TOP 10 World's Most Expensive Hotel Rooms

 10. Ambassador’s Bure, Wakaya Club & Spa, Fiji

Cost: $4,900 a night

How would you like to soak in this two-person tub? You can also enjoy the healing waters of your own private Plunge/Water Shiatsu Pool Lanai. And, of course, there's your own stretch of white-sand beach and Pacific waters right out the door.

9. Imperial Suite, Park Hyatt Vendôme, Paris

Cost: $19,000 a night

Located a few blocks from the Jardin des Tuileries and the Palais Royal, the Park Hyatt Vendôme is right in the heart of chi-chi Paris. Inside this suite, the décor is muted yet very Parisian chic.

8. The Royal Suite, Burj Al Arab, Dubai

Cost: $22,900 a night

Not only is this suite über-opulent, it's also a feast for the eyes with gem tones of gold, purple, red and more popping from every square foot. But one of the most unique features of the Burj Al Arab is its Al Mahara restaurant, located under the sea.

7. Royal Towers' Bridge Suites, Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas

 

Cost: $25,000 a night

What's more paradisical than a sky-high suite on Paradise Island? Staying in mid-air in the Bridge Suites at the Atlantis resort not only offers you an awesome view of the Caribbean but also gives you the undivided attention of a staff of seven.

6. Presidential Suite, Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

 

Cost: $25,000 a night

Staying at any of these hotels is always a ritzy experience, but staying in the Tokyo location takes it to the next level. And the Presidential Suite, located on the 53rd floor in the city's tallest building, charges you $25,000 a night for the experience.

5. Royal Plaza Suite, Plaza Hotel, New York City

 

Cost: $30,000 a night

This storied hotel has featured in the film Home Alone 2 and the children's book series Eloise. But it's also one of the world's most luxurious, charging $30,000 a night for its most expensive suite.

4. Ty Warner Penthouse, Four Seasons Hotel, New York City

Cost: $35,000 a night

This skyscraper in New York houses one of the world's most luxurious suites, and for the cool price of $35 grand, you can take in the birds-eye view of Manhattan while luxuriating under the experienced hands of your personal masseuse.

3. Hugh Hefner Sky Villa, Palms Casino & Resort, Las Vegas

 

Cost: $40,000 a night

Fans of Kanye West might enjoy knowing that the famed rapper stayed in this very suite. For $40,000, you can enjoy the cantilevered Playboy pool (no bunnies included!) and the sunbathing deck too.

2. Royal Villa, Grand Resort Lagonissi, Athens

Cost: $45,000 a night

This secluded southern peninsula villa displays a peaceful view of the Aegean Sea from your very own personal pool. In cold weather, you can use the indoor heated pool all for the price of $45,000 a night

1. Royal Penthouse Suite, President Wilson Hotel, Geneva

Cost: $65,000 a night

To our knowledge, Geneva's President Wilson Hotel takes the cake for having the most expensive hotel suite. $65,000 is the asking price for this sumptuous penthouse, which overlooks Lake Geneva.

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Travel/Marques de Riscal Hotel(11pics)

For all those who like impressive nature, tradition and exquisite gastronomy associated with wine our recommendation is Hotel Marques de Riscal. Marques de Riscal, founded in 1860, is one of the oldest wineries in Rioja, Elciego and one of the first to introduce French winemaking techniques.

Marques de Riscal, XXIst century hotel is located in the The City of Wine in the Rioja wine region and it is a true masterpiece of internationally architect Frank O. Gehry. This is the most innovative hotel from the prestigious brand The Luxury Collection by Starwood Hotels & Resorts.

Hotel Marques de Riscal offers 43 guestrooms. All rooms have wireless internet access, premium television channels, DVD player, bathrobes, complimentary toiletries, hair dryer, separate sitting areas, minibars, direct-dial phones, refrigerators…

In the Marques de Riscal restaurant you can taste the traditional dishes of the region with a vanguard touch accompanied by the best selection of wines or enjoy the impressive views of the town of Elciego, vineyards and mountains of the Basque country from the Bistro 1860 restaurant, with access to the main terraces of the hotel, and discover a refined cuisine with regional specialties.

At the Wine Bar – Wine Shop of the hotel you can taste the best wines of Marques de Riscal or if you prefer, enjoy a coffee, a tea or a snack or visit the Lounge – Library Roof, ideal place for tapas or a cocktail enjoying the most extraordinary panoramic views of Hotel Marques de Riscal.

For all business people the hotel offers 8 spacious conference rooms and ballrooms which can welcome up to 850 people and 7 terraces, perfect for social events, with the most spectacular sights of the vineyards, the mountains and the medieval villages. Also for all those who don`t know yet where to organize wedding and banquet the hotel will surprise them and make their dreams come true.

