This six-story hotel has 299 uncommonly spacious guestrooms with high-speed-Internet access, and either street or atrium views.

The Landmark has a fitness center with pool and beauty treatments, 24-hour room service, and a vast, glass-enclosed garden courtyard. This six-story hotel has 299 uncommonly spacious guestrooms. The rooms are lavishly furnished with gilt-painted lamps, bow-fronted bedside chests in lacquered wood, and soft quilted bedcovers. Desks with inset black-marble tops have high-speed Internet and dial-up Internet access (surcharge). Cordless keyboards control the TV's 30 channels, PlayStation game consoles (surcharge), and on-command movies (surcharge). Twice-daily housekeeping. Views from the double-paned windows are of the atrium or street. What to expect: A dramatic lobby flanked with stone arches leads to the bright and inviting Winter Garden, a giant atrium around which the hotel is wrapped. Beneath stately palm trees, well-heeled vacationers sip cocktails in bamboo armchairs, executives discuss business, and a pianist plays at a grand piano. This exotic interior contrasts with the subdued red-brick Victorian façade, with its formal clock tower and rows of uniform bay windows.

Amenity highlights: The Landmark's health club, with Romanesque friezes accenting its 50-foot indoor pool, offers an array of E'SPA massages and beauty treatments, ranging from aromatherapy facials to jet-lag revivers. Morning health club patrons enjoy a complimentary Continental breakfast. For international travelers, the hotel provides currency exchange, complimentary newspapers in a choice of five languages, and multilingual staff members who speak a total of 47 languages.

Insider tip: Three blocks from the hotel is the former home of one of literature's most famous detectives Sherlock Holmes. The character may be fictional but his 221b Baker Street address is real, and now houses a museum that celebrates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's sleuth. Open every day except Christmas. In addition to the large winter garden, the Landmark features a health club with 50-foot indoor swimming pool, spa, gym, sauna, steam room, and a wide range of body and facial treatments. The hotel offers a business center with