5218 Best Hotels in USA

There are no superlatives left to describe the wonder that is Hotel Emma, located in the original 1894 Pearl brewhouse and providing luxurious guest rooms and exemplary service. Guest rooms and suites have baths featuring handmade Spanish porcelain tiles, beds with luxury linens, and a stocked Ice Box (an homage to South Texas neighborhood icehouses) and in-room pantry with South Texas treats. Enjoy chef John Brand's marvelous creations for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, or brunch at on-site restaurant Supper, then relax at the dramatic city bar Sternewirth Tavern & Club Room off the lobby. Don't miss the lovely Curio, one of the best hotel gift shops anywhere.

Friendly service, large rooms, a convenient but peaceful location, and nice extras, such as a complimentary continental breakfast until 10 am, draws lots of repeat customers (particularly business travelers) to the Hotel Giraffe. The style is art deco, right down to the balcony rooms' red-velvet armchairs and French doors, which open onto private Juliet balconies from which you can survey Park Avenue. Be sure to take time to relax at the open-air Rooftop Garden bar, which offers drinks in the warmer months. The civilized service here includes all-day coffee, other refreshments, and snacks.

Developer Giorgio Borlenghi (Uptown Park, Four Leaf Towers, Four Oaks Place) doesn't do things on the cheap. Witness this magnificent European-style residential palace that's big with the international crowd. The super-luxurious all-suites property is just steps away from the Uptown Park shopping and dining village. A multilingual staff anticipates your every need. Suites come as big as 2,100 square feet.

This luxury boutique hotel offers the unique experience of staying in a historic bathhouse—built in 1892—and the oldest structure on Bathhouse Row. Shuttered for several decades, the Hale was extensively remodeled and reopened in 2019, winning the Preserve Arkansas' Excellence in Preservation through Rehabilitation Award that same year. The property combines modern amenities with historical charm, including the original marble front desk in the lobby and pine floors and exposed brick in the well-appointed, tastefully decorated rooms. The on-site Eden restaurant, named for its living wall of plants beneath large skylights, serves upscale American cuisine.

Set in the heart of Ybor City, this boutique hotel blends contemporary styling and comforts with traditional elements that acknowledge the area's Spanish, Italian, and Cuban roots. Nods to history include exposed brick, preserved reproductions of works by Spanish painter Francisco Goya that were uncovered during construction, and lighting that evokes the district’s streetlights. The upscale Flor Fina Mediterranean restaurant and the casual Café Quiquiriqui are among the on-site dining options. You can also order boozy ice-pops and cocktails by the pool, or venture into the neighborhood to experience nearby J.C. Newman Cigar Company or the Ybor City Saturday Market.

Built during the Great Depression, this grand Mediterranean–style hotel offers classic rooms with maple armoires and paintings by local artists. Elegant original touches abound, from the mosaic-tile Fountain Lobby to the clubby Iberian Lounge. The spa's chocolate-based body treatments include a chocolate fondue wrap and a whipped cocoa bath. There are plenty of options for recreation, including a golf course, indoor and outdoor pools, a ropes course, nature trails, and a falconry course. The Circular is an iconic fine-dining restaurant.

Easily Downtown's most glamorous hotel, Hotel ICON combines historic architecture with shabby Chinoiserie, contemporary finishes, overstuffed furniture, and attentive service. Rooms have large flat-screen TVs, Molton Brown bath products, and marble bathrooms. Right on Main Street, the former Union National Bank building also houses BANK restaurant, the ICON Bar, and the Balance Day Spa. The top-floor multilevel suites are almost unbelievably grand and gorgeous.

Inside a strikingly converted apartment tower dating from the 1880s, this chic boutique hotel offers rooms and suites (which have full kitchens) in a newer section with a sleek mid-century modern vibe, as well as cozy and more economical rooms in the original building. All accommodations feature pleasing touches like original local art, French presses with gourmet coffee, Bluetooth speakers, and Italian linens. Beyond the grand lobby, the intimate Amendment 21 bar serves craft cocktails and well-prepared gastropub fare.

This strikingly handsome boutique hotel, which is part of Hilton's indie-spirited Tapestry Collection, occupies a grand 1911 Masonic temple, and many of its architectural flourishes have been retained. The rooms are decidedly modern and quite cushy, with plush robes and linens, and high-end bath products. Guests can relax in several appealing common spaces, including a lending library–business center, fitness room, and modern lobby hung with works from a local gallery.

