Hotel rating: LUXURY 3 BOUTIQUE HOTEL LOCATED IN THE EXCLUSIVE UPPER EAST END OF MANHATTAN, IN THE PRESTIGIOUS CARNEGIE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD.
Chain: Luxe Worldwide Hotels
Number of floors: 10
Number of rooms: 87
Year opened: Hotel Opened/Built in 1901, this 10 story Victorian boutique hotel is located in the Carnegie Hill section of the Upper East Side.
Year renovated: Completely and Newly renovated in 2003.

102 years after its debut as the aristocratic Hotel Chastaigneray, Hotel Wales, on Madison Avenue and 92nd Street continues to offer a genteel refuge to discerning travelers. Hotel Wales is just a block from the former Carnegie-Vanderbilt and Sloan Mansions on Fifth Avenue. More than a half dozen major museums, including the Metropolitan, Guggenheim, Cooper Hewitt and Jewish Museum are in close proximity as are the galleries, haute couture designers and chic boutiques, restaurants and cafes on Madison Avenue. The 10-story hotel consists of 87 newly renovated guestrooms and suites. Many of the rooms command views of Central Park and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis reservoir, in addition to the serene atmosphere of the surrounding residential neighborhood. Each room focuses its attention on the detailed pieces of millwork that surround the windows, doorways, and original cased openings between the sitting rooms and bedrooms. Decorative fireplaces, featuring exquisite dark wood moldings and carefully refurbished turn-of-the-century beau-arts details are found in each of the suite accomodations. Public areas include the Pied Piper Room, an enchanting breakfast and reading room lined with charming illustrations from childrens books where European Continental breakfast is served daily, a 24-hour fitness studio, Sarabeth's Restaurant and Cafe' 92.