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Concierge Rounds Up the World's Best Hotel Beds

Sure, we wax poetic about plush amenities and posh hotel perks, but, honestly, we never lose sight of what should be every hotel room’s pride and joy: The Bed. From comfort to aesthetic, a hotel bed can decidedly make or break your hotel experience. So we’re smitten with Concierge.com’s new story on the World's 11 Best Hotel Beds (in their words: "These beds think outside the box springs").

The offerings range from a “safari slumber party” in Kenya to a “magic-carpet ride” in Berlin. We'd love to book a session in all of these beds for some serious shut-eye — not to mention, er, a few other bedtime activities that spring to mind.

Even so, we picked three of our favorites:

1. One by the Five in Paris: The single-suite boutique hotel features a bed floating three feet above the floor to match the rest of its floating "avant-garde boudoir furnishings." Concierge says that an infrared Web cam "broadcasts the bed activity (ahem) on your own closed-circuit television channel." What can we say? We love a little raunchy fun. Suite from $1,275.

2. The Benjamin Hotel in midtown Manhattan: Sign up for the sleep retreat, which is a two-night package that's dedicated to helping you find a good night's rest. Even better: the hotel offers a "sleep guarantee" — which means the hotel refunds the cost of your night's stay if you don't sleep well. That courtesy alone should help you sleep tight. Rooms from $299.