A state guest house is a building owned by the government of a country which is used as an

official residence An official residence is the House, residence of a head of state, head of government, governor, Clergy, religious leader, leaders of international organizations, or other senior figure. It may be the same place where they conduct their work-relate ...

for visiting foreign dignitaries, especially during

state visit A state visit is a formal visit by a head of state to a foreign country, at the invitation of the head of state of that foreign country, with the latter also acting as the official host for the duration of the state visit. Speaking for the host ...

s or for other important events.

Americas

Canada

7 Rideau Gate 7 Rideau Gate is the Canadian government's official state guest house for very important dignitaries, such as visiting heads of government or other high-level officials. The house is located in Ottawa, Ontario, near other official residences such ...

in Ottawa

United States

Blair House Blair House, also known as The President's Guest House, is an official residence in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The President's Guest House has been called "the world's most exclusive hotel" because it is primarily used ...

(President's Guest House) in Washington, D.C.

Asia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with British Prime Minister Theresa May at Hyderabad House

Bangladesh

Jamuna State Guest House Jamuna State Guest House is the official guest house of the government of Bangladesh for visiting heads of states located in Ramna Thana, Dhaka. History In 2005 the heads of SAARC governments met here for the SAARC conference which was held in Dha ...

* Meghna State Guest House

China

* Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing

India

Hyderabad House Hyderabad House is an official residence in New Delhi, India. It is the State Guest House of the Prime Minister of India. It is used by the Government of India for banquets, and as a venue for meetings with visiting foreign dignitaries. It ...

Indonesia

Merdeka Palace The Merdeka Palace (; also known in Indonesian as ''Istana Gambir'' and during the Dutch colonial times as ''Paleis te Koningsplein''), is one of six presidential palaces in Indonesia. It is located on the north side of the Merdeka Square in Cen ...

* Jakarta State Palace

Japan

Akasaka Palace , or the , is one of the two state guest houses of the Government of Japan. The other state guesthouse is the Kyoto State Guest House. The palace was originally built as the in 1909. Today the palace is designated by the Government of Japan a ...

in Tokyo *

Kyoto State Guest House is one of the two state guest houses of the Government of Japan. The other state guesthouse is the Akasaka Palace. History During the Edo period (1603 – 1868) a Garden House and multiple mansions of aristocrats stood in the northeastern part ...

in Kyoto

North Korea

* Paekhwawon State Guest House

Sri Lanka

* Visumpaya

Taiwan

Taipei Guest House The Taipei Guest House () is the historical building located at 1 Ketagalan Boulevard, Bo'ai Special Zone, Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is owned by the Government of the Republic of China and used as a state guest house for receiv ...

Turkey

* Ankara Palas

Vietnam

* State Guest House in Hanoi

Europe

Ireland

Farmleigh Farmleigh is the official Irish state guest house. It was formerly one of the Dublin residences of the Guinness family. It is situated on an elevated position above the River Liffey to the north-west of the Phoenix Park, in Castleknock. The ...

in Dublin

Finland

* {{ill, Finnish State Guest House, fi, Valtion vierastalo in Helsinki *

Königstedt Manor Königstedt Manor ( fi, Königstedtin kartano or sv, Königstedt gård) is a historic manor house in Riipilä in the municipality of Vantaa, Finland, close to Helsinki. The mansion is located at the bank of the Vantaa river. Currently, it is ...

just outside Helsinki

France

Hôtel de Marigny The Hôtel de Marigny is a town house in Paris, France, on the Avenue Marigny, not far from the Elysée Palace. It is used as a state guest house for state visitors to France. The house has been the property of the French government since 1972. ...

in Paris

Germany

Hotel Petersberg Hotel Petersberg is a hotel and official guest house of the Federal Republic of Germany, termed the "Bundesgästehaus" (the official title being ''Gästehaus der Verfassungsorgane der Bundesrepublik Deutschland''). It is located on the Petersberg, ...

outside Bonn *

Schloss Meseberg Schloss Meseberg is a Baroque palace in the north of Brandenburg, in Oberhavel, Germany which is the retreat of the Chancellor of Germany and the official state guest house of the German Federal Government. It is situated in an estate near the tow ...

outside Berlin

Italy

Villa Madama Villa Madama is a Renaissance-style rural palace (villa) located on Via di Villa Madama #250 in Rome, Italy. Located west of the city center and a few miles north of the Vatican, and just south of the Foro Olimpico Stadium. Even though incomplete, ...

Poland

* Belweder

Portugal

Queluz Palace The Palace of Queluz ( pt, Palácio de Queluz, ) is an 18th-century palace located at Queluz, a city of the Sintra Municipality, in the Lisbon District, on the Portuguese Riviera. One of the last great Rococo buildings to be designed in Europ ...

outside Lisbon

Spain

* El Pardo Palace outside Madrid

Vatican

Domus Sanctae Marthae The Domus Sanctae Marthae (Latin for Saint Martha's House; it, Casa Santa Marta) is a building adjacent to St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Completed in 1996, during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, it is named after Martha of Bethan ...

Official residences