Kolkata, West Bengal · premium

The Park, Kolkata

★★★★★

The Park sits on Park Street, in the middle of the city's old entertainment and dining strip, and it has run as a design-forward hotel since long before that became a common idea in India. The rooms and public spaces mix contemporary design with local art and craft, and the hotel is as known for its nightlife — Someplace Else and Tantra, both long-running Kolkata institutions — as for its rooms. There is a small pool and a spa on the upper floors. It suits travellers who want to be in the middle of the Park Street scene rather than in a quieter colonial setting.