TOP 10 NEW YEAR’S EVE HOT SPOTS
Celebrate this New Year’s Eve in style with boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith’s top 10 party hot spots.
1. Soho House New York, New York
With a happening restaurant and bar scene, rooftop views and dreamy boudoirs, chic boutique hotel Soho House New York is a top spot to take a bite out of the Big Apple come New Year’s Eve. Cool Britannia meets the Meatpacking District.
2. Hotel Missoni, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Scotland’s spectacular capital comes into its own at Hogmanay, the legendary three-day Edinburgh street party to see in the New Year. Where better to bed down than Hotel Missoni, styled by the stripe-addicted Italian fashion label?
3. The Upper House, Hong Kong, China
You want views of New Year fireworks over Hong Kong’s famous harbour? Soak them up from a window table at Café Gray Deluxe, the sexy bar/restaurant atop luxe and lofty boutique hotel The Upper House.
4. Establishment Hotel, Sydney, Australia
Sydney was born to party on New Year’s Eve, and there’s no better haven for hedonists than Establishment Hotel in the CBD, home to a clutch of gorgeous bars and restaurants beloved by the beautiful people.
5. The Metropolitan Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Start your New Year with a bang in Thailand’s buzzing capital, where The Metropolitan Bangkok still rules the hotel roost. Follow martinis at the Met Bar with Thai fine-dining at Nahm. The Como Shambhala spa will handle any hangovers.
6. Hotel Unico, Madrid, Spain
The Spanish capital regularly clubs until dawn, so come New Year’s Eve it’s a festive frenzy. After a marathon bar- and tapas-crawl, Madrid’s boutique Hotel Unico in chic Salamanca is the perfect refuge. Its twice-starred restaurant is worth a visit, too.
7. The Legian & The Club, Bali, Indonesia
Celebrate the dawn of 2012 with some seductive bar-hopping in Bali’s funky Seminyak. Offering a service-slick mix of hotel rooms and private villas, The Legian & The Club is slap by the beach for seaside cocktails. The pool’s no slouch, either.
8. Murano Resort Paris, Paris, France
The French love New Year’s Eve, with fireworks and popping champagne corks ensuring Gallic good times. For glamour galore, we love Murano Resort Paris in the hip Marais quarter, where the black-slate bar serves 130 types of vodka.
9. Condesa DF, Mexico City, Mexico
With a population of 20 million and counting, Mexico City gives good fiesta. At stylish stay Condesa DF hotel you can enjoy Mexican gourmet treats at El Patio restaurant, then perch on the rooftop terrace for a tequila cocktail. Viva 2012!
10. Berns Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden
Ice queens and kings will adore the candlelit snowscape throughout Sweden New Year’s Eve. Chill out at Stockholm’s iconic Berns Hotel, the Swedish capital’s best loved entertainment palace, with a huge baroque, gilded restaurant and flurry of bars for partying with the locals.
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