Famous Hotels

Famous Hotels

Which are the most famous hotels in the world and what makes those hotels so famous?

Here are some of the world's most famous hotels. Some of the hotels are famous for their pedigree, while other hotels are famous for their spectacular amenities. Still others have both history and amenities, and all of them charge rates commensurate with their renown.

One of the most famous hotels in America is California's Beverly Hills Hotel, where countless Hollywood movies were shot, many Hollywood stars were conceived, and a few even died. Many of them stayed at the hotel's $8,000 a night suites with terraces rising above willowy palm trees.

Equally famous but on the other side of America is New York City's Waldorf Astoria, the preferred abode of heads of states when visiting the Big Apple. The presidential suite at the Waldorf Astoria runs $10,000 per night.

For five figures, famed hotels also abound across the Atlantic Ocean. You can swim in the frescoed in-room swimming pool of the suites at the Principe di Savoia (left) in Milan, Italy for $10,000 per night. But if fashion are more of your cup of tea, it's tough to beat the suites at Paris' Ritz Paris, where Coco Chanel lived for 30 years, probably paying less than the $14,000 nightly tab.

Of course, these are hardly the most expensive suites in the world. The Atlantis at Bahama's Paradise Island has a 10-room, 22-carat gold chandeliers-adorned suite on its bridge for $25,000 a night, about the same as what the 17,000 square foot penthouse suite with bullet-proof doors and windows costs at the Hotel President Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland.

If you prefer party places to fortresses, cross the pond again to Las Vegas, Nevada where hotel-resorts like The Palms will let you to host your own party for up to 300 invitees in a suite with a private swimming pool, albeit without frescoed ceilings, for $25,000 a night.

So, how much should you spend on a hotel stay?

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