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Best city hotel rooms with a view
The hotels, and the specific rooms to request, for amazing sights
It’s easy to find a great view in nature, but in a city? Even if you get the right hotel, there's always a risk you'll end up facing the highway rather than the ocean, the building next door or the "garden view."
Get the best view for your buck by requesting these specific rooms.
1. The Savoy, London
What Monet had to paint, you can photograph.
The historic Thames view from London’s
most iconic hotel was painted by Monet, who stayed there several times.
Room to request: Monet Suite visitors and others on the rear of the sixth floor can enjoy the same skyline, with Big Ben on the horizon.
Rates: Rooms from US$650, Monet Suite US$4,950.
The Savoy, Strand, London, UK, +44 207 420 2329; www.fairmont.com/savoy
2. Park Hotel, Tokyo
Just in case you can't see it, the Tokyo Tower is to the left.
The Park Hotel occupies
10 floors of the Shiodome Media Tower
in downtown Tokyo, and the city lights seen from here are staggering.
Room to request: The best views are from the corner suites looking towards the Tokyo Tower on the 25th to 34th floors of this soaring triangular skyscraper.
Rates: Rooms from US$340.
Park Hotel Tokyo, Shiodome Media Tower, 1-7-1 Higashi Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan; +81 3 6252 1111; www.parkhoteltokyo.com
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3. Jumeirah Hotel, Frankfurt
Look upon Germany's financial heart.
The skyline of the Jumeirah really showcases Germany’s financial capital, which
is all about glamor and glittering modernity.
Room to request: Ask for room 2111, or one of the other 16 Skyline Deluxe rooms that enjoy this view.
Rates: Rooms from US$370.
Hotel Jumeirah Frankfurt, Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz 2, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; +49 6 297 2370; www.jumeirah.com/frankfurt
4. The Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra
Book a room, enjoy the view.
What every first-time visitor to India wants is a view of the Taj
Mahal, and Oberoi offers it in this colonial-style hotel where every
room enjoys a view of the world’s greatest monument to romance, just 600 meters
down the road.
Room to request: Any
Rates: Rooms from US$775.
Amarvilas, Taj East Gate Road, Agra, India; +91 562 2231515; www.oberoihotels.com/oberoi_amarvilas
5. Mamilla Hotel, Jerusalem
Such a beautiful wall, you'll never get over it.
The city’s newest and best-located luxury hotel faces the historic city on one
side, to which it’s linked by a stylish pedestrian mall lined with designer
boutiques and cafes leading to the Jaffa Gate.
Room to request: Be sure to ask for a room facing the Old City walls.
Rates: Rooms from US$430.
Mamilla Hotel, 11 King Solomon Street, Jerusalem, Israel; +972 2 548 2222; www.designhotels.com/mamilla