An enviable French Quarter location combines with loads of charm, including a picture-perfect courtyard with a fountain and guest rooms featuring black-marble floors. The sophisticated Patrick's Bar Vin downstairs is your spot for an evening cocktail. The amenities are impressive, and include iPhone docking stations, imported linens, free Wi-Fi, and complimentary in-room bottled artesian water. Bathrooms have roomy showers, but no tubs. Some rooms have balconies, others have courtyard views, and all come with one of the best free breakfasts in the Quarter.

The nicely landscaped property is dotted with Polynesian-style bungalows—many overlooking the reef and distant Lanai—and has bright guest rooms, a pretty pool, and a full-service bar that's a popular hangout. The independently owned on-site restaurant, Hiro's Ohana Grill, serves lunch and dinner with live music each night. The activities desk in the lobby will book any island adventure, and beach toys are available for checkout.

One of the grand old hotels of New Orleans, the Hotel Monteleone dates to 1886 and oozes sophistication, romance, and history. The rooms are luxurious with Italian bed linens and Keurig coffeemakers, and the ornate, baroque-style facade, liveried doormen, shimmering lobby chandeliers, and nightly live jazz warm many a traditionalist's heart. But time doesn't stand still here: the revolving Carousel Bar and Lounge, a see-and-be-seen spot since 1949, is still lively; the well-equipped fitness center has a great view of the Mississippi River; and the Criollo restaurant serves modern takes on Creole classics. Rooms and luxury suites in the hotel's Iberville Tower were fully renovated in 2024.

Originally constructed in the 1940s, this Adirondacks-style lodge has been thoroughly updated without losing any of its period charm. The decor calls to mind the arts and craft movement, so expect rich colors and simple, bold designs in the fabrics. Charming cabins, cottages, and luxury suites are available—preserving details like fireplaces while adding modern amenities like flat-screen TVs and updated bathrooms. Mornings start with a gourmet breakfast in the dining room. Top ski attractions are minutes away, as are most summer activities in the Hunter Mountain area. Pets are welcome with advance notification.

Named for the Venetian island where some of the world's best glass is created, this handsome high-rise hotel with an intimate ambience centers around exhibits by world-famous glass artists. Bold colors and sleek metals infuse public spaces with style and energy, and each floor exhibits a different glass artist's pieces. Amenities include minibars stocked with local beverages, Bluetooth radios, and plush robes. The stark, chrome-and-glass Bite Restaurant sits spectacularly above glass creations in the hotel atrium and serves refined contemporary Pacific Northwest fare.

This restored building in the center of town mixes original brickwork and hardwood with tasteful modern decor to provide spacious accommodations and common spaces, including a large horseshoe bar. The staff is as attentive to guests as they are to the history of the property, which creates a very welcoming atmosphere.

A decidedly imaginative adaptation, the landmark Parq Central occupies a striking Moravian tile-trimmed three-story former AT&SF Railroad employees' hospital that dates to 1926. In the perky EDo neighborhood, near its notable restaurant row, the locally owned hotel is minutes from Downtown, UNM/Nob Hill, and the airport. The soothing, sound-blocked rooms have high-quality linens and fluffy terry robes. The hotel lobby, as well as its Apothecary Lounge rooftop bar (in which vintage 1920s cocktails are served), pick up the particular and appealing palette of the building exterior's period-tile details. A continental-style breakfast is included; enjoy it in the window-lined Parlor Room, or in the lovely back patio gardens. A small on-site fitness center is well-outfitted; in-room massage services can be arranged by the solicitous staff. And dogs will enjoy the run outside the main entrance; up to three may share your room.

This Bavarian-style lodging with flowers tumbling over the wooden balconies is decorated with sturdy alpine furniture, rich fabrics, and cozy comforters—some rooms even have hand-painted old-world bed frames and armoires. In the adjacent Old Chapel, formerly a Catholic church, you can stay in a unique suite with a king bed and sleeping loft, or in the quiet "parish nook" with hand-carved walnut furniture from Austria. Some suites have log-burning fireplaces and jetted tubs.  A hearty European breakfast of coffee, fruit, muesli, meats and cheeses, and coffee cake is served. 

