Discover the best historic hotels in Europe

Things that improve with age: Tuscan reds, Victorian four-posters and your faking-it-French-accent. We'd also put hotels with rich past and loads of style in that column. Good thing we have the definitive collection of classic European stays for history buffs, from a moated mediaeval castle to an opulent pasha's palace. If only these tapestry-draped walls could talk (over aged wine and with an accent, of course)...