Fairmont Beijing Hotel

A rose gold glass facade shaped like a bridge announces this Fairmont hotel before you've even walked through the door. It sits in Beijing's Central Business District, close to Sanlitun and a short drive from Wangfujing, and the interior keeps the gold theme going from the two-story marble lobby to the bell-shaped rainshower heads upstairs. Rooms are spacious and quietly luxurious, with Bose speakers, Toto washlets, and bedside panels that handle most things you'd rather not stand up for.