Favorite luxury hotel,if you've ever stayed in one.(It took me 60 yrs).

[virgogal]

My choice is The Hotel Alfonso III in Seville,Spain.

Jaw dropping.

[AlCzervik]

1. Intercontinental in Prague.

[NightWatcher]

2. I worked a (PI) job at the Koln Intercontinental. I felt like James Bond

nice hotels and they feel very European, (makes sense, really)

[AlCzervik]

3. it is indeed Bond like, very cool, best hotel stay of my life.

[virgogal]

9. I've never been to Prague (I'm jealous),but stayed in an

Intercontinental in London.

Great hotels.

[AlCzervik]

14. if you ever get a chance to go you'll love it.

i hope you get that chance.

[virgogal]

16. Two of my kids have been there and just raved,also about

Budapest. No Intercontinentals for them,though. :-)

[cloudbase]

4. Ritz-Carlton Kapalua

on Maui. Damned glad I wasn't picking up the bill.

[NightWatcher]

5. the only thing better than a luxury anything is not having to pay for it

[virgogal]

7. I stayed at a Marriot in Maui and the room smelled. Your experience

sounds a hell of a lot nicer.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My favorite?

This one:

http://www.sofitel.com/gb/hotel-6214-sofitel-london-heathrow/index.shtml

Really amazing, very plushy, very comfortable, responsive staff, and on and on...

This one took me 65 years!

And, you can walk from the terminal!

[Cant trust em]

8. Nicest place I ever stayed at was on a game reserve in Tanzania.

I only stay in third world luxury hotels.

[virgogal]

11. Notw THAT's an experience. Good for you.

[Cant trust em]

20. If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend you go.

I saved for a few years to make it happen. It's a little frustrating knowing that I probably won't be able to go for another 30 years.

I did get some great photos though.

[HERVEPA]

10. Intercontinental Hong Kong (Kowloon)

[virgogal]

13. The Intercontinental's keep coming up. I doubt if I'll

ever make it to Kowloon at this stage of life,but who knows?

[begin_within]

12. Shangri-La, Beihai, Guangxi, China

in stark contrast to the old, dilapidated, poverty-stricken resort city of Beihai

http://www.shangri-la.com/en/property/beihai/shangrila

[virgogal]

15. Thanks for the link----it looks georgeous.

[begin_within]

17. You're welcome. Americans rarely go to Beihai except on a business trip,

which I was on. Beihai is a beach resort city and the visitors are almost 100% from within China.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

18. Peninsula

Hong Kong............

[virgogal]

19. Georgeous !!! eom

[Flaxbee]

21. the Astoria in St. Petersburg, Russia

reallllllly nice. :) Also, I think it was called the Conrad Hotel in Istanbul. Also very nice.

[Midlodemocrat]

22. Ritz in Paris.

[Kali]

23. does the old Del Coronado count?

never stayed there but did a tour and my best freinds in grade/high school had a condo nearby. Also I have a "conection" to the Phoenician - I was on the jury for Charles Keating's civil trial in Tucson - that place figured in some of the evidence.

Otherwise luxury hotels and I don't really mix, as it were. I'm all about staying with real people or cool little off the wall places. (and preferably in more rural areas - don't really care for the big city thing)

[RFKHumphreyObama]

24. Orchid Garden Hotel in Brunei

The hotel that Bill Clinton stayed in when he visited Brunei and where the APEC Leaders Summit in the late 1990s was held. All the amenities and quality service you could expect to find in a luxury hotel and more -a fabulous choice of restaurants and good quality room service, great facilities, very friendly and professional staff and everything you could possibly ask for. . Absolutely splendid. Couldn't recommend it enough and look forward to going back

http://www.orchidgardenbrunei.com/

[Tommy_Carcetti]

25. Holiday Inn SELECT.

Not your ordinary Holiday Inn. And far from your Holiday Inn Express.

We're talking Holiday Inn Select, baby!

[BuddhaGirl]

26. the Four Seasons

in Wailea, Maui. Stayed there during our wonderful honeymoon, at during one other time.

Freaking fabulous!

[mnhtnbb]

27. The Plaza Hotel in NYC before they carved it up into condos. What a sad day.

[emilyg]

28. My honeymoon hotel.

[mnhtnbb]

30. Oh. Even more distressing. No return for an anniversary.

[Trailrider1951]

29. Here are my absolute favorites

http://www.galveston.com/galvez/



http://www.gagehotel.com/history.html



Maybe not "luxury" in the strict sense, but historic and beautiful.

[bikebloke]

31. I've stayed in some nice hostels.

[bif]

32. Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City

[Coventina]

33. Crystal Pier - San Diego (not really luxury, but so romantic!)

It's where I spent my honeymoon....

I'd go back in a heartbeat, if I could afford it (it's not cheap).

[Raffi Ella]

34. I've stayed at The Ritz a few times

but the most luxurious hotel I've ever been to was The Pheonician in Scottsdale Arizona.

http://www.starwoodhotels.com/luxury/property/photos/index.html?propertyID=103&EM=EM_aa_SW_TripAdvisor_PHOTOS___The_Phoenician_121608_NAD_FM#photo_section_1Link

[piratefish08]

35. Super 8

it was "2" better than a Motel 6.

and it was Super.

[TZ]

36. Hyatt Dorado in Puerto Rico

Beautiful open air lobby...little four room type bungalos on the beaches.....If you go there in the off season Sep-Nov you can get surprisingly good rates..