Baccarat Hotel
A jewel-box hotel in Midtown Manhattan bringing Parisian pied-a-terre style to New York, and home to Spa de La Mer, La Mer's first dedicated US spa.
The Baccarat Hotel does not deal in half-measures. Some call this Midtown Manhattan address one of the city’s best hotels; others simply look at it and say wow. Either reaction will do; both are correct.
It is, in the most literal sense, a jewel-box of a hotel. Everything gleams; surfaces catch the light and, in a thoroughly classy way, reflect your slightly gobsmacked face back at you. The conceit is Parisian pied-à-terre living, transplanted to the centre of New York, and the rooms carry it through. They are as sleek and stylish as the lobby, built around pristine white surfaces, contemporary design and a constant, knowing nod to French tradition.
But the Baccarat is more than a beautiful place to sleep. It is also home to Spa de La Mer, the first dedicated spa in the United States by the luxury skincare house La Mer, and widely held to be one of the finest spas in New York. The treatments draw on the brand’s signature Miracle Broth, and the setting is suitably theatrical: four treatment rooms and a marble-tiled pool that reads like a sunken ballroom.
For a design-literate traveller who wants New York with a distinctly French accent (glamorous, polished, and never quite taking itself too seriously), the Baccarat is a headline choice. Stay for the rooms; book the spa while you are at it.
