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Best Luxury hotel resort in a city
Hi, anyone have a favorite?
Mine include:
1) FS Florence - beautiful property right in the middle of Florence with an outdoor swimming pool and park..
2) FS Bosphorus - right next to the Bosphorus river - gorgeous outdoor pool.
3) FS Hong Kong
I agree! I would add to FS Florence, Bosphorus and HK, the following:-
FS Doha
The Dolder Grand
The Peninsula Bangkok
The Aman Delhi
Mandarin Oriental Miami
The Setai, South Beach
Casa del Mar, Santa Monica
Four Seasons Nile Plaza, Cairo
Four Seasons Alexandria
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Originally Posted by ACfly
Hi, anyone have a favorite?
Mine include:
1) FS Florence - beautiful property right in the middle of Florence with an outdoor swimming pool and park..
2) FS Bosphorus - right next to the Bosphorus river - gorgeous outdoor pool.
3) FS Hong Kong
How do you define a city resort?
What are the basic requirements of a resort that would differentiate it from a hotel? A spa, outdoor pool, golf course, or tennis courts?
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President Wilson GVA in the summer
The Oriental BKK
Ritz-Carlton SIN
Raffles SIN
Chedi MCT
Kempinski DXB (ski slope)
Beverly Hills Hotel LAX
Hotel Bel-Air LAX
One & Only DXB
Jumeirah Beach DXB
Madinet Jumeirah DXB
RC Marina del Rey (LAX)
Wyndham Anatole DFW - great fitness club with basketball courts (haven't been in years though so not sure of current state)
I see it's not only OMNI/PR that you post nonsense.
My wife and I really enjoyed the Ritz Carlton Singapore, and I'm not sure if it would be considered a resort in a city, but the Park Hyatt Chicago is one of our favorite city hotels.
Funnily enough, my Swiss friends hate The Dolder's new look, but everyone else I know loves it, and that includes me. It is much more 'authentic' than it was when it had those frightful 1960's wings - now thankfully demolished.
If we're talking "CITY" hotel, then I'd have to say that, although Mandarin Oriental in Chiang Mai is truly amazing, I wouldn't call it a city hotel. The most amazing actual city hotel in that city is The Chedi.
Anyone been to it? I went last year during my holidays to Thailand. It was highly recommended to me by friends and travel agent. I was a bit skeptical because I had read so much about MO, but everyone kept telling me: do want Chiang Mai or do you want rural Thailand? I was going for the cultural side of Chiang Mai and was truly blown away by the architecture, AMAZING food (I think Conde Nast named its restaurant one of the best in Thailand), the rooms (the higher room cat) and the spa ... and the crowd was definitely urban-chic... kinda like its the other Chedi in Muscat (another amazing CITY property)!
The hotels' Chef Concierge had just gone a private elevant experience (I have to call it "experience" because it wasn't exactly elephant riding) where you basically adopt an elephant for the day... you ride bareback and its usually you and your significant other (each on your own elephant) and the guide. AMAZING!
If we're talking "CITY" hotel, then I'd have to say that, although Mandarin Oriental in Chiang Mai is truly amazing, I wouldn't call it a city hotel. The most amazing actual city hotel in that city is The Chedi.
Anyone been to it? I went last year during my holidays to Thailand. It was highly recommended to me by friends and travel agent. I was a bit skeptical because I had read so much about MO, but everyone kept telling me: do want Chiang Mai or do you want rural Thailand? I was going for the cultural side of Chiang Mai and was truly blown away by the architecture, AMAZING food (I think Conde Nast named its restaurant one of the best in Thailand), the rooms (the higher room cat) and the spa ... and the crowd was definitely urban-chic... kinda like its the other Chedi in Muscat (another amazing CITY property)!
The hotels' Chef Concierge had just gone a private elevant experience (I have to call it "experience" because it wasn't exactly elephant riding) where you basically adopt an elephant for the day... you ride bareback and its usually you and your significant other (each on your own elephant) and the guide. AMAZING!
I had dinner at the Chedi in Chiang Mai and had a look around. For a city hotel it was very impressive and really quite chic. My sister stayed there and loved it. I'm still glad I stayed at the MO though.
As for the Chedi Muscat, I liked the design but the rooms were very small and the beach disappointing. Also a huge international menu in the restaurant, but strangely nothing that was particularly appetising.
I like
Aman Beijing
Hotel Bel Air, LA
Peninsula Chicago
FS Hong Kong
Peninsula Hong Kong
FS George V, Paris
MO Tokyo
Peninsula Tokyo
Raffles Singapore
The Dolder Grand, Zurich
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