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Delightfully Designed Vintage-Inspired Hotels
by Eva ZhuIndulging our nostalgia for past decades when travel memories evoked images of road trips with hair whipping in the wind, striped sun umbrellas and glamorous hotel bars, vintage-inspired hotels have become all the rage. Let these beautifully designed hotels, seamlessly merging modern luxury and retro style, take you back there.
Delightfully Designed Vintage-Inspired Hotels
Formerly Fort James, the brick-and-limestone building in which The Dwell Hotel resides has stood through the Roaring Twenties, hippies and discos. Today, this brightly colored hotel could be the set of a Wes Anderson film, while the charming, historical details are still there. It’s defined by a mid-century style with a touch of Hollywood glamour, including a sunny breakfast restaurant and celestial-themed cocktail bar.
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Made in collaboration with local artists, makers and businesses, every corner of The Vintage Lisbon is a showcase of thoughtfully curated design and one-off art. Clean, curved, modernist lines and Portuguese design are featured alongside bespoke 1950s and 1960s furniture pieces, in an uplifting color palette infusing joy into each space. The finishing touches include vintage bar carts and plenty of tropical plants.
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Tucked in historic Printers Alley, Bobby Hotel is a motley of influences drawing from both the local neighborhood and world beyond. Inside the rooms are treasures collected from Bobby’s travels. Bobby’s Garage Bar, which opens to the alley, is decorated with graffiti and salvaged car parts. A 1963 Lincoln Continental is the hotel car service. And on the rooftop, drinks can be had inside a retrofitted 1956 Scenicruiser bus.
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Situated between bustling South Beach and the art districts, and originally built in the 1940s, The Confidante is a playful celebration of Miami’s glamorous past. Its vibrant, mid-century décor complements its views of the Atlantic Ocean and city skyline. In the outdoors, the colorful retro style continues with striped cabanas and Art Deco-inspired beach chairs, perfectly complementing fruity cocktails in the Floridian sun.
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Hôtel Molitor Paris, for six decades, was the most popular swimming pool in Paris. Following its closing in 1989, local artists—many well known today—transformed it into an open canvas for street art. Today, it’s a unique hotel faithfully rebuilt to its original state, down to the architecture, colors and mosaics. Designed by Jean-Philippe Nuel, the rooms are peaceful havens. In the public spaces, echoing its past, now hang art by some of the same artists who once knew the abandoned Molitor.
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At the Sands Hotel & Spa, renowned interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard combined his Moroccan-inspired influence with the mid-century style that is synonymous with the desert city. It’s a medley of black and white tiles, bespoke furnishings in custom colors and upscale details such as vintage crystal stemware and brass fixtures. The hotel’s award-winning restaurant, Pink Cabana, was also inspired by the tennis and racquet clubs of 1950s and 1960s Palm Springs.
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In the heart of Tribeca, Robert De Niro conceived The Greenwich Hotel with an appreciation for old-time craftsmanship. A patchwork of influences from his travels, it’s constructed of reclaimed timber, antique glass and handmade terracotta. No two rooms are the same, but all have the allure of a private residence, decorated in quality items such as Tibetan silk rugs, Moroccan tiles and wood furniture. In the Japanese-inspired spa, a lantern-lit pool rests under the roof of a 250-year-old wood and bamboo farmhouse.
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In the historic center of Copenhagen, just behind the Nyhavn Canal, Hotel Sanders offers rooms inspired by the bygone era of luxury train cabins, as well as larger apartment-style suites ideal for long-term guests. Throughout the hotel are handpicked, vintage furniture, brimming bookshelves and potted greenery which, alongside the cozy restaurant and theater-inspired cocktail bar, create a relaxed and refined home for sleeping and entertaining.
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Within a Beaux-Arts era flatiron building in the Mid-Market district, San Francisco Proper was given a facelift by Kelly Wearstler, whose eye-catching interiors capture the neighborhood’s historic charm with refinement. The pied-à-terre style rooms and common spaces are marked with Wearstler-designed papers, mid-century European-inspired furnishings and gallery walls of art, infusing a pre-Modernist influenced style into the already characterful space.
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In the heart of Fortitude Valley, just steps from live music venues, galleries and cafes, Ovolo The Valley is part urban hotel, part rock and roll. Its modern, whimsical rooms, including two Rockstar Suites paying tribute to David Bowie, are outfitted in the bold and colorful aesthetic of the 1970s. There’s also a vegetarian restaurant, in a sprawling room reminiscent of Victorian-era conservatories, and a hidden cocktail bar inspired by the boulevards of the Tel Aviv night scene.
