The 2023 It List.
Best of all, each of these 20 hotels offers rooms for less than $300 a night.
Are those flamingo bedside tables a nod to Baltimore artist and filmmaker John Waters?
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Do the floor mosaics and elevator paintings hint at Greek mythology?
Is Ulysses a reference to the James Joyce novel?
South Beachs boutiques, bars, and beach scene are also just steps away.lifehousehotels.com; doubles from $257.
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Situated on one of L.A.s most walkable streets, it stirs up old memories while making new ones.
Outside, the striped saltwater pool was so tempting, we plunged in for a brisk January swim.
Oh so L.A.palisociety.com; doubles from $288.
Caylon Hackwith
Not a stick of Ikea furniture to be found except next door.hotelmarcel.com; doubles from $135.
Thats partially due to the quality of the eating and drinking spaces.
The marvelous malachite-hued pool is also a statement-maker.
Seamus Payne
The space has preserved the red vinyl booths and antique Cervantes-themed murals.
Suites open onto balconies by the iconic neon hotel sign, offering New York’s coolest new Instagram opportunity.
Its a curated nod to the vibrancy of Berlins creativity, past and present.
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(Among this wealth of conversation starters is a memorable expletive scrawled above the bar.)
chateauroyalberlin.com; doubles from $207.
The pool is not the only showpiece in the two-room suite, though.
Chris Schalkx
Inside the two stitched-together town houses, almost everything you see has a personal connection.
The ground-floor public areas are made for hours-long lingering.
A municipal office building for a former electrical company?
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The American equivalent would be turning the DMV into a Four Seasons.
But never underestimate the Norwegian creative spirit and attention to detail, and architecture with good bones.
The Sommerro manages to be both chic and marvelously weird.
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In theory, it does not go.
Its folksy nay, educational.
The restaurant continues the back-to-nature theme.
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The hotels Rouge restaurant has a Michelin star and serves residents a sumptuous continental breakfast.
This is the third Ned property to open since the brands London debut in 2017.
(The Ned Nomad also opened in New York in 2022.
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There is also a mixed-gender gym, plus a spa and Moroccan hammam.thened.com; doubles from $265.
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