Dream Downtown

The Dream Downtown's outstanding location is perhaps its best selling feature. This hotel is practically close to all of the places you want to see, including Chelsea Market, the High Line, the Meatpacking District, and the West Village. It also helps that Chelsea, the neighborhood's epicenter for top-notch art galleries, is nearby.

The 12-story Dream Downtown's best feature is that visitors don't need to leave the building to enjoy the city's top-notch dining and nightlife. The hotel itself is a weekend getaway, youthful and trendy, with a club vibe that permeates the architecture and furnishings. A well-stocked half-moon bar and a wall of stacked Tecate and Modelo cans are in the foyer, along with high-backed chairs and button-tufted banquette settees.

Uplookers who are staring directly into the 50-foot heated pool with a glass bottom in the hotel's sand-filled "beach" patio are mesmerized by the ceiling. Even hotel guests cannot guarantee entry to the velvet-roped PHD Rooftop Lounge in the north tower due to the large, upscale groups who gather there.

Price: From $395
Address: 355 W 16th St, New York, 10011
Website: http://www.dreamhotels.com/downtown
Phone numbers: +1 212-229-2559
Google rating: 4.0/5.0