pictures flying—it's all par for the course at the Historic Anchorage Hotel. Stories of ghostly happenings have been circulating at the hotel for many years and are considered to be related to the death of the first Chief of Police, Jack Sturgus. On February 20, 1921 at 9:15 p.m., Anchorage's first Police Chief John J. "Black Jack" Sturgus was found shot in the back with a bullet from his own gun, steps away from the Historic Anchorage Hotel. It is rumored that his ghost returns to the scene of the crime each year, haunting the location of his untimely death, seeking justice for a crime still unsolved to this day."
- MILLENNIUM ALASKAN HOTEL
- THE HISTORIC ANCHORAGE HOTEL - established 1916.
California
Beverly Hills
 - Beverly Wilshire Hotel - historic luxury hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Located at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive, it was completed in 1928. It has been used as a shooting location for films and television series. Guests have included US presidents and celebrities.
- MR. C
- SLS HOTEL
 - THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL AND BUNGALOWS CNT SDA. Opened on May 12, 1912. 9641 Sunset Boulevard. The hotel is owned by Hassanal Bolkiah, the current Sultan of Brunei.
- THE PENINSULA
- LVMH Shelves Plans for Rodeo Drive Hotel After Local Opposition - "Bernard Arnault, the world’s richest man, will scrap a plan to build a luxury hotel in Beverly Hills after residents in the wealthy city appeared to vote against the project."
Coronado
 - Hotel del Coronado - beachfront luxury hotel in the city of Coronado, just across the San Diego Bay from San Diego, California. It is one of the few surviving examples of an American architectural genre: the wooden Victorian beach resort. It is the second largest wooden structure in the United States (after the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon) and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977 and a California Historical Landmark in 1970. When it opened in 1888, it was the largest resort hotel in the world. It has hosted presidents, royalty, and celebrities through the years. The hotel has been featured in numerous movies and books.
Hollywood
 - HOTEL ROOSEVELT - opened on May 15, 1927. It is the oldest continually operating hotel in Los Angeles and one of the most famous hotels in Los Angeles and one of the most haunted places in the world: Montgomery Clift's ghost is thought to haunt ROOM 928, where he stayed whilte filming From Here to Eternity, and can still be heard playing his trumpet. His spirit has also been spotted on the eighth floor; Marilyn Monroe's ghost has been seen reflected in a mirror in ROOM 229 and dancing in the hotel's ballroom. The ghost of glamorous movie star Carole Lombard, wife of Clark Gable, has been spotted on the 12th floor, where she and Gable often stayed.
- KNICKERBOCKER HOTEL - (1925-1970).
- RAFFLES L'ERMITAGE
- RENAISSANCE HOLLYWOOD HOTEL & SPA
- THE STANDARD HOTEL HOLLYWOOD
La Jolla
 - Hotel del Charro - (1951-1972). Was a resort hotel, famous for its discreet hospitality to deal-making politicians, wealthy industrialists, and Hollywood celebrities, including Richard Nixon, Joseph McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, John Wayne, William Powell, Elizabeth Taylor, Mel Ferrer, and La Jolla native Gregory Peck.
Laguna Beach
- MONTAGE - Orange County luxury spa resort.
Long Beach
 - THE QUEEN MARY HOTEL - RMS Queen Mary is a retired ocean liner that sailed primarily in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line.
Los Angeles
 - Alexandria Hotel - since 1906. Historic building constructed as a luxury hotel at the beginning of the 20th century in what was then the heart of downtown Los Angeles. The hotel was the most luxurious in Los Angeles for a number of years until the construction of the Biltmore Hotel three blocks west in 1923. Due to its elegant design and the fact that its public rooms sat disused for decades, it has been the site of countless film shoots, and its iconic PALM COURT ballroom is a protected Los Angeles landmark. In its heyday from 1911 to 1922, it was the scene of speeches by U.S. Presidents William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson and Gen. John J. Pershing. It is also the room where Paul Whiteman, later known as the "Jazz King", got his start as a bandleader in 1919, where Rudolph Valentino danced with movie starlets, and where Hollywood held its most significant balls during the early days of the motion picture business.
- AMBASSADOR HOTEL - (1921-2005). Location of the famous nightclub Cocoanut Grove and the June 5, 1968 assassination of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy.
- HOTEL BEL-AIR - since opening in 1946, the 103-room facility located on 701 Stone Canyon Road, has served celebrities, heads of state and dignitaries. The boutique hotel is now owned by Hassanal Bolkiah, the current Sultan of Brunei.
