10 MOST LUXURIOUS HOTEL SUITES

You have $40.000 lying around? Well, you can always check in one these 10 luxurious hotels for a night, and take a look at how the other half (of one percent) lives.

There are hotel rooms and there are luxurious hotel rooms characterized by larger beds, better mini bar, and perhaps a work desk or something similar. However, at the same time, there are also these luxurious suites, which remind more of expensive homes of the richest part of the population, with their LED-lighted bathrooms, covered in Egyptian marble, tapestries woven from gilded threads measured in karats and so on. Depending on the city, for between $20.000 and $70.000 you can buy a lot of different stuff: private beach, balconies bigger than some suburban backyards, reinforced windows from floor to ceiling, personal service around the clock, use of hotel’s Rolls Royce, steam bath, sauna, private shower, luxurious toiletries, home theatre and a 360 degrees view that would make the photographers who make postcards sell their souls for. You wish to know what it feels like to spend your vacation among the richest of the rich? Step into one of these luxurious hotel suites.

10. Spend a night in a Ottoman palace located at the very edge of the sea, in Sultan Suite, Ciragan Palace Kempinski hotel in Istanbul for mere $15.500 per night.

Ciragan Palace is a former Ottoman place made from wood and marble in the second half of the 17th century. Rebuilt and renovated, covered in marble, today it is one of the largest luxurious hotels in Europe. Gilded suite features hand crafted marble Turkish bath, private sauna and showers, fully equipped kitchen, guest room with Devon bath, decadent chandeliers, period furniture, fine art, and a lot more. The entire service of Cirgan hotel is adjusted for frequent VIP character of its guests, whose list often includes members of royalty, successful Hollywood film makers, fashion designers… These services include: personal butler, boat and helicopter, large pool and an unparalleled view over the Bosphorus strait. All of this is part of the experience provided by one of the most expensive hotels.

9. Refined luxury in Peninsula Suite, The Peninsula Hong Kong hotel, for $16.500 per night.

The elegant and refined Peninsula Suite in its namesake hotel represents a good assortment of fine and underrated luxury, which allow only the breathtaking view over the Victoria Harbour to take its focus. Here, you won’t find the ostentatious golden details, but instead carefully placed flowers, glass and wood, modern but still luxurious living space, subtly enhanced with the latest technology to better suit the needs of its guests: high gear top executives. Situated in a space of 4.111 square feet, this penthouse suite is an amphitheatre with a view over the harbor, private home theatre, conference room, an entire wall made up of LED touch screens that connect its guests with all the hotel services, private safe, marble bathroom with separate shower and toilet, bathtub and a lot more.

8. The best view in the city for $18.000 per night, in Ritz-Carlton Suite, Ritz Carlton Moscow hotel.

High at the very top of the city, with windows from bottom to ceiling that allow a view without match over the Kremlin, Red Square, Cathedral of St. Basil and Christ The Savior, you will find the 2.550 square feet Ritz-Carlton suite, decorated with furniture and art pieces in Russian imperial style. The living room leaves enough space for a grand piano and dining area, library, business space and board room, while the bedroom features separate bathroom with marble bathtubs and shower stalls and private saunas. You will never find Ritz-Carlton in an unattractive location, so the RC in Moscow is a bright example of a superb location: right besides the Red Square and famous Kremlin, near Bolshoi theatre, its guests can take a quick walk and reach any of the Moscow’s architectural marvels in no time. Of course, all those who can afford $18.000 per night in one of the Ritz club hotels, can also see all this with a single glance though the window.

7. Sleep like a sultan in sublime luxury of Royal Suite, Burj Al Arab in Dubai for $20.000 per night.

Royal Suite in famous Dubai sale shaped hotel, Burj Al Arab, doesn’t look too anchored in any particular time. Sublime space, riddled with light shades of yellow and gold, illuminated by the sun and bright azure ocean, appears like it popped out of some exotic fairy tale. Gilded decorations, lush curtains, countless decorative silk pillows, it all leaves the impression of royal timeless wealth with expensive details and benefits, such as personal elevator, cinema, golden iPad of 24 karats, two iMacs, countless 42’ HDTVs as well as a full assortment of Hermès toiletries. All of this is the result of hypermodern service which is the hotel’s commitment. For a little under $20.000 per night guests receive professional assistance, fruit basket and vide array of Arab sweets, personalized bar on the floor above and bellow, nighttime in-house cocktails, some of the over 200 news papers from around the world, round the clock breakfast in the café-restaurant besides your own pool, and a lot more. For those who bring their own service, the suit also provides separate accommodations with their own entrance as well as a butler kitchen.

