Who doesn’t adore a little historic elegance and glittery élan in their hotel? At both Lotte New York Palace in New York and HOTEL DU PONT in Wilmington, Delaware, you can swoon to your heart’s content over Gilded Age architecture and design details.

At Lotte New York Palace, guests linger over handcrafted classic cocktails in the recently reopened Renaissance-styled Gold Room, located within the hotel’s historic Villard Mansion. Sip a 20^th-century Limited, a Gossip Girl or The Mrs. Astor in a space featuring a suspended balcony, 30-foot-tall gilt ceilings and walls and wainscoting designed by celebrated architect Stanford White. The Villard Mansion — one of the few built on the city’s famed Millionaire’s Row — serves as the hotel’s entrance, accessed via a grand staircase leading from Madison Avenue to an iron-gated courtyard.

French and Italian craftsmen were responsible for the creation of many of the design details in the 12-story Italian Renaissance HOTEL DU PONT in Wilmington. Opened in 1913 and once the headquarters of the DuPont Company, the hotel has long been lauded as an exceptional example of Gilded Age architecture.

Gilded ceilings soar above the lobby space, while the magnificent Gold Ballroom and ornate gold chandeliers in the Green Room are just a few of the other swoon-worthy features. Book a Discover the Arts escape, which includes overnight accommodations in a spacious guestroom, complimentary valet parking with in-and-out privileges and two adult general admission tickets to The Delaware Art Museum, Brandywine River Museum and Delaware Contemporary.