VIEW HOTELFormerly Fort James, the brick-and-limestone building in which The Dwell Hotel resides has stood through the Roaring Twenties, hippies and discos. Today, this brightly colored hotel could be the set of a Wes Anderson film, while the charming, historical details are still there. It’s defined by a mid-century style with a touch of Hollywood glamour, including a sunny breakfast restaurant and celestial-themed cocktail bar.
VIEW HOTELMade in collaboration with local artists, makers and businesses, every corner of The Vintage Lisbon is a showcase of thoughtfully curated design and one-off art. Clean, curved, modernist lines and Portuguese design are featured alongside bespoke 1950s and 1960s furniture pieces, in an uplifting color palette infusing joy into each space. The finishing touches include vintage bar carts and plenty of tropical plants.
VIEW HOTELTucked in historic Printers Alley, Bobby Hotel is a motley of influences drawing from both the local neighborhood and world beyond. Inside the rooms are treasures collected from Bobby’s travels. Bobby’s Garage Bar, which opens to the alley, is decorated with graffiti and salvaged car parts. A 1963 Lincoln Continental is the hotel car service. And on the rooftop, drinks can be had inside a retrofitted 1956 Scenicruiser bus.
VIEW HOTELSituated between bustling South Beach and the art districts, and originally built in the 1940s, The Confidante is a playful celebration of Miami’s glamorous past. Its vibrant, mid-century décor complements its views of the Atlantic Ocean and city skyline. In the outdoors, the colorful retro style continues with striped cabanas and Art Deco-inspired beach chairs, perfectly complementing fruity cocktails in the Floridian sun.
VIEW HOTELHôtel Molitor Paris, for six decades, was the most popular swimming pool in Paris. Following its closing in 1989, local artists—many well known today—transformed it into an open canvas for street art. Today, it’s a unique hotel faithfully rebuilt to its original state, down to the architecture, colors and mosaics. Designed by Jean-Philippe Nuel, the rooms are peaceful havens. In the public spaces, echoing its past, now hang art by some of the same artists who once knew the abandoned Molitor.
VIEW HOTELAt the Sands Hotel & Spa, renowned interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard combined his Moroccan-inspired influence with the mid-century style that is synonymous with the desert city. It’s a medley of black and white tiles, bespoke furnishings in custom colors and upscale details such as vintage crystal stemware and brass fixtures. The hotel’s award-winning restaurant, Pink Cabana, was also inspired by the tennis and racquet clubs of 1950s and 1960s Palm Springs.
VIEW HOTELIn the heart of Tribeca, Robert De Niro conceived The Greenwich Hotel with an appreciation for old-time craftsmanship. A patchwork of influences from his travels, it’s constructed of reclaimed timber, antique glass and handmade terracotta. No two rooms are the same, but all have the allure of a private residence, decorated in quality items such as Tibetan silk rugs, Moroccan tiles and wood furniture. In the Japanese-inspired spa, a lantern-lit pool rests under the roof of a 250-year-old wood and bamboo farmhouse.
VIEW HOTELIn the historic center of Copenhagen, just behind the Nyhavn Canal, Hotel Sanders offers rooms inspired by the bygone era of luxury train cabins, as well as larger apartment-style suites ideal for long-term guests. Throughout the hotel are handpicked, vintage furniture, brimming bookshelves and potted greenery which, alongside the cozy restaurant and theater-inspired cocktail bar, create a relaxed and refined home for sleeping and entertaining.
VIEW HOTELWithin a Beaux-Arts era flatiron building in the Mid-Market district, San Francisco Proper was given a facelift by Kelly Wearstler, whose eye-catching interiors capture the neighborhood’s historic charm with refinement. The pied-à-terre style rooms and common spaces are marked with Wearstler-designed papers, mid-century European-inspired furnishings and gallery walls of art, infusing a pre-Modernist influenced style into the already characterful space.
VIEW HOTELIn the heart of Fortitude Valley, just steps from live music venues, galleries and cafes, Ovolo The Valley is part urban hotel, part rock and roll. Its modern, whimsical rooms, including two Rockstar Suites paying tribute to David Bowie, are outfitted in the bold and colorful aesthetic of the 1970s. There’s also a vegetarian restaurant, in a sprawling room reminiscent of Victorian-era conservatories, and a hidden cocktail bar inspired by the boulevards of the Tel Aviv night scene.
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