Fodor's Expert Review Mokara Hotel & Spa

Luxury accommodations and services are offered at this hotel in the shell of the historic 19th-century L. Frank Saddlery Building with an entrance facing the River Walk. Mokara has sleek modern rooms and suites ranging in size from 425 to 600 square feet, with 12-foot ceilings and marble whirlpool baths. Plush linens and posh toiletries are similarly luxurious. Rooms have hardwood floors, leather furniture, and wrought-iron canopy beds; some have balconies. A European-style spa offers a hair and nail salon, massages, scrubs, soaks, and other therapies.