Vitality, Views and Very good Steaks: The Newly-Opened Swissôtel Doha

In case you’ve ever puzzled what it feels wish to be cradled within the industrious bosom of a beehive—whereas additionally being gently hugged by Swiss precision and Qatari heat—then enable me, your mileage-rich journey connoisseur, to introduce you to Swissôtel Corniche Park Towers Doha.

Sure, I do know. One other luxurious resort in West Bay. Groundbreaking. However hear me out: this place has honeycombs, Sidr bushes, circadian lighting, pomegranate drinks, and one thing referred to as a “Vitality Room,” which I can solely assume is the place they recharge visiting CEOs like significantly burdened iPhones.

Location: Handy Sufficient to Make You Suspicious

Perched proudly alongside Doha’s Corniche—as a result of why construct a resort anyplace else when you may construct it the place everybody can see it—the Swissôtel Corniche Park Towers stands an impressive 108-floor (okay wonderful not 108, but it surely feels prefer it) ode to bees, stability, and enterprise vacationers.

It’s minutes from Katara Cultural Village, Souq Waqif, and Msheireb Downtown. Extra importantly, it’s a clean 18–20-minute trip from the airport, which means you might have simply sufficient time within the taxi to strategically rehearse:

“No, I do have a reservation.”

Rooms: The place the Home windows Are Tall and My Requirements Increased

The resort boasts 342 modern rooms and suitesplus 121 residences for individuals who plan to remain lengthy sufficient to begin receiving mail. Every room comes outfitted with a Swissôtel Mattressa mattress so supportive it’d discuss you thru your private issues.

In fact, I opted for a Vitality Roomas a result of nothing says “I journey an excessive amount of” like needing circadian lighting to remind you what time zone your physique belongs to. There’s additionally a “wellness wall,” which I first mistook for a elaborate place to lean towards dramatically—seems it’s really helpful.

Government Lounge entry is out there too, for the traveler who desires to really feel unique whereas consuming olives at 4 p.m.

Eating: A Six-Act Culinary Opera

The resort options six eating venues as a result of apparently 5 would have been far too modest.

• Lower – Persian-Qatari fusion the place the saffron alone prices greater than my first worldwide flight.

• Embers – An open-flame grill expertise—greatest steaks on the town! Good should you’ve ever needed your dinner ready by cooks who prepare dinner with the depth of somebody making an attempt to show some extent.

• The Quarter – The resort’s social coronary heart, which conveniently modifications personalities relying on whether or not it’s breakfast or cocktail hour (relatable).

• The Plate – Daylight, teas, nourishing plates—principally, the type of place the place you whisper your meals order as a result of it feels sacred.

• Node Espresso – Artisanal pastries and brioche breakfasts, excellent for pretending you’re writing a novel whereas really scrolling emails.

• Chezelle – A patisserie and chocolate boutique so elegant I briefly thought-about proposing to a praline.

Wellness and Health Carried out Proper

At Pürovel Spa & Sportthe health lessons appear designed to remind you that though you could gather passport stamps like Pokémon playing cards, you aren’t, in reality, invincible.

There’s aero yoga, aqua bikingand aqua healthwhich I’m satisfied had been invented by somebody who needed to enhance wellness and humor worth concurrently.

The rooftop pool—sure, there’s one on the residences too—has panoramic views that say, “Chill out, you’ve earned this,” even when all you’ve achieved is survive the breakfast buffet.

Total

Swissôtel Doha is:

• A 5-star sanctuary in West Bay

• Draped in panoramic Corniche views

• Staffed by individuals who someway at all times know what you want earlier than you do

• House to rooms with floor-to-ceiling home windows, so you’re feeling judged by the skyline

• Shut sufficient to the airport that your jet lag barely has time to unpack

And sure, the resort may even kindly drive you to and from the airport, as a result of what’s Swiss hospitality if not the artwork of constructing you’re feeling gently escorted by means of life?

Come for the honeycomb façade. Keep as a result of the circadian lighting has reprogrammed your sleep cycle and also you’re now one with the Swiss ethos of Vitality.

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