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Planning an East Coast getaway? Get the royal treatment at NYC's Palace Hotel. 

It was a December evening in Manhattan when we arrived at The New York Palace.  I felt totally Sex in the City as we checked into the swanky hotel on the iconic 50th and Madison Avenue corner.  The fiancé and I walked into the elegant building flaunting such splendor, greeted by a luxurious chandelier hanging from the grand Fourier, surrounded by dual staircases.  There we were in New York City among architectural authenticity—The Palace boasts a beautiful courtyard incorporating motifs from several 15th-century Italian cathedrals, and it serves as the entranceway to the historic Villard Mansion since 1882. 

But before learning about the hotel’s rich history, the fiancé and I got a drink…on the 39th floor.

See, The Palace offers two types of rooms (excluding its 7 types of fabulous suites).  In addition to its stunning generic accommodations, The Palace has an elite area called The Towers; basically, a hotel within the hotel.  The 176 spectacular guestrooms offer the ultimate views, plus exclusive entry to the Tower Club, located on the 39th floor.  Consider this chic club your personal lounge equipped with fresh food, an on-site concierge, and top-notch premium liqueur, wine, beer, and bubbly.  So there’s no surprise that’s where the fiancé and I kicked off our night at the hotel.

Seriously, you wouldn’t believe the views from this lounge.  Tall floor-to-ceiling windows give you a birds-eye look of the energetic city—mesmerizing sites of St. Patrick’s Cathedral (stunning!) and Rockefeller Center.  They were views I had previously only seen in movies…views I dreamt of seeing for real.  As my Manhattan cousin says, New York is the nation’s homeland.  And honey, I was home.

We toasted over champagne to a wonderful night ahead.  And after our pre-dinner snack, we headed to our Tower room.