Elite Palace Hotel - Stockholm, Sweden 

Elite Palace Hotel details:  Location. The modern Elite Palace Hotel occupies eight levels of an 11-storey 1950s building, and is situated in a residential area, within a kilometre of the green expanse of Hagaparken. Stockholm Arlanda Airport is 35 kilometres from the hotel.
Hotel Features. The marble-floored lobby features impressionistic art prints, chandeliers, leather sofas, and fresh flowers, and a Japanese-style screen door leading to the restaurant. Guests can host informal wine-tasting sessions in the lobby, which features an innovative self- service machine complete with 12 different bottles and informative tasting notes. Younger guests will be kept busy with toys and games at the ninth-floor kids' corner.

The contemporary Taabla restaurant is characterised by marble floors and a cushioned red central pillar, and serves international fare for lunch and dinner. The traditional English-style pub has classic dark wood panelling and floorboards, and is decorated with artefacts and antiques including oars from the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race; a range of English draught and bottled beers are served and the pub features a 'wall of whiskies'.

Guests benefit from a 50 per cent discount at the extensive gym complex that occupies the entire third floor. The spa centre features sauna facilities and a range of indulgent health and beauty treatments are available.

Guestrooms. The Elite Palace Hotel has 215 guestrooms distributed over the top four floors of an 11-storey building. All feature modern decor with brushed-brass picture frames with floral prints, and floor-to-ceiling deep-orange curtains. Amenities include 21-inch TVs with satellite channels, wireless Internet access (surcharge), and hardback Stockholm guidebooks. Bathrooms feature opaque glass shelves and silver and gold sunset murals, and come equipped with make-up mirrors, heated towel rails, showers, and complimentary toiletries.

Expert Tip. Visitors can spend the day walking, picnicking and boating on the lake at Haga Royal Park, the nearest point of which is 700 metres from the hotel.