

Located on the top floors of Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle (the same building as local favorites Per Se and Masa), the Mandarin Oriental, New York offers 244 sleek guest rooms and suites decorated with modern decor in shades of slate and cream with splashes of gold, red, and purple. The property is also home to an excellent five-star, 14,500-square-foot spa (and a 75-foot lap pool), but its most winning feature just may be its sweeping, floor-to-ceiling views of the Manhattan skyline, the Hudson River, or Central Park across the street. (Rooms, from $695)