Frankfurter Hof Steigenberger

The ornate facade at Am Kaiserplatz has been a fixture of Frankfurt's financial district for what feels like forever, and the grand hotel behind it delivers exactly the gravitas you'd expect, with one small catch. The rooms are modern luxury rather than a preserved period piece, the antique furniture and patterned wallpaper gesture at the original era without recreating it. A full spa, several restaurants, and the kind of marble bathrooms that make you feel briefly important round things out.