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Could one of these URBAN OASES be 'your secret hideaway' - you know, the place you hold so dear, that you tell only a few stylish friends about it? Ask our Hideaway Specialists to find the World's Best Secret Hideaway Oasis for you! Best Urban Oasis Hideaways Albergo
Internazionale This forty-two-room Roman hideaway, literally only steps from the Spanish Steps and the legendary Hotel Hassler, offers old-world charm, modern comfort and great rates for rooms with wisteria-veiled terraces and a massive breakfast served in formal salons lit by Murano chandeliers. Doubles from $184. And Hotel Located In the Old City, a block or two from Sultanhmet and Hagia Sophia. Ask for the 4th-floor room, which is clean, a bit small, but with modern fixtures and a glass sliding door that frames the domes and spires of Hagia Sophia. (When dawn breaks and the mosque's loud-speakers call the faithful to prayer, you'll be as close to a hotel epiphany as you've ever been.) There's also a rooftop restaurant with a 360 degree view of the Old City and the Bosporus, with a breakfast buffet including rose jam. Doubles from $60, but in the off-season, the rate will go as low as $30. Auberge
Saint-Antoine 'Bliss' in chilly Quebec, with the worn, hardwood floors, exposed-beam ceiling and fat-with-down sofas in the reception area. Warm chocolate chip cookies wait in your room. The 32 rooms, each decorated differently, have dignified desks and whimsical beds. Doubles from $184. Devereux
Boutique Hotel In the posh suburb of Remuera. Refurbished brothel with eleven rooms, each representing a different part of the world. (Orient Room, antique kimonos and an opium-den headboard. Cairo Room, a lion-head chair and papyrus art. Taj Room, vivid silks and carved wood.) Doubles from $82. Hotel au
Relais du Louvre Perfect romantic Parisian getaway. Trim, little town house, bright with flowered fabric and polished antiques. If you check into a room under the eaves you can lean out of the window and be dazzled by the 'endless' view of tumbling rooftops, tall church steeples - and just beyond, the Louvre! Doubles from $140. Hotel
Boheme Takes you back to the 1950s. Fifteen rooms are small, but 'deliciously'-painted in colors you can 'taste', such as mint, persimmon, etc. 'Upholstered' with vintage fabrics and 'stage-managed' in great detail. Hallways lined with black-and-white photos of jazz musicians, beat writers and artists. Doubles from $129. Jing
Jiang Hotel A real surprise! Dark browns and inlaid woods permeate the 24 suites. Art Deco-style lobby is filled with etched mirrors, marble floors and frosted-glass sconces. Doubles from $200. Searcy's
Roof Garden Bedrooms A longtime 'insider's' secret hotel! Eleven rooms without a lobby are tucked into the top of a building near Sloane Square, where, yes, there is a rooftop garden! You'll also want to linger in the room done in classic chintzes with a cast-iron tub and continental breakfast of hot croissants and orange juice brought to your door. (Then, it's probably time for a quick trip to Harvey Nicks, just down the road.) Thanks
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