The Windsor Arms Hotel

18 St. Thomas Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Visiting celebrities have always found their way to the Windsor Arms, including Elton John, who celebrated his engagement to David Furnish here (he even flew in his white baby grand for the occasion). The who’s who of Toronto regularly visit for high tea, which often books up weeks in advance, or for Sunday brunch, which is taken in the sunny courtyard. Located at the edge of Yorkville, you’re within steps of the city’s most exclusive shops and restaurants, but you can also have anything you want discretely delivered to your room via dumbwaiter. If you can justify the pricetag, the Windsor Suite is exceptional. AEM. Rooms from £254.