The Best Places to Stay in South Da'an District

A vertical garden climbs one wall, a light installation glows nearby, and the pool deck looks like it was airlifted from a beach resort. This 31-story hotel in Xinyi sits close enough to Taipei 101 to feel like a conversation with it. Rooms are quieter than the lobby suggests, though soaking tubs and the famously cosseting W bed soften any disappointment. The hotel holds a Forbes Four Star rating.

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A gold-and-marble fountain anchors the white atrium lobby, which sets the tone for a hotel of 850 rooms that was never shy about its ambitions. This is a full-scale luxury property near the Taipei World Trade Centre, with nine restaurants, a heated outdoor pool with an underwater sound system, a fitness center, and an on-staff physician, because apparently a treadmill alone isn't enough. Rooms are spacious with city views, and the service has a way of knowing your name before the luggage cart does.

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Toyo Ito's slightly curved tower rises above Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, and the hotel inside carries that same considered touch: traditional brick and stone, local art in the guest rooms, and walls of books in the Lobby Lounge that nod to Eslite's origins as a bookstore. It's a design-forward hotel where the literary angle is structural, not decorative, and the Park next door means the Xinyi district's bustle stays at arm's length.

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Chandeliers hang over a marble-and-velvet lobby that signals exactly what this Da-An boutique hotel is about before you've found the elevator. The 60 rooms lean into the excess, with Bang & Olufsen audio, hardwood floors, and designer furniture throughout. Two restaurants, a bar, and a lounge round things out. Small by chain standards, which is rather the point.

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1. Michelin Guide Selected Hotels

1. Michelin Guide Selected Hotels

Over 600 original works of art are woven into the structure of this sleek urban hotel in Xinyi, curated by a former symphony flutist, which tells you something about the ambitions at play here. Rooms run to silk velvet robes and Swedish specialty mattresses; suites add butler service and skyline views. A sixth-floor garden, a Mediterranean restaurant, spa, and heated outdoor pool round things out. The Michelin Guide has it among its selected hotels.

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