The Daily Telegraph - Saturday - Travel
THE WORLD’S £1,000-A-NIGHT HOTELS: What our experts say
Aman New York Price per night: £3,176
Mark C O’Flaherty writes:
“The most expensive hotel in Manhattan is a luxury bubble of chic tranquillity, high in the sky off Fifth Avenue, with a membersonly club, velvet-roped speakeasy jazz bar at ground level, incredible views of the Midtown skyscrapers, and a monochrome Zen palette of colours, lavish materials and textures.”
The Peninsula London Price per night: £1,300 Mark C O’Flaherty writes:
“While this is a universe of absolute luxury, it’s also one of genuinely good taste. There are marble bathrooms galore and everything is hi-tech to the point of science fiction, but there are also low-key landscape paintings by artists from the Royal Drawing School. All the doors are heavy. Everything feels like it cost an absolute fortune.”
Hôtel de Crillon, Paris Price per night: £1,381 Nick Trend writes:
“For more than a century, this grand, historic hotel has encapsulated Parisian elegance and sophistication, even managing to stand aloof from its rivals in the city. A lavish four-year renovation has brought it bang up to date and it is winning back its reputation for fine food and wines.”
Raffles London at the OWO Price per night: £1,100
Fiona Duncan writes:
“What a hotel. It has been beautifully done, the vision of the late Thierry Despont, who died in August, as well as interior designer Shalini Hinduja. They have injected the velvet touch of utmost luxury without losing any sense of history, endeavour and intrigue – no mean feat in a building, completed in 1906, that required 26,000 tons of Portland stone, 26 million bricks and hundreds of thousands of floor mosaics to create 2.5 miles of corridors and 1,100 rooms.”
Bulgari Hotel Paris Price per night: £1,319
Hannah Meltzer writes:
“The Italian jewellery company’s first opening in Paris is the stuff of fantasy – sleek, sensual and luxurious. Expect marble floors, velvet furnishings and a Romanstyle spa fit for Caesar. However, guests can still expect the warmth of an old-fashioned Italian welcome. The understated, thoughtful touches, such as cashmere blankets on the beds, are the most gratifying element of a stay here.”