La Casa del Presidente

The check-in desk is a former prime minister's office, complete with the small secret escape door he had built into the wall in case things went sideways. This boutique hotel in Ávila occupies the onetime home of Adolfo Suárez, Spain's first democratically elected PM after Franco, and it sits right up against the medieval city walls. Some rooms look directly onto those ancient stones, though a suite makes the view a certainty.