Six hotels where the building carries the interest: houses, estates and converted city buildings described from published sources., a Mallorcan manor, a Provençal château with a modern wing, and stepped white blocks on Rhodes. Each entry describes the fabric, the shared rooms and the setting, drawn from published material.
Palacio Astoreca stands on Cerro Alegre, one of the hills above the port of Valparaíso. The house was built for a merchant family in the early years of the last century and was later converted into a hotel. It keeps its original stair, panelling and tall windows, and the upper rooms look across roofs towards the bay.
The plan turns around a central stair, with sitting rooms, a dining room and a small indoor pool on the lower floors. Guest rooms fill the levels above and vary in shape, because the layout of the old house was kept rather than squared off. Work by Chilean makers hangs through the public parts.
What's around
Cerro Alegre and the neighbouring Cerro Concepción are covered on foot, on steep lanes and stairs, with funiculars linking them to the flat part of the city. The port lies below. Ask the hotel about luggage, parking and step-free routes before arrival, since the approach is steep in every direction.
Hotel Terrestre sits on the Oaxacan coast near Puerto Escondido, set back from the shore in low, dry garden. Guests stay in separate villas rather than in one block, each closed towards the track and open towards its own courtyard. The architecture is the work of the Mexican office of Alberto Kalach.
Every villa is built from brick and concrete, with a plunge pool, a shaded terrace and a roof deck above. Shared parts include a restaurant, a bar and a long pool laid between the buildings. The hotel runs on solar power and leaves the rooms without air conditioning; openings and cross draughts do that work.
What's around
A coast road links the site with Puerto Escondido and with the smaller settlements along this stretch, and the nearest airport is at Puerto Escondido. Beaches, lagoons and a turtle centre lie within driving distance. Write ahead about transfers, road conditions in the wet months and what the villas provide.
Hôtel Bachaumont stands on rue Bachaumont, a short street in the Montorgueil quarter of the second arrondissement of Paris. The building dates from the first decade of the last century and was restored as a hotel after long years of other use. Its entrance hall keeps the original glass canopy, tiling and ironwork.
Behind that hall the plan opens into a restaurant and a bar, both used by people who are not staying. Bedrooms rise over several floors and are reached by the stair and lift from the same hall. Sizes differ from floor to floor, since the frame of the old building was retained.
What's around
Montorgueil is a market street closed to most traffic and lined with food shops, cafés and bakeries. Les Halles, the Bourse de Commerce and the Sentier are all within a walk, and métro lines run from Sentier and Étienne Marcel. Ask about luggage storage and late arrival before the day of travel.
CategoryArt Hotels · LocationParis, France · CheckedSeptember 2026
Grand Hotel Son Net
Puigpunyent, Mallorca, Spain
Grand Hotel Son Net lies above the village of Puigpunyent, in the Tramuntana range on the western side of Mallorca. The core of the estate is a manor house of the seventeenth century, and later wings and outbuildings were added around it. Stone terraces step down the slope, carrying olives, oaks and citrus.
The manor holds the main sitting rooms, a dining room and a bar, with further bedrooms in converted estate buildings close by. A pool sits on a terrace below the house, and gardens link the separate parts of the property. Interiors keep beams, stone floors and thick walls from the older fabric.
What's around
Puigpunyent is a short drive from the coast at Banyalbufar and about half an hour inland from Palma. Walking routes run into the Tramuntana from the village itself. Roads are narrow and climb steadily. Confirm transfers, parking and the state of the approach road with the hotel before setting out.
Château de Massillan stands in open country at Uchaux, north of Orange in Provence. The château itself is a stone house of the sixteenth century with corner towers, and a newer wing was built alongside it in contemporary form. Vineyards and a walled kitchen garden surround both, and the approach runs through the estate.
Bedrooms are divided between the old house and the new wing, so the character of a stay changes with the building chosen. The estate keeps an organic kitchen garden that supplies the restaurant, along with a pool and grounds for walking. Public rooms sit on the ground floor of the château.
What's around
Uchaux lies among vineyards between Orange and Bollène, with Roman remains at Orange and the Rhône valley to the west. A car is needed for most of that; the nearest railway station is at Orange. Ask about dinner, garden visits and the condition of the estate road before you arrive.
CategoryArt Hotels · LocationUchaux, Provence, France · CheckedSeptember 2026
Casa Cook Rhodes
Rhodes, Greece
Casa Cook Rhodes was built on the eastern coast of Rhodes at Kolymbia, a short way back from the water. Low white blocks are set in stepped rows so that the buildings stay under the line of the planting. The plan gathers them around a shared courtyard and a long pool rather than along a corridor.
Many rooms have their own small pool or a terrace facing that courtyard; others open onto the garden at ground level. Shared parts include a restaurant, a bar and a spa house. Materials are plain throughout: whitewash, timber, rattan and stone, with rough planting left between the blocks.
What's around
The hotel sits on the coast road between Rhodes town and Lindos, with Kolymbia beach a short walk away. Buses run along that road and taxis serve the airport in the north. Epta Piges and the hills behind are close. Check seasonal opening and airport transfers directly with the hotel.
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