EXCELSIOR HOTEL
Name Hotel: EXCELSIOR HOTEL
Country: United States
Location: US/New York
City: New York
Stars: 3.5
Description:
The intimate Excelsior Hotel stands in ultra-fashionable Manhattan’s Upper West Side near the Museum of Natural History, offering guests”old New York charm” amid the historic buildings, brownstones, restaurants and exclusive shops. The Excelsior also is within walking distance of many cultural venues, including the Hayden Planetarium, the Beacon Theatre and Lincoln Center. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is only a pleasant walk across Central Park, where patrons also can boat, ski, bike, run, hike, play tennis, ride horses and skate. History aficionados can find the hotel close to the American Museum of Natural History, Guggenheim Museum and the Jewish Museum. Guests can shop until they drop along Madison Avenue or walk to the world famous Zabar’s emporium for take-home delicacies. The hustle and bustle of Times Square and Great White Way are only minutes away by taxis, buses and subways.
Upon entering the Excelsior, guests are greeted by a wood-paneled lobby graced with beams, chandeliers, oil paintings, fresh bouquets, and gilt-trimmed French-style furnishings. Patrons also will enjoy the Excelsior’s library, well-equipped fitness facility, and continental or full breakfasts. The hotel also provides babysitting and child care, concierges, business services, cell phones, dry-cleaning and laundry, and limos and town cars.
Guest rooms are comfortable and well appointed with a rich, traditional French-influenced décor. Suites have pleasant sitting areas with pullout sofas, VCRs, trouser presses, and bedrooms separated by French doors. All guest rooms feature personal safes, wireless Internet access, cable/satellite TVs with pay movies, video games, windows that open, hair dryers, safes, irons and ironing boards, and other amenities guests expect of top-tier New York hotels.
Families, museum-goers, international visitors and business travelers who prefer a quiet neighborhood will feel at home at the Excelsior Hotel.