Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin’s 1921 arrival at The Ritz required 40 officers to guide him through the crowds outside—a fitting entrance for a hotel already becoming synonymous with fame. Inside, Louis XVI-style rooms, Green Park views and afternoon tea beneath the Palm Court chandeliers preserve that sense of occasion. This is less a quiet London base than a chance to step into the ceremony of a hotel that has welcomed stars for more than a century.

Charlie Chaplin is part of the Imperial Hotel Tokyo's historic guest list, linking the property to cinema's earliest global celebrity. The hotel has changed with the city, but the sense of practiced hospitality remains. Close to the Imperial Palace and Ginza, it offers a Tokyo stay defined less by trend than by continuity, ritual and generations of important arrivals.

Leonardo DiCaprio joins a guest history at Château Frontenac that also includes Céline Dion, Charles de Gaulle and Charlie Chaplin. Few hotels possess a more cinematic silhouette, rising above Old Québec like a castle created for a film set. Inside, historic rooms and river views sustain the sense of occasion, while the city's cobbled streets begin just beyond the door.

The Alcron opened near Wenceslas Square in 1932 and reopened as Almanac X Alcron after a major 2023 renovation. Reputable hotel histories identify Charlie Chaplin among the famous guests accommodated at the original Alcron. The current property retains the historic name and Art Deco identity while offering fully modernized rooms and restaurants.

Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor turns a visit to the temples into a chapter of old-world travel: Art Deco corridors, tropical gardens and the hush of a historic Siem Reap address. Jackie Kennedy stayed here during her storied 1967 Cambodian journey.