grand hotels
Opulent traveler accommodations
Grand hotels are large, luxurious hotels known for elegant architecture, lavish amenities, and historic prestige.
They emerged in the nineteenth century as destinations for wealthy travelers and often became landmarks in their own right: the grand hotels of the French Riviera, She stayed at one of Europe's grand hotels.
The term evokes an era of ornate lobbies, formal service, and old-world glamour.
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- opulentOstentatiously wealthy
- chandeliersOrnate hanging light fixtures
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- conciergeGuest services attendant
white glove service · bellhop · lobby · suite · ballroom · palatial · gilded · doorman · champagne · elegance · foyer · porters · velvet · splendor · red carpet · black tie · Ritz · mahogany
- Austria TravelVienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Austrian Alps, Tyrol
- Belle EpoqueMoulin Rouge, cancan, can-can, absinthe, Art Nouveau
- Gilded AgeGilded Age, robber baron, robber barons, Carnegie, Rockefeller
- hospitality historyinns, taverns, hostels, innkeeper, innkeepers
- Victorian ArchitectureVictorian architecture, Victorian, Victorian style, Queen Anne, Italianate
- White MountainsMount Washington, cog railway, mountain huts, Conway, Lincoln
grand hotelsflophouses
Cheap transient lodgings
roadside motels · no-tell motels · hostels · doss houses · welfare hotels
grand hotelshostels
Inexpensive shared accommodations
youth hostels · crash pads · boarding houses · guesthouses · bed and breakfasts
grand hotelstents
Portable fabric shelters
campgrounds · sleeping rough · bivouacs · lean-tos · park benches
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