Place to Stay: 30 Extraordinary Hotels

Deciding where to stay is one of the most important parts of planning a trip. The beautiful hotels in A Place to Stay will come as a revelation to travelers who are tired of faceless resorts or corporate institutions. Modest or grand, large or small, modernist or traditional, the only thing these hotels have in common is that each is an unforgettable original. These hotels cater to all tastes, in countries around the world-from the Ice Hotel in Arctic Sweden, where everything is carved from ice, including the bed, to the contemporary chic of the Mercer in New York, or the ordered tranquillity of the traditional Tawaraya Inn, Kyoto. Complete with more than two hundred lush color photographs, A Place to Stay will inspire travelers of every stripe.Sheehan, Grant is the author of 'Place to Stay: 30 Extraordinary Hotels' with ISBN 9780141003689 and ISBN 0141003685.