From the collection
Remarkable City Hotels
Addresses that explain a city rather than simply house you in it.
A good city hotel does more than sit in the right place. It holds a relationship with its city — its light, its noise, its habits — and gives the guest a vantage point from which all of it makes sense.
This selection gathers addresses in New York, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Florence that do exactly that.
The addresses
Houses in this collection
Fifth Avenue, New York
Aman New York
An unusually quiet address on Fifth Avenue — a fireplace in every room, a spa across three floors, the city kept as a view.
- Suits:
- Travellers who know New York through work and want its opposite
- Suggested length:
- Three nights
- Season:
- May, October, the first weeks of December
Otemachi, Tokio
Aman Tokyo
A Japanese house lifted to the 33rd floor: washi, stone, cedar and a lobby thirty metres high.
- Suits:
- First-time and returning Japan travellers who want calm above the city
- Suggested length:
- Four nights, ideally combined with Kyoto
- Season:
- Late March to May, October to November
1. Arrondissement, Paris
Cheval Blanc Paris
Seventy-two rooms inside the Samaritaine, nearly all facing the Seine, with a pool beneath the house.
- Suits:
- Paris regulars who want the city and a retreat under one roof
- Suggested length:
- Three nights
- Season:
- May to June, September to October
Tsim Sha Tsui, Hongkong
Rosewood Hong Kong
A family house in tower form: an art collection, a library, and rooms that frame the harbour like a picture.
- Suits:
- City travellers with an eye for design and Asian cooking
- Suggested length:
- Three nights
- Season:
- October to December, March
Chao-Phraya-Fluss, Bangkok
Mandarin Oriental Bangkok
The Authors' Wing, the river at dusk and a standard of service rehearsed for over a century.
- Suits:
- Asia travellers who treat Bangkok as an opening, not a stopover
- Suggested length:
- Three nights, usually before beach or north
- Season:
- November to February
Florenz, Toskana
Four Seasons Firenze
A Renaissance palazzo with eleven hectares of garden behind it — Florence on foot, silence at breakfast.
- Suits:
- Families and cultural travellers who want city and garden together
- Suggested length:
- Three to four nights
- Season:
- April to June, September to October
Our perspective
In cities the room category shapes the stay more than anywhere else. Two categories up is often worth more than an extra night.
Three nights is the minimum if the city is to be more than a stopover — ideally paired with a quieter second address outside it.
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