A longtime neighborhood resident teamed with a boutique hotel group to renovate this former church and rectory, creating a one-of-a-kind hotel, supremely rooted in place. The unique architectural touches, careful color schemes (a different one on every floor), and sparse-but-dramatic oversize European antiques are just some of the magic that make this hotel so aesthetically pleasing. Food and drink, brought to you by the team behind Bacchanal, is served in chic parlors and in the intimate bar. Handicapped accessible rooms are available in the Schoolhouse building, which has an elevator.

This elegant Tudor Revival building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1882 by the Norfolk and Western Railroad. The richly paneled lobby has Florentine marble floors and ceiling frescos. Its formal restaurant ($$$–$$$$) serves regional Southern cuisine. A $6.5-million renovation of guest rooms and suites includes new furnishings, flat-screens, and Sweet Dreams beds. The Market Square Bridge, a glassed-in walkway, goes from the hotel to downtown attractions.

The former New Devon Inn, built in 1926 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has become a boutique hotel that feels both historic and modern. Restored antiques furnish tidy rooms without clutter. Modern furnishings fill the lobby. There’s Wi-Fi throughout, a fitness center, conference room, and 24-hour front-desk service.

This sleek, smartly designed boutique inn offers a mix of suites and two-bedroom town homes with a wealth of creature comforts, including private entrances, fully equipped kitchens, pretty patios, and separate sitting areas. Distressed-wood furnishings help to impart Roslyn's funky vibe, but these rather posh accommodations feel quite contemporary, which can be a plus or a minus depending on your taste. The staff will happily book tours and arrange snowshoe, kayak, bike, and other recreational rentals.

Saint Cecilia goes beyond anything you'd expect in an eclectic, decidedly Austin accommodation, from the art deco–style bar to the neon lights that read "S-O-U-L" shining above the heated outdoor pool. No two rooms are alike on the swanky, highly exclusive South Congress estate, from contemporary poolside bungalows to suites in the historic Victorian main building, though each reflects an extravagant, vintage-inspired style in a rock-and-roll meets turn-of-the-20th-century France motif. All have luxurious Hästens beds, refinished antiques, and unconventional artwork ranging from Keith Richards portraits to vintage Cuban movie posters. An on-site café has an all-day menu.

A former Catholic orphanage is now perhaps the city's most stylish hotel: this sprawling, red-bricked estate, with a maze of wide verandas and inner courtyards flanked by palm trees and tropical plants, creates a luxurious oasis you won't want to leave. Here you'll find a generous pool and outdoor bar, as well as two restaurants (casual French-Vietnamese bakery, and high-end Coastal Italian dining room), with lovely design details throughout. All this, plus a guest-only lounge and revolving calendar of cultural events, curate a New Orleans experience you won't soon forget.  

This hip, bungalow-style boutique hotel, located in the midst of South Congress Avenue, features a modern, minimalist style, adorned with balconies, patios, and tropical vegetation. Rooms cater to the young and happening, with concrete floors, flat-screen TVs, locally stocked minibars, and spartan, artist-driven interior design, like pine furniture created by artisans from Marfa, Texas. The pool is small but picturesque, and the bamboo-shrouded courtyard lounge serves bar snacks, beer, wine, and popular cocktails, like their signature champassions (champagne and passionfruit juice with raspberries). Jo's Coffee occupies the same lot, and several first-rate eateries and shops are a short stroll away.

Just a block from the mission and steps from restaurants, shops, and night spots, this sleek, three-story hotel has custom-furnished rooms with light wood floors, high ceilings, and either a private balcony or terrace—often with a view of the garden courtyard and mountains. Amenities include two restaurants, three bars (including one on the roof), a full-service spa with eight treatment rooms, pool, and fitness room.

Built in 1906, the historic and serene Hotel Sorrento hits the perfect note between traditional and modern, with lovely Italianate architecture, carved wood moldings, white marble bathrooms, antique furnishings in sumptuous fabrics, and chic original contemporary artwork in the common spaces. The Sorrento’s stylish Stella restaurant features coastal Italian cuisine to go with the classic black-and-white striped patio umbrellas.

The opulent Hotel Terra takes green hospitality to the next level, but it's also luxe to the core, with a hip, urban feel and all the amenities the price tag suggests. From the bottle-free water stations to the abundance of natural light, there's a true conservation mind-set at the heart of this hotel. Studios, which don't cost much more than the standard rooms, include a fireplace, a kitchen, and a seating area. Il Villaggio Osteria and Bar Enoteca are sexy spaces with a top-notch wine list, and the rooftop infinity pool, filled with saltwater instead of chlorinated water, is stunning.