- THE CENTURY PLAZA
- THE CENTURY PLAZA TOWER
- THE STANDARD HOTEL
 - THE WESTIN BONAVENTURE HOTEL & SUITES
Napa Valley
- CALISTOGA RANCH
- THE CARNEROS INN - Napa Valley resort: a vineyard oasis ideally nestled among 27 acres. "We offer 86 individual cottages, including 10 suites, set amid landscaped courtyards allowing for optimal seclusion and exclusivity."
West Hollywood
 - CHATEAU MARMONT - hotel and bungalows. Opened as a hotel in 1931.
- Garden of Allah - (1927-1959). Famous apartment/hotel complex in West Hollywood, California, U.S.A., on 8152 Sunset Boulevard between Crescent Heights and Havenhurst, at the east end of the Sunset Strip. The Garden of Allah became home to many celebrities and literary figures.
- SUNSET TOWER HOTEL - iconic Art Deco-styled Hollywood landmark and host to Vanity Fair's Oscar Party.
Colorado
Aspen
 - HOTEL JEROME - built the hotel in 1889 to emulate the great European hotels such as London's fabled Claridge's and George V in Paris. "Often hailed as the premier Aspen hotel."
 - Little Nell - "Aspen's only five-star, five-diamond property, and the only hotel with ski-in, ski-out access to historic Aspen Mountain."
 - SKY HOTEL - luxury boutique hotel.
Colorado Springs
 - Antlers Hotel - Colorado Springs lodge opened by William Jackson Palmer in 1882 and which was replaced after the original hotel burned.
 - The Broadmoor - 5-star/5-diamond Historic Hotel of America with over 700 rooms, 18 restaurants and cafes, and a world-class spa. Built in 1918 as the "Grand Dame of the Rockies", it was one of the finest resort destinations along the Rocky Mountains during the age of railroads. The resort with hotel is a popular conference destination for businessmen and government officials. The hotel sits at an elevation of 6230 feet (1900 m) above sea level.
Denver
 - THE BROWN PALACE HOTEL & Spa - since 1892. Past guests include the "Unsinkable" Molly Brown (she stayed at the hotel only a week after the Titanic disaster), infamous Denver crime boss Jefferson "Soapy" Smith, Dr. Sun Yat Sen (just before becoming the president of the new Republic of China), Queen Marie of Romania, the Duke of San Macario, and The Beatles. Presidential guests include Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Warren Harding, Harry S Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bill Clinton. The hotel was the site of the high profile 1911 murders in which Frank Henwood shot and killed Sylvester Louis "Tony" von Phul and accidentally killed an innocent bystander, George Copeland, in the hotel's "Marble Bar." Henwood and von Phul were rivals for (or shared) the affections of Denver socialite Isabel Springer, the wife of wealthy Denver businessman and political candidate John W. Springer. The murders culminated in a series of very public trials.
People who are into the paranormal will get more than their share of ghost stories in the hotel. One which stands out from the rest is that of Mrs. Louise Crawford Hill. She ruled Denver society from her room in the hotel, room 904, which was her home for fifteen years (1940-1955). Later, when the hotel began to offer tours, the story of her life and heartbreak over a lost love were told to the visitors. Strangely, the switchboard suddenly began to receive calls from room 904. But this was impossible, as at the time, the room was undergoing renovation and had no furnishings, lights, carpet, or telephone lines. Before long, the story was eliminated from the tour and the telephone calls from room 904 stopped coming.
Estes Park
 - THE STANLEY HOTEL - supposedly Stephen King wrote most of 'The Shining' in room 217. HAUNTINGS: Many believe the Stanley Hotel is haunted, having reported a number of cases of ghostly activity, primarily in the ballroom. Kitchen staff have reported to have heard a party going on in the ballroom, only to find it empty. People in the lobby have allegedly heard someone playing the ballroom's piano; employees investigating the music purportedly found nobody sitting at the piano. Employees believe that particular ghost is of Freelan O. Stanley's wife, Flora, who used to be a piano player. Ghost Adventure Package: This creepy experience includes a guaranteed 4th Floor room, a K2 Meter per reservation, a glow-in-the-dark Stanley Hotel squishy ghost per person, a REDRUM mug per person.
