The Ritz-Carlton Battery Park, New York City
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It’s at the very tip of Manhattan island, literally miles from Central Park, Fifth Avenue and the Great White Way. But the Ritz Carlton Battery Park nevertheless offers the finest views of any New York City hotel.
Lady Liberty is what you’ll see from the window of this very swanky, cosseting hostelry which offers the best service in town. It also fields a level of sumptuous, swagged comfort not seen in the shinier hip hotels of mainstream Manhattan.
An express bus will whip you uptown faster than you might expect, but Lower Manhattan has many attractions of its own to explore, apart from Liberty Island itself. The Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side sheds fascinating light on what life was like for 19th and 20th century immigrants, while firefighters who lead sobering Ground Zero tours tell the grimmer tale of what it was like to battle flames at the World Trade Center.
A five-minute cab ride leads to the hip dining and shopping hub of SoHo and the adjacent ‘hoods of NoLa and Tribeca. The uber-cool Meatpacking District is also close. But the advantage of Battery Park is that it’s a rare serene oasis in a frenetic city, and for added tranquillity the Ritz Carlton offers a fine spa. Its 2 West restaurant also tempts with yummy breakfast specialities including crispy brioche French toast, almond milk pancakes and a rather spectacular take on porridge, the “Irish oatmeal brulée”, served with berry compote.
Two West Street , New York City, USA
Contact tel: +1 (212) 344-0800, fax: +1 (212) 344-3801
Cost standard double room: £200 - £500 per night, suite: £200 - £500 per night
Services spa, fitness equipment, parking, hotel restaurant, hotel bar, creche/listening service, pets accepted, room service, business services, internet access
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