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Some might find the hotel stately-home-stuffy, but others will delight in the incredible variety of aristo-leaning patterned wallpapers, lampshades, and rugs, plus its murals, silverware, and portraits of notable Spaniards.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Mar. 2026 Beloved by the likes of Pablo Picasso and Sophia Loren, the old palazzo was a firm favorite of European aristos, artists, and socialites in its heyday.—
Riann Phillip,
Vogue,
3 June 2025 For similarly practical reasons, it was also embraced by the city’s palace-dwelling aristos.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
7 Aug. 2024 The show glancingly and very delicately acknowledges that Britain’s aristos are resistant to accepting a Black queen, along with the elevation of other Black families to their social circle.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2023 Sohel’s father, an aristo to his fingertips, would have been amused to think of a Dunyapur peasant having an opinion on the matter at all, and might have called him over to enjoy his discomfiture in the presence of the Begum Sahiba’s bikini.—
Daniyal Mueenuddin,
The New Yorker,
31 Aug. 2021