After I hang of upscale however accessible hotel brands, Sonesta—and in particular, the Royal Sonesta assortment—are front of mind. I grew up in Recent Orleans, where Bourbon Boulevard’s iconic Royal Sonesta Hotel resides. I will without wretchedness exclaim its classic wrought iron façade and curving balconies.

I became enraged to preserve at downtown Seattle’s Alexis Royal Sonesta Hotel. I planned a one-night “staycation” with the hotel as my anchor. Though it’s apt a tiny while from my condo, the hotel supplied the correct commence level for a Seattle weekend. From the hotel, it became an easy stroll to T-Cell Park, where I took in a Seattle Mariners recreation, and to somewhat quite loads of eating places and bars. Beyond that, downtown Seattle has lots to provide: the Seattle Art work Museum, Pike Place Market, and the Gigantic Wheel—which I might peer from my hotel room.

The hotel imparts a posh air as rapidly as you stroll into the foyer. Though the building dates to 1901, the up to this level interior thrives within the in model age. Native art, heat wooden tones, and uncovered brick lend excessive-pause touches. Some hotel rooms face the waterfront, where views stretch over Elliott Bay toward West Seattle.

The rooms are massive, with excessive ceilings and mountainous dwelling windows. I opted for a “spa studio,” a 660-sq.-foot stunner of a room with a cavernous toilet total with an substantial shower and stand-alone bath pickle below a skylight in a large, tiled establish.

The Alexis Royal Sonesta has several other ravishing facilities: in-room spa treatments are readily out there, or you can seek recommendation from the Chrome Spa downstairs. There’s additionally a highly rated gymnasium, total with a ice climbing wall and Peloton bike. Though currently closed, the ravishing Book shop Bar and Café will at final return as a spell binding pickle for meals and drinks.

In addition to to to its Seattle pickle, Sonesta boasts an spectacular portfolio of different properties, each with new stand-out characteristics:

• Friday and Saturday nights negate movie nights at the rooftop heated pool at Sonesta Denver Downtown. There’s additionally poolside yoga each Saturday morning, so web utter visitors can kick off their weekend feeling refreshed, all whereas taking in 360-stage views of Denver and the Rocky Mountains. The on-establish restaurant, The Lockwood Kitchen and Bar, uses native sourcing when doable, and the full property leans green, with a protracted checklist of eco-pleasant aspects.
• Royal Sonesta Kaua’i Resort Lihue is decided in lush landscaping and has the largest single-stage pool across all of Hawaii. On high of that, web utter visitors can opt for beachside spa treatments, a weekly luau, and prominent meals across 5 eating places.
• Bourbon Boulevard’s Royal Sonesta Recent Orleans oozes Southern appeal. Staying right here puts the greater of Recent Orleans apt about a steps out of your room, from world-class cuisine to bar hopping and are living music. The hotel offers quite loads of leisure within its beget partitions, too, with are living music at The Jazz Playhouse and award-winning gumbo at Desire Oyster Bar.
• The no longer too long ago redone Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel in San Francisco melds ancient craftsmanship with in model get. It’s additionally dwelling to the smartly-known Redwood Room, a extra special art deco bar with a large redwood bar as its centerpiece and fashioned work by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt.
• At the Royal Sonesta Chicago River North, downtown architecture and nightlife are without wretchedness accessible. This highly respected property is among the metropolis’s high accommodations, thanks in portion to memorable get important capabilities relish the checkerboard entryway, gilded accents, in model fireplace and Renaissance chandeliers. The on-establish restaurant, C.B.R., is smartly-known for its cocktails, and there’s a extra special 17^th floor pool and sundeck.