Iconic Hotels

If walls could talk, those in The Shelbourne would tell of how the Irish Constitution was drafted in one of the suites upstairs. (An original copy is among the historic docs in the on-site museum.) One of Dublin’s oldest hotels with a primo perch across from Saint Stephen’s Green, the 265-room hotel looks ready for another swank century, with plenty of brocade and rich fabrics. Work up a sweat in the dance studio, or wind down in the spa’s park-view Relaxation Room. Locals hold court at No. 27 Bar and The Saddle Room restaurant’s oyster bar; afternoon tea in Lord Mayor’s Lounge is a tradition.