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A Frank Gehry fish lamp in red, pink, and peach dangles from the lobby ceiling, which is either a bold opening statement or a gentle warning about what follows. This Forbes Five Star, Michelin Key hotel sits steps from Wangfujing and a short walk from the Forbidden City, and the rooms face that direction deliberately. The spa has a skylight lap pool, the bar staff wear Vivienne Tam, and MO Bar runs late with cocktails and a sunset terrace.

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Pearlescent white marble stretches across the lobby beneath a pair of Qin Feng ink paintings, with Peninsula Afternoon Tea laid out below them as if to say the British era never quite ended. This all-suite luxury hotel sits a short walk from Tiananmen Square, with Cantonese and modern French restaurants on site, a Clarins spa, and rooms where a bedside panel controls everything short of your mood. It holds a Forbes Five Star and a Michelin Key.

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The interiors, by Yabu Pushelberg, layer black lacquer and brushes of red and gold against a restraint that reads as quietly Western, somehow making both coexist without apology. This 175-room luxury hotel sits in the heart of Wangfujing, close to the Forbidden City, with a staff-to-guest ratio that the Michelin Guide calls nearly one to one but that feels like ten to one. A full-service spa, heated pool, and three restaurants round things out. It holds a Michelin Key and a Forbes Four Star.

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Rooms at this 500-room business hotel look one way toward the Forbidden City and the other toward Wangfujing's shopping stretch, which is a genuinely useful piece of urban luck. Interiors run to aubergine and gold, with full-length windows, deep soaking tubs, and glass-walled bathrooms that outdo most home setups. The Serenity Spa runs until 1 a.m., and Lei Garden draws Cantonese food devotees who aren't staying here at all.

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