The Marriott Marquis Times Square is not just near Times Square, it's really in it. You can walk to half of New York's attractions from here and transport is easy to reach, too.
Rooms come equipped with the Marriott Revive bed. The decor has been done up pretty recently, but it's probably not going to blow you away.
The view might though--especially from the The View Restaurant, the only revolving restaurant in the city.
Rooms are wired up for WiFi but it costs you $16.95 a day, although that includes all local and domestic telephone calls, too.
Revolving restaurants atop hotels may remind some of the eighties, but we think they are timeless classics. There is just something about having drinks and a meal whilst in slow rotation that appeals to us.
Seattle architect John Graham is the person credited with inventing the revolving restaurant when he created Honolulu's La Ronde in 1961. La Ronde is long gone, but Graham's idea really took off in big city centerpiece hotels during the eighties.
We are guessing we aren't alone in our love for epicurian circumnavigation, so here is our list of the top hotel revolving restaurants.
San Francisco: Hyatt Embarcadero: Equinox Restaurant
360-degree views of EssEff and a decent martini.
Quebec City: Hôtel Loews le Concorde: Restaurant L'Astral
Many people actual come here for the dinner, which is high quality.
Tasmania: Wrest Point Hotel Casio: The Point Revolving Restaurant
Spectacular harbor and mountain views.
Vancouver: Empire Landmark Hotel: Cloud 9
It takes 1 hour and 20 minutes for Cloud 9 to complete one revolution.
While we are on the topic of hotel room views today....
In this fast-paced superlative-chasing world of ours--best, fastest, wildest--we were recently pleasantly surprised to find a new-to-us hotel that claims to be a first. The Marmara Antalya, on the Mediterranean in Anatalya, Turkey, bills itself as the world's very first revolving hotel.
Talk about a room with a view. Make that multiple views. The Marmara Anatalya's "Revolving Loft" is a 24-room wing that rotates between two and 22 times every 24 hours. For those who prefer stationery digs, the hotel's 208-room main building sits perfectly still 24-7.
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