Destination · New York
New York
A legendary skyline, Fifth Avenue palaces, three-Michelin-star tables and jazz nights in Harlem: New York keeps every promise, day and night.
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New York
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A legendary skyline, Fifth Avenue palaces, three-Michelin-star tables and jazz nights in Harlem: New York keeps every promise, day and night.
Where to stay
Palace
The St. Regis New York
2 East 55th Street, Cinquième Avenue
Founded in 1904 by John Jacob Astor IV, birthplace of the Bloody Mary at the King Cole Bar.
Visit the site →Palace
The Plaza
768 Fifth Avenue, Central Park South
Opened on 1 October 1907 on Central Park, famed for afternoon tea in the Palm Court and for Eloise.
Visit the site →Palace
Aman New York
Crown Building, 730 Fifth Avenue
83 suites in the 1921 Crown Building, a 25,000 sq ft spa and a subterranean jazz club.
Visit the site →Legendary hotel
The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel
35 East 76th Street, Upper East Side
An Upper East Side institution, with the mural-lined Bemelmans Bar and the Café Carlyle supper club.
See the reviews →Legendary hotel
Waldorf Astoria New York
301 Park Avenue
The fully restored Art Deco icon of Park Avenue, with 375 rooms and suites, Peacock Alley and Lex Yard.
Visit the site →Boutique hotel
The Greenwich Hotel
377 Greenwich Street, Tribeca
An intimate Tribeca hideaway with the Shibui spa, a pool and the Locanda Verde trattoria.
Visit the site →Business hotel
TWA Hotel
Terminal 5, aéroport JFK
The only on-airport hotel at JFK, in the landmark 1962 TWA Flight Center, with an infinity pool facing the runway.
Visit the site →The best addresses
Soul food
Red Rooster Harlem
310 Lenox Avenue, Harlem
Marcus Samuelsson's Harlem soul food restaurant, with comfort food and live music on Lenox Avenue.
Visit the site →Fine dining
Le Bernardin
155 West 51st Street, Midtown
Three Michelin stars: Eric Ripert's temple of seafood in the heart of Midtown.
Visit the site →Fine dining
Per Se
10 Columbus Circle
Three Michelin stars: Thomas Keller's seasonal French cuisine, with views over Central Park.
Visit the site →Fine dining
Eleven Madison Park
11 Madison Avenue
Three Michelin stars: Daniel Humm's plant-based fine dining, with a few animal-protein courses on request.
Visit the site →Bar
Bemelmans Bar
The Carlyle, 35 East 76th Street
The Carlyle's bar, lined with Ludwig Bemelmans murals, with piano from 5.30 pm and late-night jazz.
See the reviews →Rooftop
Westlight
The William Vale, Williamsburg
A 22nd-floor rooftop bar atop The William Vale in Williamsburg, with sweeping views of New York City.
Visit the site →Things to do
- Watch the sun set over Manhattan from Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center.
- Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge to DUMBO.
- Catch a Broadway show in the Theater District.
- Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, then stroll through Central Park.
- Feel Harlem's pulse, from the Apollo Theater to the tables of Lenox Avenue.
Your trip
You choose, we book.
- The hotel, on the best terms available
- Airport welcome and transfers
- A car with a driver
- Tables, beach clubs, nights out
- Day trips and visits
- Honeymoon, birthday, surprise
You pay the hotel and the providers; our concierge fee is stated in writing before anything is booked.
From Cotonou
No nonstop flight. With one stop: Air France via Paris-Charles de Gaulle to JFK, or ASKY to Lomé, then Ethiopian Airlines to Newark.
Good to know
Beninese passport: a B1/B2 visa is required (ESTA does not apply), now applied for at the US Embassy in Lomé; since 1 January 2026, however, Proclamation 10998 suspends its issuance to Beninese nationals, save for exceptions, and a bond is required if approved. Currency: US dollar (USD), not pegged to the CFA franc.
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