The 5 most expensive hotel rooms in the world
Forget about your financial worries and enter the world of the super rich, where spending almost £23,000 a night to stay at the world's most luxurious hotels is nothing special. With help from Forbes here is our list of the five most expensive hotels in the world.
1. The Hotel Martinez, Cannes, France: Penthouse Suite
£22,900 a night
Situated on the famous seafront boulevard, the "Croisette", Hotel Martinez (pictured above) boasts a Michelin starred restaurant, piano bar and "vast" private beach. Not that you will need to mix with the hoi-polloi if you book the luxurious and very expensive Penthouse Suite. You'll have a sitting room, dining room, two bedrooms, two bathrooms with hammam, shower, a spa bath, dressing room and sauna at your disposal as well as a huge terrace that overlooks the sea. Can I move in please?
00 33 4 92 98 73 00 www.hotel-martinez.com
2. Four Seasons Hotel, New York, USA: Ty Warner Penthouse suite
£21,500 a night
This 400 square metre penthouse tops the entire top floor of this magnificent hotel offering a 360 degree view of the Manhattan skyline. The nine-room suite is the brainchild of designer Peter Marino,architect IM Pei and the hotel's owner Ty Warner (the billionaire creator of the Beanie Babies). It boasts fabrics woven with platinum and gold, an indoor-outdoor Zen garden, a four foot high glass chandelier (see picture) plus the services of a personal butler, a personal trainer/therapist and a private chauffeur. The photos on the Four Seasons' website reveal its breathtaking luxury. Knowing that, unless I win the lottery, I'll almost certainly never enjoy its charms made me want to weep with envy.
Hotel President Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland: Royal Penthouse suite
£21,500 a night
The Swiss are famous for being souls of discretion about wealth as well as making damn-fine luxury watches. These values are reflected in this luxurious and ultra secure suite. Littered with period pieces, including a 1930s billiard table and a Steinway grand as well as breathtaking views over Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps, the opulence is enough to take most people's breath away. It also comes with a private elevator, surveillance cameras, bulletproof windows, armoured doors and bedside panic buttons. It's enough to make you paranoid.
00 41 22 906 6666, www.hotelpwilson.com
4. Grand Resort Lagonissi, Athens, Greece: The Royal Villa
£21,000 a night
With a butler, private chef and pianist at your beck and call there is no need to lift a finger - except to sip martinis - when you stay at this gorgeous villa. But when you're feeling more active you can also enjoy an indoor pool, outdoor heated pool and a gym. There's also a private marina and beach close by.
00 30 22910 76000 or visit www.lagonissiresort.gr.
5. Hotel Cala di Volpe, Costa Smeralda, Italy: Presidential Suite
£16,800 a night
Number five in our list of the fabulous and fantastically expensive can be found on the sun-kissed Costa Smeralda, a playground for the rich and famous for decades. The suite comprises three bedrooms, three bathrooms, an outdoor saltwater pool and a private gazebo and solarium.
00 39 0789 976 1111 or visit www.starwoodhotels.com.
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Thought we'd left this kind of nonsense behind with the credit crunch - clearly not. Some people aren't paying enough tax ...
Posted by: archie | 17 Jun 2009 15:46:54
Fools and their money are easily parted.
Posted by: Tim | 18 Jun 2009 06:51:51
What can I say....the ugliness of the rich.
Posted by: hb | 21 Jun 2009 22:32:48
what can possibly be worth that cash? considering you sleep for 8 hours a night. that means £20k out of £23k is a waste of cash.
Posted by: liam | 22 Jun 2009 11:51:33
If I had the money to stay at any of these, I'd go camping and give the money saved to the poor
Posted by: Tony | 6 Jul 2009 12:18:30
These are considerably over priced but tis so that they do not want the general public to have access to such luxuries. If the rich rather spend lavishly then helping the local Joe to a meal or shelter then so be it. That's their wealth and it just goes to show what the human race has come to. Helping hand? not on this watch. Then again if you were in their situations you would do things differently huh? I would think if you thought about it then you wouldn't. hypocrites. Get a life.
Posted by: KP | 9 Jul 2009 22:48:00
I agree with KP and Tony, if I had so much money I would rather buy food and shelter for poor. I admit that I would live lavishly if I was rich but not so lavishly that I would ignore the fact that there are people who I could help with this sort of money. To have g00d 8 hours sleep one doesn't need £20,000+ suite just peace of mind is enough.
Posted by: Tina | 22 Jul 2009 16:16:13
A suite in the Morvern Hotel on the beautiful West Coast of Cumbria near the Lake District sounds far nicer than any of these places.
Posted by: Mr Kevin | 26 Jul 2009 12:32:30
@LIAM, £22900 out of £23k is a waste of cash.
Posted by: rite | 31 Jul 2009 21:58:29
I agree, similarly just because you have an unlimited supply of water, you don't leave the tap running all day and night. It's wasteful and unnecessary!
Posted by: James | 6 Aug 2009 00:08:50
Check out the presidential suite at the Hotel principe di savoia in Milan -it is may not be as expensive as your top 5, but the scale is epic 500sq mtrs including an indoor swimming pool on the 10th floor!
BTW, I feel sorry for all the pious saddos who are clearly suffering from unrecognised envy. They clearly have never had the chance to indulge in such luxury. If they had they would not be making these comments.
Posted by: Peter London | 26 Aug 2009 09:00:49