The Palais Garnier in Paris, lit at night

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Grand Dames

The palace hotels of the great cities, where your dog crosses the marble beside you.

A grand hotel is a city's drawing room. These are the ones that leave the door open for the dog.

A grand dame is the hotel a city measures itself by: the palace on the park, the house where kings and film stars have stayed, the bar where a century of its gossip was traded. These are six of them, in London, Paris, Vienna, Zurich and Copenhagen, each one chosen because your dog is received there with the same ceremony as you are.

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park lit at dusk on KnightsbridgeThe Rosebery lounge at Mandarin Oriental Hyde ParkThe marble entrance hall of Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park

London, England

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park

Knightsbridge red brick and Portland stone of 1889, Hyde Park at the back door and Harrods a stroll along the pavement.

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The Dolder Grand lit at dusk in winter snow above ZurichThe great hall and twin staircases of The Dolder GrandThe bar at The Dolder Grand

Zürich, Switzerland

The Dolder Grand

A castle of 1899 on the Adlisberg above Zurich, remade by Norman Foster, with the lake and the Alps spread out below.

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Nimb lit at dusk above its fountain in Tivoli GardensThe domes and arches of Nimb glowing blue at nightNimb through the Christmas lights of Tivoli

Copenhagen, Denmark

Nimb

The Moorish palace of Tivoli Gardens, built in 1909, its domes and arches lit up every night above the gardens.

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Cheval Blanc Paris in La Samaritaine, across the Pont-Neuf on the SeineThe Dior Spa pool at Cheval Blanc ParisLangosteria at Cheval Blanc Paris

Paris, France

Cheval Blanc Paris

La Samaritaine's Art Deco wing on the Pont-Neuf, Peter Marino's rooms inside, the Seine running under the windows.

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Rosewood Vienna, the old Erste Bank building on PetersplatzA salon under a gilded ceiling at Rosewood ViennaA painted red suite at Rosewood Vienna

Vienna, Austria

Rosewood Vienna

A bank of 1838 on Petersplatz, the Peterskirche dome at its shoulder and the roofs of the first district from the terrace.

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The Lanesborough lit at dusk on Hyde Park CornerA sitting room overlooking Hyde Park Corner at The LanesboroughWellington Arch and Hyde Park from The Lanesborough

London, England

The Lanesborough

A Regency building of 1829 on Hyde Park Corner, a hospital once, and now the grandest address at the gate of the park.

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