District of Columbia
Washington
- HOTEL ROUGE
- MARRIOTT WARDMAN PARK HOTEL
- Omni Shoreham Hotel - "Since 1930, the luxurious Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. has played host to presidents, world leaders and inaugural balls, making it a true Washington landmark."
- RENAISSANCE WASHINGTON HOTEL
- THE EMBASSY ROW
- THE FOUR SEASONS
- THE HAY-ADAMS - since 1928. LHW. Slogan: "Where nothing is overlooked but the White House." Luxury hotel located at 800 16th Street NW in Washington, D.C. Lafayette Square and St. John's Episcopal Church, also known as the Church of the Presidents, are located across the street.
- THE HOTEL GEORGE
- THE JEFFERSON R&C
 - The Mayflower Renaissance Washington - since 1925. The largest luxury hotel in the U.S. capital and the longest continuously operating hotel in the Washington D.C. area, and a rival of the nearby Willard InterContinental and Hay-Adams Hotels. The Mayflower is known as Washington, D.C.’s "Second Best Address" (second to the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.)
- THE RITZ-CARLTON
- THE SHERATON CARLTON
- THE WATERGATE
- The WILLARD - since 1816. Historic luxury Beaux-Arts hotel located at 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Among its facilities are numerous luxurious guest rooms, several restaurants, the famed Round Robin Bar, the Peacock Alley series of luxury shops, and voluminous function rooms. It is two blocks east of the White House.
 - Trump International Hotel - 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
Florida
- Disney’s absurdly expensive Star Wars hotel is shutting down - "The Galactic Starcruiser will close its doors for good in September."
Miami Beach
- BEACON HOTEL
 - Eden Roc - completed in 1955-56. Has been a favorite of distinguished guests from politicians to Hollywood's top stars.
 - FOUNTAINEBLEAU - opened in 1954. One of the most historically and architecturally significant hotels on Miami Beach.
- HOTEL VICTOR
- ONE BAL HARBOUR RESORT & SPA SLH
 - THE RALEIGH **** Opened in 1940. "Hailed as a 'grand dame' of South Beach Art Deco by Conde Nast Traveler, The Raleigh Miami Beach is a perfect blend of style and comfort. It’s chic yet unpretentious, and historic while tastefully modern. The Raleigh offers guests world-class luxury hotel service at a prime oceanfront location on Collins Avenue with exclusive access to the award-winning sbe Miami Collection." Originally constructed in the 1940s by Miami architect Lawrence Murray Dixon, Rosewood The Raleigh will be complemented with the addition of its two historic neighbors, the Richmond and South Seas Hotels, with each building’s historic Art Deco facade restored and integrated into the 60 room and suite property, the contemporary new tower adjacent to The Raleigh will house the Rosewood Residences Miami Beach featuring 44 private homes with unobstructed ocean views and prime ocean proximity. 1775 Collins Avenue.
- THE STANDARD SPA MIAMI BEACH
- VILLAHOTEL CONTENTA
St. Augustine
 - Ponce de LeÓn Hotel - was an exclusive hotel in St. Augustine, Florida, built by millionaire developer and Standard Oil co-founder Henry M. Flagler and completed in 1888. In 1968 the hotel became the centerpiece of the newly-established Flagler College.
Georgia
Hawaii
Lana'i City
- Four Seasons Resort Lana’i at Manele Bay - (formerly Manele Bay Hotel). "A perennial favorite among the world’s most discerning travelers, The Manele Bay Hotel consistently ranks high in global 'best of' reviews." Bill Gates wed his wife Melinda in 1994 in a private ceremony next to the par-3, 12th hole on the hotel's golf course.
- The Lodge at Koele
Kentucky
Louisville
- 21C MUSEUM HOTEL - is the first of its kind-a 90-room hotel dedicated to world class luxuries, Southern-style hospitality and contemporary art from living artists.
- GALT HOUSE
Massachusetts
Salem
 - HAWTHORNE HOTEL - historic landmark hotel. Opened in 1925. Rooms 325 and 612 said to be haunted.
New York
Brooklyn
 - WYTHE - Williamsburg.
Ferndale
- Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel - was a resort in the Catskill Mountains in the Town of Liberty, near the village of Liberty, New York. One of the largest Borscht Belt resorts, it was a kosher establishment that catered primarily to Jewish clients from New York City. After decades of activity and notable guests, it closed in 1986. The resort buildings were demolished in 2018.
New York City
- The Hotel Guest Who Wouldn't Leave - "Mickey Barreto's five-year stay cost him only $200.57. Now it might cost him his freedom."
