Finding the right hideout is just as important as having the top gadgets for spies. That's where our top spy hotels come in. They offer the perfect blend of discretion and mystery - ideal locations for secret meetings, undercover surveillance, or a dry martini with a view of the lobby. Built in , the six-building complex - an office tower, residences, and the hotel - is synonymous with spies.
Guest key cards say, 'No need to break in' with a phone number June 17, , the date of the Democratic National Committee headquarters burglary. Initially, it was the unofficial HQ of Section D - for Destruction - the place where British spies plotted to target Germany's electricity industry, railways, and food supplies. Why not drop by for the SOE display and a glass of champagne? Snowden was holed up and surviving on room service for much of the three, nail-biting weeks in His real-life spy drama unfolds in the Oscar-winning Citizenfour documentary featuring Snowden and journalist Glenn Greenwald right.
The Mira also has a starring role. While on the run, journalists and spies used a photo of the spherical lamp as a clue to find his location. He remained in Kowloon for 21 nights before mysteriously disappearing, later resurfacing in Moscow. A decade later the debate rages on. Felsenhotel La Claustra is a restored underground military fortress with stone corridors blasted by dynamite - the perfect getaway for those who want a room without a view.
Its USP is privacy. This is how Swiss WWII soldiers lived without the luxury of an underground four-star hotel dining room and swimming pool, of course when facing Nazi forces and the prospect of fighting to the death. The room hotel is buried in the Gotthard mountain range.
One of the rooms even has a 10m gun sticking out of it. The KGB control center can still be accessed through a stairway leading to a hidden room where surveillance teams bugged 60 of the hotel rooms. The sauna and second-floor cocktail bar were also bugged - a little kompromat could go a long way toward persuading guests to support Soviet policies. The KGB listening post has been turned into a museum so you can check into the hotel and book tickets - or you can try it the old-school way and snoop around.
