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The Sexiest Hotels in America 2007
Gabe Weisert March 21, 2007PAGES: 1 2
Here are the first five hotels on our list. For the rest of the list, as well as photographs and commentary from our panel of hotel design experts, click to the slideshow.
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The number one pick of several of our panelists, the Setai is pure architectural serotonin. Adrian Zecha’s instant classic is a jaw-dropping confluence of Art Deco flourishes and sleek Asian designs.
St. Regis, San Francisco
The new St. Regis in San Francisco is beloved as much for its sleek cream interiors as its futuristic room technologies. The city’s most luxurious hotel also wins marks for its setting — right across the street from the SF MOMA and the city’s buzzing SoMa district.
Gramercy Park Hotel, New York
After a year of renovations, this landmark hotel re-opened last fall, completely transformed and universally praised. Co-designer Julian Schnabel contributed to the hotel’s “gothic eclectic” ambience, which pays homage to the hotel’s lustrous history (Humphrey Bogart and Babe Ruth were prominent patrons), while remaining steadfastly new and strange (note the saw shark lamp).
Chambers Hotel, Minneapolis
The sister hotel to New York’s Chambers has an impossibly hip loft space vibe. The hotel serves as a giant live-in gallery of the Burnet family, who own of the most respected private art collections in the world. It’s easy to imagine rock stars passed out amidst the Damien Hirst installations.
Tucked away on Maui’s lush East Coast, at the end of legendary Hana Highway, this classic resort attracts legions of regulars for its beauty, privacy and notable lack of pretension. And as for sexy? Marlon Brando sojourned here after filming “Last Tango In Paris.”
See our slideshow of sexy hotels.
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