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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 six 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; golf by arrangement; wellness center w/gym, steam, sauna, Jacuzzi, massage and spa treatments; concierge; travel and tour desk; car hires; business center; currency exchange; shops and boutiques; salon; 24-hr. room service; babysitting; laundry and valet service; doctor-on-call. In room: A/C, TV, minibar, tea- and coffee-making facility, hair dryer, electronic safe, scale. Sheraton Towers rooms include butler service. ITC One rooms include step machine, hand-held massager, massage chair, fax machine.

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

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