 - Inside the Waldorf Astoria's $1 billion makeover - "This month marks 90 years since the Waldorf Astoria first opened its doors on New York's Park Avenue in 1931, becoming the tallest and largest luxury hotel in the world during an inauspicious time, as the Great Depression cast its long shadow. But the Waldorf Astoria has also been closed for the past four and a half years, undergoing a more than $1 billion renovation after it was purchased for $1.95 billion in 2014 by China's Anbang Insurance Group (now Dajia Insurance Group). While parts of the hotel are being restored to its original state - rooms including the Grand Ballroom are protected by New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission - much of the building is being entirely reimagined for the future. And, for the first time, the Waldorf Astoria will offer residential apartments to own, rather than lease, within the twin Waldorf Towers."
- 6 COLUMBUS HOTEL
- ACE HOTEL - 12-story hotel in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. The unique new boutique hotel has 269 rooms and is located near the Theater District. Also Michelin-starred restaurant, The Breslin, inside Ace Hotel New York.
- Barbizon 63 - since 1927. Formerly The Barbizon Hotel for Women, was symbolic of the cultural change as women began to come to New York City for professional opportunities, but still wanted a "safe retreat" that felt like the family home. It is located at 140 East 63rd Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.
- Courtyard + Residence Inn - 1717 Broadway. North America's tallest hotel opens in midtown Manhattan on December 29, 2014.
- CROSBY STREET HOTEL
- CROWNE PLAZA
- DREAM HOTEL - five-star boutique hotel housed in a landmark 1895 Beaux-Arts building.
 - ESSEX HOUSE - luxury hotel located on 160 Central Park South in Manhattan."Since opening its doors in 1931, the JW Marriott Essex House New York has served as an iconic Central Park hotel, delivering exceptional experiences for its guests."
- Fifth Avenue Hotel - was a luxury hotel located at 200 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City from 1859 to 1908. It had an entire block of frontage between 23rd Street and 24th Street, at the southwest corner of Madison Square.
- FOUR SEASONS HOTEL
- GRAMERCY PARK HOTEL CNT
- GREENWICH HOTEL
- HÔTEL AMERICANO - luxury boutique hotel located in the middle of Chelsea's art gallery district.
- HÔTEL PLAZA ATHÉNÉE LHW SDA
- HOTEL CHELSEA - built in 1883. Opened as hotel in 1903. "World renowned residence for artists, musicians, writers, philosophers, and characters of the most singular and eccentric stripe which the imagination might conjure."
- Hotel McAlpin - since 1912. Historic hotel building on Herald Square, at the corner of Broadway and 34th Street in Manhattan, New York City. It currently operates as an apartment building known as Herald Towers. When opened it was the largest hotel in the world.
- Hotel St. Moritz - (1930-1999). Remodeled and reopened in 2002 as The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park.
- JANE HOTEL - since 1908. "In 1912, the survivors of the Titanic stayed at the hotel until the end of the American Inquiry into the ship’s sinking."
- Langham Place, Fifth Avenue
- LOEWS REGENCY HOTEL
- MANDARIN ORIENTAL CNT
- MONDRIAN SOHO
- NIGHT
- QUIN - New York City’s newest luxury lifestyle hotel, debuted on November 11th, 2013 and is located on the corner of 57th Street and 6th Avenue.
- Royalton New York - the first hotel designed by Philippe Starck.
- Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel - completed in 1962 as The Americana of New York. One of the world's top 100 tallest hotels, and one of the tallest hotels in New York City; it has 51 floors.
- SOFITEL NEW YORK
- SOHO GRAND HOTEL
- ST. REGIS - built by one of the wealthiest men in America, John Jacob Astor IV, as a companion to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, of which he owned half, at the time located 20 blocks south on Fifth Avenue.
- THE ALEX HOTEL LHW
- THE ALGONQUIN HOTEL - opened in 1902. New York City Historic Landmark. In 1919 the hotel became the site of the daily meetings of the Algonquin Round Table, a group of journalists, authors, publicists and actors who gathered to exchange bon mots over lunch in the main dining room.
- THE BERKSHIRE PLACE
- THE BOWERY HOTEL - located in the fashionable SoHo area in lower Manhattan, is a luxury boutique hotel with an eclectic flair.
 - THE CARLYLE CNT SDA. Combination luxury and residential hotel.
