Six houses of some age, still working as hotels. What is recorded here is the building: when it went up, what it was built for, what survives of the original rooms, and what the operator added later. Collections and hung work are mentioned only where the hotel itself publishes them.
Can Bordoy occupies a nineteenth-century town house in the old quarter of Palma, on Mallorca. The building stands behind a plain street front, and its garden is enclosed by walls on all sides, which is unusual for the district. It was restored over several years before opening as a hotel.
Inside, the restoration kept the stair, the floor levels and much of the original stonework, adding new fittings without covering what was there. The garden is planted as a single enclosed room, with a pool set into it. A sitting room and a dining room open onto the ground level beside it.
Ask ahead whether the garden and the ground-floor rooms are open to all guests through the day, since parts are sometimes given over to private use. Confirm as well how the house is reached, because the surrounding lanes are narrow and vehicle access is limited.
The Dylan Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
CategoryArt hotel
LocationAmsterdam, Netherlands
CheckedSeptember 2026
On the Keizersgracht in central Amsterdam, The Dylan occupies a group of canal houses arranged behind a gateway. The site carries a long history: a theatre stood here in the seventeenth century, and the gateway that remains belonged to it. Later buildings on the plot were adapted into the present hotel.
Rooms are spread across several connected houses, so floor levels and ceiling heights change from one part to another. A paved courtyard sits between the buildings, with a restaurant and a bar opening off it. Much of the interior was refitted in the modern period while the brick fronts were kept.
Because the accommodation is divided between houses, confirm which building and which floor a booking names, and whether a lift serves it. Courtyard seating and restaurant hours depend on the season and are set by the hotel.
Mercer Sevilla
Seville, Spain
CategoryArt hotel
LocationSeville, Spain
CheckedSeptember 2026
Mercer Sevilla is set in a palace house of the eighteenth century in the old centre of Seville, converted for its present use in the modern period. The street front is narrow, and the plan opens inwards to a covered patio, as older houses in the quarter usually do. The operator runs further houses elsewhere in Spain.
Galleries on two levels look down into the patio, and the marble columns and the stair were retained in the conversion. Guest rooms open from the galleries, so their shapes differ. A roof terrace was added above, and a small sitting room and dining space occupy the ground level.
Confirm which Mercer address a booking names, since the operator holds more than one house in Spain. Ask as well whether the roof terrace keeps set hours, and how far the house lies from the nearest point a vehicle can reach in the old streets.
Hotel Krafft Basel
Basel, Switzerland
CategoryArt hotel
LocationBasel, Switzerland
CheckedSeptember 2026
Hotel Krafft occupies a building of 1873 on the bank of the Rhine in Basel, on the Kleinbasel side. The house has worked as a hotel since it was built, and its river front is its principal face. Rooms on that side look across the water towards the old town.
A spiral stair rises through the middle of the house, and the dining room and terrace face the river at ground level. The interior was refitted in the modern period, with contemporary work hung through the public rooms while the nineteenth-century structure was kept. Room sizes vary with the position in the plan.
It is worth asking which side a room faces, since the difference between the river front and the rear is considerable. Confirm restaurant and terrace hours as well, and check whether the terrace is in use at the time of a visit, as it depends on the weather.
Hotel Bardo Savannah
Savannah, United States
CategoryArt hotel
LocationSavannah, United States
CheckedSeptember 2026
Hotel Bardo occupies a mansion of 1888 on Forsyth Park in the historic district of Savannah, together with additions made on the same plot. The house has served as accommodation under several names before its present one. A garden with a pool lies behind it, enclosed from the surrounding streets.
The original house holds the entrance rooms, a bar and a dining room, and its verandas face the park. Later buildings on the plot carry the remaining guest rooms. The interior was refitted in the modern period, with strong colour and hung work through the public rooms, while the exterior kept its earlier form.
Confirm whether a room lies in the original house or in one of the later buildings, as the two differ in plan and in access. Ask as well about hours for the garden, the pool and the dining room, which are set by the hotel and change seasonally.
The Georgian Hotel
Santa Monica, United States
CategoryArt hotel
LocationSanta Monica, United States
CheckedSeptember 2026
The Georgian Hotel stands on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, in a building of 1933 that faces the Pacific across the street. It is one of the older surviving hotels on that frontage, and it was restored and reopened in the modern period. The front terrace sits between the building and the pavement.
The building rises eight storeys, with detailing of its decade kept on the exterior and in the entrance rooms. A restaurant and a bar occupy the ground level, opening onto the covered terrace. Guest rooms above vary in size, and those on the ocean side carry the view the frontage was designed for.
Ask which side a room faces before booking, since the difference between the ocean front and the rear is marked. Terrace and restaurant hours are set by the hotel, and parking on Ocean Avenue is limited, so arrangements should be confirmed in advance.
This reference is independent and not affiliated with any hotel described. Dates of construction and details of the buildings come from published sources and may be revised. Nothing is sold or reserved through the site. Access to gardens, hung work and shared rooms varies and should be confirmed with the hotel.
