Part of the Great Profile Corporation, Smart Vacation brings you the most unique (and best value) places to stay in major cities around the world.
We look for hotels that are historic, or have the best location, or are so unique they have to be mentioned. The one common thread is that they all are incredibly priced for what you get.
Coming in October, 2018: Adventures in Bulgaria, Romania and Central Europe, with an in depth look at places to stay in the Black Sea region!
And our apologies to the Machu Picchu Inn of Peru. Our special feature on them sent so many visitors that it broke their website! They told us they never had so much interest in their hotel, but it is well deserved - they were fantastic!
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Great hotels, great food, but you have to look hard for bargains...
Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Miami, stay in South Beach and you will never think of hotels the same way again...
Prague, Czech Republic
Hotels that look like castles abound...
Vienna, Austria
Mozart wishes Vienna's current hotels were around in his time...
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A renaissance in hotels is happening here...
Budapest, Hungary
The gateway to Eastern Europe...
Gran Hotel Bolivar
Lima, Peru
The Gran Bolivar is one of the great historic hotels of South America. Gran Hotel Bolivar has a historical and exceptional location, in the heart of Lima Centre, in front of San Martin Square. Located twenty minutes from the airport and fifteen from the Miraflores district. It is one of the few classic hotels still found in Lima. At 78 years old, this luxury hotel was built especially to receive presidents and government representatives in the beginning of the Peruvian republic. Recently renovated, its architecture preserves the original design that made it a Cultural Heritage site where it represents some of the best of the Peruvian heritage.
Mexico City, Mexico
Often compared to the great capitols of Europe, historic hotels abound here...