Jumeirah Nanjing

The tower Zaha Hadid completed before she died rises 315 meters from Nanjing's Hexi riverfront, its curved podium meant to suggest sailing ships on the Yangtze. The hotel occupies floors 39 through 67, and the sky atrium pool on the 63rd feels like swimming above a city rather than in it. Two restaurants, a Cantonese room and a contemporary seafood kitchen one floor above check-in, handle dinner without making you go far.