Grand Ferdinand

The hotel features numerous grand public spaces, kitted out by the likes of Lobmeyr, Thonet and Gubi. After a tour of the city in one of the hotel’s vintage Maseratis, guests can retire to the courtyard, verdant with tropical flora.

There are tinkly Lobmeyr chandeliers and black marble, and white-jacketed waiters who will glide over to pour a flute of Veuve, but also a flurry of Moroccan tiles, modernist glass bricks, a fairy-white rooftop restaurant with a plunge pool outside, a standalone goulash bar.