Famous movie hotels in the world

Plaza Hotel, New York

Since its opening in 1907, the gilded Plaza Hotel has become a symbol not only of New York City but also of the world. Soon after its opening, the Plaza became a destination for celebrities, writers, and famous leaders. In 1950, the great architect Frank Lloyd Wright moved into the Plaza for six years. The legendary band The Beatles also stayed here during their first American tour in 1964.

The world-famous American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda often stayed at the hotel and held meetings. The writer's love for the Plaza was so famous that Ernest Hemingway once advised him to "leave his liver in Princeton and his heart in the Plaza." In 2013, the Palm Court restaurant in the Plaza Hotel was also used as a filming location.The Great Gatsby, the famous work of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Rich in history and with its cutting-edge architecture, the Plaza Hotel has appeared in many other classic American films such as North by Northwest (1959), Arthur (1981), Crocodile Dundee (1986), Almost Famous (2000) and American Hustle (2013).

In the movieHome Alone 2: Lost in New York(1992), young Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) gets lost in the Plaza Hotel and asks a tall man for directions to the front desk. That man is none other than Mr. Donald Trump, the hotel's owner at that time.

Park Hyatt Tokyo Hotel

From modern to classic, Park Hyatt hotels are always the top choice of celebrities, politicians and superstars on business trips, and are also a destination for movie fans.

In 2003, director Sofia Coppola won many prestigious film awards for her film Lost in Translation starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. The film was set in the Park Hyatt Tokyo hotel with cinematic shots such as the sky bar overlooking Mount Fuji. The hotel was designed by Kenzo Tange - a Pritzker Prize-winning architect in a modern style with a steel and glass frame. Located on the 14th floor of Shijuku Park Tower, this quiet, luxurious hotel offers the best views of bustling, vibrant Tokyo. It is considered one of the most prominent Park Hyatt hotels in the world.

Fans can sit at the hotel's New York bar and sip cocktails, as the main characters did, while looking out to see Tokyo at night.

Timberline Lodge Hotel, Oregon

Overlook Hotel interior in horror moviesThe Shining(1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick, was built on a London soundstage, but the hotel's exterior was filmed at the Timberline Lodge in Oregon. Capitalizing on the film's fame, Timberline Lodge has hosted Shining-themed screenings and dinner parties, and even features replicas of Jack Torrance's typewriter and axe.

Caesar's Palace Hotel, Las Vegas

Las Vegas is famous for being a place to "send money into the sand" with its casinos, resorts, and luxurious and splendid hotels, but few people know that the origin of Las Vegas is Caesar's Palace, the world's most famous casino.

Opened in 1966, Caesar's Palace was designed in a luxurious Roman style with many typical symbols of ancient Roman art such as the statue of Julius Caesar near the entrance. From the beginning, Caesar's Palace hotel was oriented to attract high-class gamblers and became a symbol of luxury on Vegas Boulevard. Therefore, it was chosen as the filming location for many Hollywood blockbusters such as Rain Man (1988), Dreamgirls (2006), Iron Man (2008), The Hangover (2009) and The Big Short (2015).

Palace Bristol Hotel, Karlovy Vary

Although the interior scenes in the filmThe Grand Budapest Hotel(2014) was filmed in a luxury department store in Gorlitz, Germany, but the hotel facade in the film poster was inspired by the Palace Bristol Hotel in the Czech Republic, with its characteristic pale pink walls. The 19th-century hotel has 48 single and double rooms, luxurious presidential suites, and spa services including hot springs and mud baths.

Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego

This 132-year-old hotel was chosen as the setting for three classic films: Pearl of the Pacific (1915), My Husband's Wives (1924) and Some Like It Hot (1959). Among them,Some Like It Hotis one of the most beloved American comedies, starring the famous actress Marilyn Monroe and two veteran actors Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis.

In the film, two musicians, Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon), accidentally witness a massacre by a mafia gang, so they have to disguise themselves as women and join a girl band on their way to Florida to escape. On this fateful train, they both meet the romantic, passionate girl Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), who is looking forward to meeting a millionaire on the Florida coast to change her life. Their bandmates performed at the (fictitious) Seminole Ritz hotel in Miami. The Hotel del Coronado was chosen as the filming location because of its elegant, luxurious Victorian architectural style that is very suitable for the 1920s setting.Some Like It Hot.

While filming at del Coronado, Marilyn Monroe ordered the hotel's signature dessert, a chilled vanilla soufflé with meringue, almost every day.

Writer L. Frank Baum wrote three books in the series.Wonderful Wizard of OzAt del Coronado, he even based the hotel's design on many details of the Emerald City.

Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California

It would be remiss to leave out the name Beverly Hilton, the hotel that appeared in the movie.Argo(2012) by Ben Affleck. Not to mention the hotel has been trusted for 35 consecutive years as the venue for many award ceremonies, charity events, art exhibitions and is most famously known as the venue for the Golden Globe Awards.

Conrad Hilton built the Beverly Hilton in 1953 at the intersection of Wilshere and Santa Monica Boulevards. It is the hotel with the largest heated swimming pool in Beverly Hills.

Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, California

Also located in Beverly Hills, the Beverly Wilshire is an Italian hotel, built in 1928. The hotel is famous for its magnificent images in many famous movies such as Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971), Clueless (1995), Sex and the City: The Movie (2008) and especially Pretty Woman (1990) with the participation of two top Hollywood stars Julia Roberts and Richard Gear.

The Beverly Wilshire, now owned by Four Seasons, is a luxurious, elegant Beaux-Arts-style hotel with 400 guest rooms, 137 suites, and a super-luxury swimming pool. Since the moviePretty WomanTo celebrate its launch, the hotel took the opportunity to promote itself and even launched a "Pretty Woman Day" package, which included a shopping trip to Rodeo Drive with a stylist, a special movie-inspired menu, and more.

Grandhotel Pupp, Karlovy Vary

Super spy James Bond regularly stays in the most luxurious hotels around the world, so fans have plenty of options if they want to follow in the footsteps of their on-screen lover and live a day like their idol.

One of the most beautiful hotels fans can visit is the Grandhotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, which served as a stand-in for the fictional Hotel Splendide in the film.Casino Royale(2006). Scenes featuring Daniel Craig and Eva Green were filmed throughout the hotel, from the restaurant, to the luxury rooms, to the car park.

Palacio Hotel, Estoril

Many hotels have appeared in the James Bond franchise, but few have inspired as much as the Palacio. During World War II, author Ian Fleming stayed at the Palacio and was fascinated by its classic design. Fleming was a British naval intelligence officer and encountered all sorts of nefarious characters at the Palacio, the setting for the sixth James Bond film.On Her Majesty's Secret Service(1969).

The hotel is still in operation today, a favorite destination for 007 movie fans and Martini lovers.

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