Grand Hotel Heiligendamm

The white neoclassical palaces strung along the Baltic coast here were Germany's answer to the Riviera before most of the Riviera was fashionable. This grand resort has been massively restored and holds a Michelin Key, offering oversized rooms with sea or parkland views, stone bathrooms with underfloor heating, and a wellness complex running from Finnish sauna to an ice room, because nothing says holiday quite like voluntarily stepping into a freezer.