Forget jetting off to Europe. New York City has extraordinary urban retreats where a luxurious vacation begins the moment you walk through the hotel’s doors. These comprehensive sanctuaries elevate the staycation concept with everything that discerning and understandably selective locals crave — impressive spas, exceptional dining, refreshing pools and impeccable service. These are New York City’s most complete properties, with enough on-site indulgence to make leaving the premises entirely optional.
Welcome to the world of Aman New York. What may be the city's most lavish hotel has its own 25,000-square-foot, three story wellness sanctuary. Highlights: a swimming pool framed by daybeds and flickering fireplaces, a cryotherapy chamber, a pilates studio and many changing rooms with their own sauna and steam room. Besides the spa, guests and members have access to a garden terrace and lounge bar, high-end Italian and Japanese restaurants and Jazz Club.
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The only urban resort of this quality in Brooklyn, skyline views shine from virtually every vantage point. But the hotel’s standout is its dramatic 60-foot rooftop pool — the longest outdoor hotel swimming pool in the city — perched above the neighborhood on a landscaped terrace with private cabanas and dedicated food service. In winter, Nordic-inspired experiences pop up at the property with outdoor saunas and hot tubs. And the comprehensive fitness facilities include both indoor and outdoor workout spaces. The bar, Westlight, serves food by Andrew Carmellini, whose Italian restaurant, Leuca, breathes new life into wood-fired concept cuisine.
Sophistication meets laid-back beach culture here just a stone’s throw from the waves of the Atlantic. Its heated outdoor pool and cedar saunas stay open in all seasons, and the comprehensive wellness program includes hot stone and CBD recovery massages. On certain nights, the hotel’s rooftop becomes an intimate concert venue against sunset backdrops. There’s a restaurant too — Margie’s, named after the owners’ grandmother.
Overlooking Central Park, the Mandarin Oriental's world-class spa includes a vitality pool with oxygen-enriched water, an amethyst crystal steam room, tea lounge and treatment suites with panoramic park views. At night, gaze over twinkling Midtown from the 75-foot heated indoor swimming pool. The hotel’s restaurant, MO Lounge, has some of the best views in the city.
The Equinox Hotel pioneers is a new kind of luxury — performance-driven. Its revolutionary sleep system combines handcrafted beds with total-blackout technology and complete soundproofing. The flagship Equinox Fitness Club is automatically included with every stay, featuring specialized training zones, regeneration spaces and unlimited SoulCycle classes. An extensive spa offers cryotherapy chambers and infrared saunas, and both the indoor and outdoor pools provide dramatic Hudson River panoramas. At Electric Lemon, drink and dine on one at the best rooftops in the world.
1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge feels like an urban garden the moment you walk in the front door — greenery drapes nearly every surface. The hotel offers spectacular panoramic Manhattan views from the rooms and rooftop, the latter of which has its own pool that glitters in the skyline. On the lower floors, find farm-to-table dining at The Osprey and a comprehensive spa.
An intimate Tribeca escape with One MICHELIN Key, the vibe is more like a friend's luxe apartment than a hotel room. In the public spaces, enjoy the Japanese-inspired Shibui Spa, a lantern-lit swimming pool beneath a 250-year-old reconstructed Japanese farmhouse roof and the Locanda Verde restaurant where acclaimed Chef Andrew Carmellini's rustic Italian cuisine shines. The lush interior courtyard is another rare Manhattan amenity.
Rising 90 stories high, the jewel in the Park Hyatt's crown is the spectacular 25th-floor indoor swimming pool, where underwater speakers pump in the a custom soundtrack curated by its famous neighbor — Carnegie Hall. Swimmers glide through waters bathed in natural light, from floor-to-ceiling windows that frame Central Park. The hotel’s Spa Nalai (currently under renovation but still up and running) offers customized treatments, while rooms themselves feature museum-quality artwork, stone floors with radiant heating and rain showers. The Living Room restaurant overlooks the aforementioned Carnegie Hall.
Casa Cipriani transformed a 1906 ferry terminal into one of Manhattan's most exclusive members-only sanctuaries — earning Three MICHELIN Keys in 2024. Behind its meticulously restored façade, Italian maritime elegance is evident throughout the hotel, from the Jazz Age-inspired Club Room to guest suites featuring private terraces suspended over the harbor. Comprehensive wellness facilities include a marble-clad spa, a rooftop pool and a state-of-the-art fitness center overlooking the water. The hotel’s signature restaurant celebrates Northern Italian cuisine, while the rooftop terrace gives guests front-row seats to Lady Liberty and New York’s most impressive sunsets.
The rare urban retreat of this level in Soho, the most sought-after features here are the Sisley Spa and the seasonal outdoor pool deck and terrace — which sits seven stories above the cobblestone streets. Floor-to-ceiling windows in every hotel room frame SoHo streetscapes or Hudson River panoramas, while Café Mezz offers morning and afternoon dining. In summer, guests enjoy live DJ happy hours and Hawaiian-inspired food and cocktails by the pool.
The just-below-Midtown neighborhood of NoMad has its pinnacle in the One MICHELIN Key Ritz-Carlton. The property's crown jewel is its 6,800-square-foot spa, offering exclusive treatments developed specifically for urban recovery. The José Andrés culinary program provides multiple dining experiences on-site — from Zaytinya's Mediterranean small plates to The Bazaar's theatrical gastronomy presentations. The rooftop bar delivers craft cocktails against dramatic Empire State Building views.
