There is very little time left until the New Year, and everything is ready for the holiday: the streets are full of decorations, Christmas trees are decorated in houses. Restaurants, shops and other public establishments are trying to outdo each other in the splendor of New Year’s decorations, and hotels are confidently leading in this race. Today we have compiled a list of the most elegant hotels that turn into a real winter fairy tale for the New Year.
Claridge’s Hotel, London
Photo: claridges.co.uk
The elegant austerity and classic style of a five-star hotel in central London is transformed for the New Year in the most unexpected way. This year, the hotel lobby is decorated not with a traditional spruce, but with the “Tree of Love”, invented by designer Diane von Furstenberg. The six-meter tree is painted a shimmering blue and decorated with eight thousand silver leaves, one hundred and fifty custom glass hearts and designer balloons.
Cost of a night at the hotel: from 54,870 rubles* for 1 person
Jefferson Hotel, Richmond
Photo: jeffersonhotel.com
The lush palace interior of this hotel literally blooms with New Year’s decorations. A huge Christmas tree, two floors high, is installed in the very center of the large hall. Columns, staircase railings and doorways are decorated with pine branches with large bright red balls and garlands. If Santa Claus had a residence, this is what it would look like.
Cost of a night at the hotel: from 18,554 rubles* for 1 person
The Ritz-Carlton, Singapore
Photo: roy_raja
There is no snow in Singapore, but nevertheless, the New Year is celebrated here on a grand scale. The lobby of The Ritz-Carlton, whose windows overlook the famous Marina Bay, is decorated based on Hoffmann’s fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” where you can meet all its characters and plunge into the atmosphere of this magical fairy tale.
Cost of a night at the hotel: from 27,125 rubles* for 1 person
Four Seasons Hotel, Moscow
Photo: @ fsmoscow
Moscow Four Seasons Hotel is, above all, elegance. No flashy colors or big balls, just subtlety of taste and style. The central place in the hall is occupied by the main masterpiece – a fairy-tale forest with golden deer and fir trees, decorated to match.
Cost of a night at the hotel: from 50,740 rubles* for 1 person
Le Royal Monceau-Raffles, Paris
Photo: @leroyalmonceau
The hall of the Parisian palace hotel is decorated with an unusual Christmas tree mounted on the ceiling, with gifts attached high above the heads of visitors. And the stylish corridors and halls of the hotel are decorated with balloons and garlands to match the interior.
Cost of a night at the hotel: from 57,176 rubles* for 1 person
The Berkeley, London
Photo: the-berkeley.co.uk
The Berkeley Hotel is located near Buckingham Palace, and on New Year’s Day it becomes a real palace itself. The magic begins at the entrance with a voluminous installation of shining white garlands hanging from the ceiling like icicles. Everything inside is decorated with silver balls, ribbons, large and small Christmas trees, but the most magical place of the hotel is on the roof. There is a cozy New Year’s cinema hall where old and new New Year’s films are shown on the big screen.
Cost of a night at the hotel: from 37,100 rubles* for 1 person
The Plaza, New York
Photo: theplazany.com
A luxury five-star hotel in midtown Manhattan boasts one of the most magnificent Christmas trees in the city. And it’s not even that its height is almost five meters; more importantly, there is not a square inch on this huge, lush tree that is not decorated with a glitter ball, snowflakes or a garland. By the way, the hotel is located on the corner of Central Park, which is also transformed for Christmas, this proximity creates the perfect recipe for a festive mood: walks in the cold, ice skating and a dazzlingly beautiful Christmas tree.
Cost of a night at the hotel: from 42,700 rubles* for 1 person
The Breakers Palm Beach, Florida
Photo: thebreakers.com
A luxury hotel in the southern United States is not trying to deceive visitors: there is no snow here, but this is not a reason to refuse New Year’s decorations, it just takes on a special style for the holiday. The hotel lobby is decorated with Christmas wreaths and pine branches, and at the entrance there is a large lush Christmas tree, the balls and garlands on which are blue, just like the ocean that is visible from the hotel windows.
Cost of a night at the hotel: from 66,305 rubles* for 1 person
The Roosevelt, New Orleans
Photo: The Roosevelt New Orleans
Roosevelt New Orleans in Louisiana relied on light – the hotel lobby simply glows with lights. The hotel lobby is decorated with hundreds of thousands of small garlands entwined around numerous Christmas trees, trees and decorative branches in vases.
Cost of a night at the hotel: from 14,244 rubles* for 1 person
Kempinski Hotel Berchtesgaden, Berchtesgaden
Photo: kempinski.com
Berchtesgaden is one of the most picturesque regions of the Bavarian Alps. The fabulousness of the hotel is given not only by the New Year’s decoration, but also by the nature outside the windows. The hotel is located on the top of a mountain, from where the most picturesque views of the snow-capped peaks of the mountains open up.
Cost of a night at the hotel: from 22,738 rubles* for 1 person
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Text: Irina Krokhaleva
* Accommodation prices are indicated at the time of writing. The cost indicated in the material and the final price may differ.
