The best city hotels
A city hotel earns its keep twice: once as a base, and once as somewhere you actually want to be at four in the afternoon.
These are the urban addresses guests scored highest.
How we chose
Urban properties where the location and the room both hold up. Only properties already in the Places You Will Love collection appear here, ranked by verified guest score.
The best city hotels, ranked
- Jaya House River Park — Siem Reap, Cambodia · 9.9/10 from 644 verified reviews
- Palazzo Portinari Salviati — Florence, Italy · 9.9/10 from 156 verified reviews
- The Connaught — London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧 · 9.8/10 from 432 verified reviews
- Can Joan Capó - Adults Only — Sineu, Mallorca, Spain · 9.8/10 from 411 verified reviews
- Hotel Flora — Antwerp, Belgium · 9.8/10 from 216 verified reviews
- La Monastica Resort & Spa — Borgo a Buggiano, Tuscany, Italy · 9.8/10 from 194 verified reviews
- Armerun Heritage Hotel & Residences — Šibenik, Croatia · 9.7/10 from 1151 verified reviews
- Villa Cortine Palace Relais & Châteaux — Sirmione, Lake Garda, Italy · 9.7/10 from 619 verified reviews
- J.K. Place Paris — Paris · 9.7/10 from 220 verified reviews
- Capella Shanghai, Jian Ye Li — Shanghai, China · 9.7/10 from 200 verified reviews
- Vila Origens Urban Beach Retreat — Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal · 9.7/10 from 57 verified reviews
- Adriatic Hotel by Maistra Collection — Rovinj, Croatia 🇭🇷 · 9.6/10 from 914 verified reviews
- Kinsterna Hotel — Monemvasia, Peloponnese, Greece · 9.6/10 from 659 verified reviews
- Villa Magalean Hotel & Spa — Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain · 9.6/10 from 528 verified reviews
- The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel — London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧 · 9.6/10 from 208 verified reviews
- Viroth's Hotel — Siem Reap, Cambodia · 9.6/10 from 52 verified reviews
- Pan Pacific London — London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧 · 9.5/10 from 2907 verified reviews
- The Lanesborough, Oetker Collection — London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧 · 9.5/10 from 2773 verified reviews
- Cheval Blanc Paris — Paris, France · 9.5/10 from 180 verified reviews
- Hotel Villa Flavia — Plovdiv, Bulgaria · 9.5/10 from 92 verified reviews
- Villa des Prés — Paris · 9.4/10 from 180 verified reviews
- GA Palace Hotel & Spa, a XIXth-Century Villa — Porto, Portugal
- Maison Albar Hotels L'Amoure — Lousada, Portugal
Frequently asked questions
What matters most in a city hotel?
In reviews: a quiet room, a walkable location, and breakfast worth getting up for — in that order.
Central or residential?
Our highest-scoring city hotels tend to sit one street back from the busiest quarters — close enough to walk, far enough to sleep.
How many nights?
Three to four is what readers most often report as the right length for a European city.
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