New York City Hotel: The Ritz Carlton Central Park
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Location
Located thirty minutes from LaGuardia Airport, the Ritz Carlton Central Park is within walking distance of many of Manhattan’s prime attractions. The lavish Fifth Avenue shopping district and Central Park are within feet of the hotel. Guests also will find it is an easy walk to Broadway, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, and Carnegie Hall. Conveniently located on the corner of Central Park South and Sixth Avenue, the hotel’s prime location will satisfy guests of all ages.
Accommodations at the Ritz Carlton Central Park
The Ritz Carlton Central Park offers over 200 guest rooms and 48 suites. Even the guestrooms contain over 400 square feet of living space. Each room offers a 27-inch television, a marble bath with a soaking tub and a separate shower, views of Sixth Avenue, an in-room safe, luxurious bedding, plush Ritz Carlton robes, DVD players, and cordless telephones. Guestrooms start at $595 per night.
The Royal Suite and Ritz Carlton Suites offer separate living and sleeping quarters. With two and a half bathrooms, two bedrooms, a living room, dining room, and televisions in each marble bathroom, the suite tops 1,500 square feet of living space. These suites include the same separate tub and shower set up, an in-room safe, luxurious bedding, robes, DVD players, and cordless phones. However, a telescope, a library of architecture books, CD collections, shaving kits, candles, and other luxuries are also included. Due to their size, these suites typically cost more than $10,000 per night.
The Premiere Suite is slightly smaller with one bedroom and one bathroom. The rooms offer the same luxuries as a Royal or Ritz Carlton Suite. This suite has a total square footage of 1,100. Rates for the Premiere Suite start at $2,995 per night.
A Deluxe Park View Suite or Avenue Suite is slightly smaller still. At 850 square feet, these suites offer one bedroom and two baths. The rest of the room luxuries remain the same. These suites start at $1795 per night.
A smaller Junior Park View Suite is slightly smaller at 790 square feet. The room offers one bedroom and one and one-half bathrooms. A small telescope is offered, but the rest of the accommodations remain the same as with previous suites. Expect a Junior Suite to start at $1,295
Amenities
The Ritz Carlton Central Park offers on-site spa services. The Ritz Carlton Spa offers a wide array of treatments and massage plans. The six treatment rooms ensure that many appointment slots are available for guests.
Thehe other hotel amenities, guests will be delighted to hear, include limousine service, a multi-lingual concierge, an on-site fitness club, an on-site gemologist, shoe shining service, daily housekeeping, and valet parking.
Hotel Restaurants
Known as one of New York City’s best five-star hotels, The Ritz Carlton Central Park has two prime on-site restaurants. The Atelier offers French cuisine with a modern flair. Breakfast and dinner are available daily with a top-notch brunch offered every Sunday. For $32, diners can feast on a stunning meal that includes three eggs cooked to order, bacon, sausage, ham, bakery items, thyme roasted potatoes, juice, coffee, tea, and a wide array of condiments. The breakfast menu also includes a fine selection of a la carte items for those wanting a smaller meal.
At dinner, the restaurant kicks into high gear by serving lavish French fare. Diners can find items ranging from rabbit to scallops. The hotel's popular pan-seared halibut includes the halibut steak, a paella risotto cake, asparagus spears with pancetta and Parmesan, and a spicy tomato sauce tops this fine meal off. Meals can be turned into five-course delights easily for a higher price.
The Star Lounge in this New York City Hotel offers delightful afternoon teas and evening cocktails. Reservations are highly recommended, as this is one of New York’s hottest lounges. Bistro lunches and other light fare are served every afternoon. While diners enjoy the intimate lounge, they will find their mood soothed by live piano and harp music.
The Club Lounge is another option available to guests staying in suites. Here diners can expect five-star meals with plenty of pampering!
Rates & Reservations at the Ritz Carlton Central Park
Aside from the individual room rates listed above, The Ritz Carlton Central Park offers exquisite packages to tempt families, couples, and business travelers. The magical two-night “Just Say Yes” package can seem pricey at $16,000 for two nights. The package is, however, brimming with romance. Fourteen dozen roses, a special rose bath, bottles of Cristal, Chocolate covered strawberries, accommodations in the Ritz Carlton suite, dinner for two at Atelier, breakfast in bed, and in-room massages will rock her world. The “Tea For Two” package will appeal to mothers and daughters everywhere. At $725 per night, the “girls” can have a long weekend being pampered with afternoon teas, a gift certificate to Tiffany’s, and Deluxe Guestroom accommodations.
Guests can research prices and make reservations online. The Ritz Carlton Central Park also has toll free numbers for every country. Calling the appropriate toll-free numbers puts visitors in touch with a friendly reservation agent. That agent will help with every aspect of a person’s hotel needs.
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