6. Royal Suite in Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris, gives its VIP guests insight into 19th century luxury for $24.000 per night

It is truly hard to find more “lux” than Four Seasons in Paris. Even these words sound like they have been pulled out of some modern fairy tale. Who has never thought about falling asleep in the 3 million knot sheets under the night illuminated by the Eiffel Tower? For only $24.550 per night, guests with a taste for luxurious wealth can stay in one of the two Royal Suites in King George V hotel in Golden Triangle district. The accommodations include: private terrace with the view over Three Graces fountains, beautiful paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries on the walls, while the pieces of art and hanging chandeliers leave equally as breathtaking impression. Guests can also enjoy in luxurious marble foyers and fireplaces, fully equipped kitchen, dining area that can accommodate up to 8 people, as well as spacious steam bathroom covered in marble, sauna, walk-in change room as well as separate guest powder room and so on. With all these things available in suite, it’s almost hard to imagine why its guests would ever leave it in order to go and discover Paris itself. However, there, not even two blocks away, the shops from the Chams-Élysées are calling you!

5. Bridge Suite in Atlantis Paradise Island, in The Bahamas hotel is worthy of a king, for $25.000 per night.

Atlantis is the first holyday resort and fantasyland hotel in the Bahamas. However the peak of its shiny towers is the Bridge Suite situated literally on the bridge that connects the two towers of the hotel. This means that every view to the outside is flanked by the balcony of 800 square feet, hanging straight up, above the city and water, toward the deep horizon. That is if its guests can manage to direct their views away from all the golden details and things that they can find inside their suite. The living room features a grand piano, bar as well as two separate entertainment centers, which flow into the dining room that is dominated by a 22 karats chandelier. This $25.000 per night accommodation comes with service comprised out of seven butlers and assistants that are available round the clock, separate master bedrooms with their own walk-in showers and whirlpool bathtubs and a lot more. Judging by the Michael Jackson Bedroom this 4.740 square feet suite definitely feel like it was made for a king.

4. Penthouse Suite in Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez gives movie starts an excellent hiding place from all the paparazzi for merely $37.500 per night.

This massive penthouse designed in Art Deco style at first doesn’t seem like a monument to superlative wealth. Not as gilded as the other hotels, but still with all the comforts and luxury, coupled with the view over the Cannes bay that will leave you breathless, the refined palace of Penthouse is the fourth most expensive suite in the world. On the outside the private terrace of 3.100 square feet with Jacuzzi offers an unparalleled view, while on the inside you can find sauna and a Turkish bath, walk-in shower, as well as a marble bathtub, private safe, heating and air conditioning available for personalized setting, business center, living room and a dining area as well as all the regular luxury benefits. On the floor below the guests can dine in the Michelin starred La Palme d’Or restaurant, have a cocktail in the piano bar and enjoy the private hotel beach.

3. Stay at the same place the playboy stays – in Hugh Hefner Sky Villa, Palmas Casino Resort, Las Vegas, for $40.000 per night.

Hugh Hefner Sky Villa in Palmas Fantasy Tower is the creation of god of Vegas-style sins himself – all with the round rotating bed, pool with the exposed glass ceiling, and decorative logo of the famous playboy rabbit. Money is sexy and there is no better example that confirms that than the one in Sky Villa, high above the Palmas Casino Resort. Luxurious penthouse of some 9000 square feet is built for pleasure and leisure, and not for business – here you won’t find business or conference tables, only one large dining area, perfect to accommodate a meal with your friends, facilities for fitness and massage, a floating throne and two floors covered with windows from floor to ceiling, from which you can gaze over the Strip.

2. Be like Jay Z in Ty Warner Penthouse in Four Seasons Hotel New York, for only $45.000 for night.

Masters of the heights, top of the top stay at the place like Ty Warner Penthouse located at the height of 800 feet above the streets of New York. This city that never sleeps a bit strangely but perhaps still not surprisingly offers not only a penthouse suite for $40.000 per night, but also people who earn enough money to be able to afford it. But let’s follow the list: four glass balconies protrude out of this 4.300 square feet space. Oversized from floor to ceiling balconies, materials woven out of platinum and gold, Zen garden both inside and on the outside, cathedral like ceilings, master bedroom outrageously made out of rare hand crafted pieces of Chinese onyx and rock crystal, Bosendorfer grand piano, latest invisible audio system, chandeliers suitable for the ball room in Heaven, as well as service comprised of butler, Rolls Royce chauffeur, art consultant, personal trainer, oh and a lot more. Depending on your empire state of mind, $40.000 may actually be a good bargain for this suite.

1. Rozal Penthouse Suite in Hotel President Wilson in Geneva offers additional security for $65.000.

Built specifically for the type of people who can afford to gamble with stakes the size of contents, and at the same time worry about the possibility of being target of assassination, Royal Penthouse Suite in Hotel President Wilson in Geneva is large enough for entourage you can trust, as well as being bullet proof at the same time to give you a good night of worriless sleep. If these VIP guests (heads of states, ridiculously rich film makers or Popes) have the time to relax, they certainly can do that here: this royal suite takes up the whole floor and is equipped with 12 luxury rooms with marble bathrooms, terrace, 103’ flat screen TV with Bang&Olufsen sound system, Steinway grand piano, pool table, private jim, Jacuzzi (I know what you’re thinking: just one?!): for everything else, you have: personal assistant, butler and a chef, all available 24/7, as well as a safe that comes in human size, and perhaps the best of all: truly incredible panorama of the Alps and lake Geneva.

 

D.Z.

 

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