The 10 best movie hotels
By Steve Turner
1 HAVE A PRETTY GOOD TIME
BEVERLY WILSHIRE, LOS ANGELES
Pretty Woman was filmed here starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and a special VIP Pretty
Woman package includes a huge suite, a Rodeo Drive tour with a wardrobe consultant, lunch at The Boulevard, in-room dining and transport in a Mercedes Sedan. From €508 (Pretty Woman for a Day Experience €12,717-€34,654), fourseasons.com, 001 310 275 5200
2 GET LOST IN JAPANESE LUXURY
PARK HYATT, TOKYO Overlook Tokyo like Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson did in
Lost In Translation (he had the Diplomat Suite), drink cocktails in the New York Bar and swim in the rooftop pool. From €644, tokyo.park.hyatt.com, 0081 3 5322 1234
3 SHAKEN AND STIRRED IN THE LAKE PALACE
TAJ LAKE PALACE, UDAIPUR, INDIA Cross Lake Pichola and arrive at the 18th Century palace that was HQ to Octopussy (Maud Adams) and her ladies. Visit the lily pond where she first emerged when James Bond (Roger Moore) landed, and dine on the terrace where the couple shared drinks. From €242, taj.tajhotels.com, 0091 294 242 8800
4 HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE
MOUNTAIN LAKE LODGE, PEMBROKE, VIRGINIA Swivel in the steps of Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey at Dirty
Dancing Weekends held quarterly in the film’s Blue Ridge Mountain hotel location. Take dance lessons and tour the movie sites. From €129 (€376 for Dirty Dancingthemed weekend), mtnlakelodge. com, 001 540 626 7121
5 SHIVER YOUR TIMBERS
TIMBERLINE LODGE, MOUNT HOOD, OREGON It was the Stanley Hotel at Estes Park, Colorado, that Stephen King had in mind when he created the Overlook Hotel in
The Shining. Stanley Kubrick then based all the Elstree Studios interiors on the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite Park and shot the exteriors at Timberline Lodge. From €140, timberlinelodge.com, 001 503 272 3311
6 MAKE IT A RIGHT ROYALE OCCASION
THE OCEAN CLUB, PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS Valet-park your car like Daniel Craig in Casino Royale, check into an ocean-view villa (Bond stayed in 1085), and order a large Mount Gay rum in the library. From €865, fourseasons.com, 001 242 363 2501
7 RAMSHACKLE ESCAPE IS SO EXOTIC
RAVLA KHEMPUR, KHEMPUR, INDIA
The hotel has been refurbished since starring in The Best
Exotic Marigold Hotel but its ramshackle nature remains. Accommodation is ‘basic’ – gloriously authentic for film fans. From €68, ravlakhempur.com, 0091 75682 72852
8 HUNGOVER IN THAILAND
LEBUA, BANGKOK You can stay in the threebedroom Hangover Suite and sample the Hangovertini cocktail before ascending to the Sky Bar on the 63rd floor where, in
Hangover 2, Chow met Kingsley. From 92 (€797 for the Hangover Suite that sleeps 11), lebua.com/ state-tower, 001 66 2624 9999
9 HEAD FOR THE HEIGHTS
HOTEL VERTIGO, SAN FRANCISCO James Stewart met Kim Novak here in Vertigo. Hitchcock filmed the exterior of Hotel Empire (as it then was) and built a replica of room 401 on set. The hotel staircase inspired the stair sequence in the bell tower. From €183, haiyi-hotels.com/ hotelvertigosf, 001 415 885 6800
10 TAKE A ROOM WITH A VIEW
HOTEL DEGLI ORAFI, FLORENCE To look out over the Arno as Helena Bonham Carter did in James Ivory’s A Room With A View, you need a fourth-floor front room. Ivory picked 414 with a terrace. From €309 (room 414 from €384), hoteldegliorafi.it, 0039 055 266 22