City Hotel
New York, United States
9.4
Aman New York
A hushed urban sanctuary inside the Crown Building on Fifth Avenue, where every room has a fireplace and the spa spans three floors.
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United States
New York
New York remains the city against which all others measure their pulse. Its skyline is a stock ticker in architectural form, its cultural institutions set global conversations, and its restaurants absorb every cuisine on earth and send them back sharpened. The city's energy is not a cliché; it is infrastructure.
Luxury in New York runs from gilded Fifth Avenue legends overlooking Central Park to downtown lofts where fashion and art set the mood. Between Broadway premieres, gallery crawls and tables that require strategy to book, the city offers the densest cultural itinerary in the Americas.
The best hotels in New York
City Hotel
New York, United States
9.3
The St. Regis New York
John Jacob Astor IV's 1904 Beaux-Arts flagship on Fifth Avenue, where butler service and the King Cole Bar keep Gilded Age Manhattan alive.
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City Hotel
New York, United States
9.2
The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel
An Art Deco tower on Madison Avenue that has been the discreet Upper East Side refuge of presidents, royals and jazz lovers since 1930.
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City Hotel
New York, United States
9.0
Waldorf Astoria New York
The Art Deco colossus of Park Avenue, returned to service after a monumental restoration of its 1931 landmark interiors.
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Best areas to stay
Midtown & Central Park South
The classic luxury corridor puts Central Park, Fifth Avenue and Broadway within blocks, anchored by the city's storied grand hotels.
SoHo & Tribeca
Cast-iron architecture, galleries and fashion flagships give downtown its creative gloss, with intimate hotels beloved of the film and design crowd.
The Upper East Side
Museum Mile, quiet residential elegance and proximity to the park define Manhattan's most patrician neighbourhood.
Dining & nightlife
The city's dining spectrum is inexhaustible, from tasting counters and old-guard steakhouses to the best bagels and slices on the planet. Cocktail bars downtown and jazz rooms in the Village keep nights layered with options. Book prime tables well ahead; keep one night for wandering.
Travelling as a family
Children get their own New York: the Natural History Museum's dinosaurs, Central Park's carousel and zoo, Broadway matinees and ferry rides past the Statue of Liberty. Many grand hotels treat young guests as seriously as their parents.
Travelling as a couple
Romance here comes with a skyline: sunset from a rooftop lounge, a carriage or rowboat in Central Park, late jazz in a basement club. A park-view suite and tickets to something unmissable form the core of a perfect city escape.
Cultural highlights
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA
- Broadway and the Lincoln Center stages
- Central Park in every season
- The High Line and the galleries of Chelsea
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