When we are talking about other amenities Marqes de Riscal is not behind other luxuries hotels. There are SPA Vinotherapie Caudalie with baths, wraps and scrubs, facial, hand and feet treatments, the day package in the City of Wine, sauna, fitness center,indoor pool, library, picnic area and a lots of amenities nearby like golfing, snowboarding, fishing, bird watching, tennis, running, horse riding…

Whether you are interested in wine or not don`t miss the chance to spend several days in gorgeus Spain in the luxuries Hotel Marques de Riscal.

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Travel/Anopura – The Smallest Luxury Hotel In India, Perhaps In The World

The smallest luxury hotel in India, perhaps in the world, named Anopura is located in the shadow of the ancient Aravali mountains, an hour’s drive from Jaipur, Radjasthan. This tiny hotel features just two bedrooms within the main thatched house in addition to a romantic Rajasthani-tented bedroom in the garden, surrounded by swathes of lush free farmland.

Designed by Philippe de Villegas as a country house, surrounded by farmlands, it has a thatched roof so as to blend into the local countryside and carries a collection of local artworks. This traditional Rajasthani country home with a stunning step-well inspired plunge pool, Anopura artfully brings together the necessities of the most demanding Western traveler within a landscape and agricultural environment virtually unchanged in a millennia.

From the moment you arrive, the superbly trained staff welcomes you with chilled towels and fresh seasonal fruit juice, where you realize that you are truly in the lap of luxury. As you explore your new surroundings, you can move through the garden, rich with the scent of frangipani and other perfumed plants, arriving through a book-laden anteroom into Anopura’s shaded central courtyard, off which are the bedrooms, the dining room and a small study with satellite television and an Internet connected workstation.

In front of the house lies a stone clad plunge pool surrounded by charpoys, the traditional Indian day-bed, where you can lie back and take in the majestic views of the hills of the Aravali. You may also choose to explore your new domain on foot, mountain bike, or more leisurely, by camel cart or jeep. To one side of the pool is a large pavilion for relaxing, reading, dining or simply taking aperitifs during sunset.

Although the smallest hotel in India, Anopura can provide the greatest luxury and beauty that you’ve ever experienced.

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Royal Mansour Hotel – The Most Opulent and Extravagant Hotel in the World

Royal Mansour, built on 3.5 hectares within the walls of the old city of Marrakech, was created to authentically represent the classic forms of the traditional medina – an elegant composition of Riads, restaurants and a spa, arranged around the reception area,with its lobby, dining, bar, lounges and library. It was handmade by 1,200 artisans using the best stones, marbles, tiles, silks, satins, beads, feathers and cedar. For this magnificent place there was no budget, only the royal edict to make it the most beautiful example of Moroccan architecture in the world.

The hotel doesn’t plan to advertise and it is not cheap. Prices run from $1,928 a night for a one-bedroom riad (a traditional, three-story, Moroccan style house), to $5,397 for a two-bedroom, or $38,552 for the almost 20,000-square-foot Riad d’Honneur.

The hotel is designed like an old Moroccan city with winding paths lined with lily ponds and fountains that open suddenly into sunny squares of palm trees, brilliant bougainvillea and aromatic olive and lemon trees. The public spaces—lounges, bars, library, and restaurants—are built, as are the 53 accommodations, as riads with all rooms on all levels opening inwardly onto a courtyard and upwardly to an array of carved arches.

The hotel is designed like an old Moroccan city with winding paths lined with lily ponds and fountains that open suddenly into sunny squares of palm trees, brilliant bougainvillea and aromatic olive and lemon trees. The public spaces—lounges, bars, library, and restaurants—are built, as are the 53 accommodations, as riads with all rooms on all levels opening inwardly onto a courtyard and upwardly to an array of carved arches.

The Royal Mansour hotel has three restaurants all overseen by Yannick Alleno, the chef of Paris’s Le Meurice hotel, where he earned, and has retained, three Michelin stars in 2007. The stars are much in evidence in the setting, service and food at two dinner restaurants, one French and one Moroccan. The ‘Pigeon in Crispy Pastille’ in the Moroccan restaurant is a delicate patty of tender shredded pigeon in crispy layers of millefeuille, an edible work of art, while the ‘Orange Salad’ dessert offers magical orbs of orange ambrosia that burst in your mouth like citrus caviar.

The 26,900 sq.-ft. spa is located in its own glazed pavilion surrounded by a moat and features a fitness center, spa treatment rooms, and an indoor pool.

In the Royal Mansour hotel, Scheherazade would have found enough cozy corners in which to tell a different tale on a different divan every night.

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