Madonna

The Lanesborough brings Regency grandeur, round-the-clock butlers and the privacy of a London club to Hyde Park Corner. Sylvester Stallone stayed during its early celebrity heyday, joining a guestbook that also includes Madonna, Cher, Mariah Carey and Pamela Anderson.

Johnny Depp made the Grand Hôtel’s Princess Lilian Suite his Stockholm hideaway in 2016, staying in the landmark’s most spectacular quarters above the waterfront. He joined a guest history stretching from Greta Garbo to Madonna and Barack Obama. Opposite the Royal Palace, with the Cadier Bar, gilded rooms and ferries slipping past the windows, the Grand feels less like a hotel with celebrity stories than one of the stages on which Stockholm’s celebrity history has unfolded.

Manchester's former stock exchange now trades in intimate five-star glamour, with marble columns, stained glass and only forty rooms. Paul McCartney made it his base for a Manchester tour stop, emerging to a serenade from fans gathered outside.

Pestana Palace turns a restored 19th-century Lisbon palace into a city retreat of frescoed salons, tropical gardens and quiet royal scale. Madonna stayed in one of its suites when she began her Portuguese chapter in 2017, giving the hotel a place in her Lisbon story. The setting feels suitably dramatic: a national monument with the calm of an estate, yet close enough to the city for culture and nightlife.

Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires pairs a Belle Époque mansion with polished modern rooms in Recoleta. Madonna lived here during the 1996 filming of Evita; Robert De Niro later chose the mansion's lavish Presidential Suite as his family base while working in Buenos Aires.

InterContinental Sydney Double Bay brings harbour-side calm to an address with deep celebrity history. Madonna stayed in this same building during its Ritz-Carlton era, when Double Bay was Sydney's discreet home for visiting stars.

Villa Treville spills through terraced gardens above Positano, with hidden villas and cinematic Tyrrhenian views. Madonna stayed in the Zeffirelli suite with loved ones for her lavish 66th-birthday escape in August 2024.