Gallery: Winchester Mansions

Check your hotel room carefully before leaving, especially if the suite was used for hanky panky.

Check your hotel room carefully before leaving, especially if the suite was used for hanky panky.

The grand setting of Winchester Mansions hints at the luxury housed within.

The grand setting of Winchester Mansions hints at the luxury housed within.

Spanish vibes: the courtyard at Winchester Mansions

Simone de Beauvoir famously inhabited hotel suites, as have a host of others " and no wonder.