We are three girlfriends in our mid 30's, planning a shopping weekend in New
York. We prefer to stay in an apartment style place, which could accommodate
all of us, and with some sort of kitchen. Can you please help? Jayne
Hutchinson, Brighton
Sunday Times travel expert, Richard Green, responds: You're spoilt for
choice for hotels in New York, but unearthing a decent apartment is another
matter. However, find the right one and you've landed your own pad away
from the bonhomie of a B&B and the corporate buffets brunches that you find
in many hotels. Here are some great addresses where you can stay together
and live like New Yorkers too.
Manhattan Lodgings has a large
range of apartments in the city, but its 3,000 square feet West 58th street
apartment (near to Carnegie Hall) is the perfect pad for a glamorous
shopping weekend.
It partly overlooks Central Park and Fifth Avenue's shops, has high-beamed
ceilings, antique furniture, a fireplace, several chandeliers, and a fully
equipped kitchen. It costs £236 a night.
Or to splurge on some contemporary styling, the Alex
Hotel (205 East 45th Street, 001 212 867 5100) is a new luxury 203
apartments complex in Midtown Manhattan within walking distance of Madison
and Fifth Avenues. It's high tech'ed to the hilt; with flat screen TVs in
the living room, bedrooms, and bath, and with fully equipped Poggen Pohl
Kitchens, with smart cooking utensils and tableware. A two-bedroom suite
costs from £399 a night.
The Radio City Apartments (142
West, 49th Street, 001 212 730 0728) are a short stroll from Times Square
and the shops on 5th Avenue. It feels like a hotel, but rooms come with a
combined lounge/dining area and a well-equipped kitchenette. A two-bedroom
apartment, with a pullout bed in the living room, is from £184.
Another place that rents out individual apartments is Metro
Home (001 212 813 2244). The two bedroom and two bathroom apartment on
East 39th Street is perfectly located for shopping and costs £199 a night.
Again, there's a pull down bed in the lounge, plus a proper kitchen and dining
area, and there's a 24-hour doorman on the block.
Dear Richard,
We are a company based in Dublin, Ireland that source self-catering apartments in New York for shopping weekends, holidays, business trips etc. Please feel free to check our our studio, one and two bedroom apartments on www.newyorkapartments.ie.
Best regards,
Ronan Fitzsimons
Director
Ronan Fitzsimons, Dublin, Ireland
We have recently returned from NYC and stayed at The Salisbury, 125 W 57th Street. We had a living room with sofa bed, TV, dining area, kitchenette, bedroom with two double beds and three (yes three) walk-in closets. Continental breakfast was included for the princely sum of £130 per night. The hotel is slightly jaded but clean and efficiently run, and we would highly recommend it for a group weekend.
Patricia Bryan, Staplehurst, Kent