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Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

Since its opening in 2001, the Grand Maratha has already been recognized with at least one award as the country's best hotel. An imposing pink-sandstone neoclassical building topped by a futuristic dome, the Sheraton recalls elements of India's rich architectural legacy: thick columns, imposing contours, arches, a cobbled entrance flanked by two wooden horses and, in the porte-cochere, a Goan-inspired coffered ceiling. Rooms don't disappoint: Beds are fabulously comfy, London-based interior designer Francesca Basu has captured the local love of bright colors, and the garden views in some rooms (ask for one) are lovely. The seven different restaurants, all of excellent quality, are reason enough to stay here: Both Dakshin, offering the cuisines of South India, and Dum Pukht, its specialties inherited from the Nawabs of Awadh, are good places to go, particularly if you haven't had (or won't have) a chance to sample these cuisines elsewhere in India. Facilities: 6 restaurants; bar; pool; wellness center w/gym, steam, sauna, Jacuzzi, massage, and spa treatments; concierge; travel and tour desk; car hires; business center; shops and boutiques; salon; 24-hr. room service; babysitting; laundry and valet service; doctor-on-call; currency exchange; Wi-Fi. In room: A/C, TV, minibar, tea- and coffee-making facility, hair dryer, electronic safe, scale, shaving mirror. Sheraton Towers rooms include butler service. ITC One rooms include step machine, hand-held massager, massage chair, fax machine. Sheraton Towers and ITC One guests enjoy access to an exclusive lounge and library.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's India, 3rd Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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