Strolling through Central Park. Shopping on 5th Avenue. Catching a Broadway show. Bathing in the bright lights of Times Square. Taking in brilliant artworks at MoMA and the Rockefeller Center. Gazing across the Big Apple from the top of the Empire State building. New York City is a bucket list within a bucket list, a world-class destination offering more iconic experiences than any traveller can reasonably fit into one city break – that is, unless they know where to stay.

Situated in central Manhattan, at the very heart of New York life, the 54-floor Conrad New York Midtown enjoys an enviable location so close to many of the city’s top attractions that it renders itineraries and travel schedules practically obsolete. And with the luxury hotel’s decidedly un-hotel-like atmosphere, featuring warm design touches and thoughtful amenities, it’s also the perfect bolthole in which to kick off your shoes and relax after a busy day in America’s most exciting metropolis.

Guests can select among the 53 guest rooms, 496 suites and 13 premium suites, including spacious Apartments and Sky Suites, as well as the exclusive 43rd-floor Atrium featuring all-glass walls that showcase sweeping skyline views. Equally panoramic is the luxurious Penthouse, perched on the 53rd and 54th floors and encompassing 250sq m of exquisitely outfitted spaces for dining, entertaining, unwinding and sleeping, not to mention breathtaking vistas of the city from every room.

You don’t have to book the Penthouse, however, to feel at home at the Conrad. Every suite is designed to ensconce guests in a welcoming residential atmosphere with cosy, natural elements like herringbone wood floors, hand-tufted wool rugs and Carrera marble bathrooms, along with high-end extras, from Byredo bath amenities to nightly turndown and exceptional guest service. While in-room dining is available around the clock, a visit to signature restaurant Dabble – serving up an original take on New American cuisine and classic cocktails – is well worth changing out of your bathrobe for.

Also worth the effort is the Conrad New York Midtown’s one-of-a-kind art collection, curated by Paris-based boutique art consultancy Visto Images. Ranging from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art and street photography, the collection hails from 37 renowned artists and includes works from MoMA, the Guggenheim and the Met – among them an original Henri Matisse lithograph, two original Andy Warhol silkscreens and two limited edition photographs by Amy Judd.

Discover more and book your stay at the Conrad New York Midtown