 - THE CHATWAL LHW
- THE DRAKE
- THE EMPIRE HOTEL
- The Gore - "Luxury Boutique Hotel in South Kensington."
- THE GRAND HYATT
- THE GREENWICH HOTEL LHW. Owned by actor Robert De Niro.
- THE HELMSLEY PARK LANE HOTEL LHW
- THE INN AT IRVING PLACE SLH
- THE IROQUOIS SLH
- THE JANE HOTEL - completed in 1908.
- THE KITANO
- THE LOMBARDY HOTEL - upscale European-style boutique suite hotel.
- THE LONDON
- THE LOWELL LHW
 - THE MARK *****LHW - "New York's Most Boldly Lavish Hotel." Luxury hotel, situated at 25 East 77th Street, at Madison Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. Originally constructed in 1927 in the Renaissance Revival style, the building was purchased by Izak Senbahar of Alexico Group and Simon Elias in 2006 and the building's interiors were reimagined by French designer Jacques Grange in 2009. In addition to housing 106 hotel rooms and 47 suites. the building features a Jean Georges Vongerichten restaurant and bar, a Frédéric Fekkai salon, John Lobb shoe care services, and an exclusive scent by Frédéric Malle and unique illustrations by Jean-Philippe Delhomme. 25 East 77th Street at Madison Avenue, Manhattan, New York City 10075, U.S.A
- A Wealthy Teenager, a 5-Star Hotel & a Bizarre Defamation Fight - "A teenager turned away by a bar in one of Manhattan’s fanciest hotels started a campaign to sully its reputation, a lawsuit says. The hotel is suing him for defamation." The New York Times.
- THE MAYFAIR-REGENT
 - THE NEW YORK PALACE SDA - 455 Madison Avenue. Hotel combining the historic landmark Villard Mansion with a modern 55-story tower.
- THE PENINSULA
 - THE PIERRE - since 1930. LHW CNT
- THE PLAZA - opened in 1907. The only New York City hotel to be designated as a National Historic Landmark with The Waldorf-Astoria.
- THE RITZ-CARLTON - 50 Central Park South.
- THE ROOSEVELT HOTEL - opened in 1924 at the height of the Jazz Age, the "Grand Dame of Madison Avenue". The Roosevelt Hotel has been seen in several major motion pictures, including The French Connection, Hanky Panky, Quiz Show, Wall Street, Maid in Manhattan, 1408 and Mad Men.
- THE SETAI FIFTH AVENUE LHW
- THE SHERRY NETHERLAND
- THE STANDARD HOTEL - "High Line NYC Boutique Hotel."
- THE STANHOPE HOTEL
- The Towers of the Waldorf Astoria - Park Avenue Residences
- THE UNITED NATIONS PLAZA
 - The Vanderbilt - from its 1912 completion until it was converted to apartments in 1965, this was the Vanderbilt Hotel, one of the city's most fashionable in the early 20th Century. Singer Enrico Caruso lived here in 1920 and 1921, his last U.S. home.
- THE WESTBURY
- THOMPSON LES
- TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL & TOWER LHW SDA
- TRUMP SOHO LHW
- VISTA INTERNATIONAL
 - W NEW YORK - TIMES SQUARE - 1567 Broadway at 47th Street. "Signature Whatever/Whenever service, your wish is our command."
- Waldorf Astoria New York - opened in 1931. The only New York City hotel to be designated as a National Historic Landmark with The Plaza. The structure, at 301 Park Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets, is a 47-story 625 ft (191 m) Art Deco landmark.
North Carolina
Asheville
- BILTMORE - America's largest home and more!
Oregon
Mount Hood
- TIMBERLINE LODGE - declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977. used for the front exterior of the filming of Stephen King's horror story 'The Shining' by film director Stanley Kubrick.
Texas
Austin
 - The Driskill - since 1886. The oldest operating hotel in Austin, and one of the best-known hotels in Texas generally. 604 Brazos Street.
West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs
 - The Greenbrier - "America's Resort." Five-star resort. A total of 26 presidents have stayed at The Greenbrier. The Greenbrier is also the site of a massive underground bunker that was meant to serve as an emergency shelter for the United States Congress during the Cold War.
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
 - AMBASSADOR HOTEL
- PFISTER HOTEL - opened in 1893. The Pfister hotel has the largest Hotel collection of Victorian art in the world and has won the AAA Four Diamond award twice.
- THE IRON HORSE HOTEL - Milwaukee’s most chic and sophisticated property.
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