In case you’ve ever questioned 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 lodge in West Bay. Groundbreaking. However hear me out: this place has honeycombs, Sidr timber, circadian lighting, pomegranate drinks, and one thing known as a “Vitality Room,” which I can solely assume is the place they recharge visiting CEOs like significantly pressured iPhones.
Location: Handy Sufficient to Make You Suspicious
Perched proudly alongside Doha’s Corniche—as a result of why construct a lodge wherever else when you’ll be able to construct it the place everybody can see it—the Swissôtel Corniche Park Towers stands an imposing 108-floor (okay advantageous 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 journey from the airport, that means you’ve 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 lodge boasts 342 up to date rooms and suites, plus 121 residences for many who plan to remain lengthy sufficient to start out receiving mail. Every room comes outfitted with a Swissôtel Mattress, a mattress so supportive it’d speak you thru your private issues.
After all, I opted for a Vitality Room, as 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 in opposition to dramatically—seems it’s really helpful.
Government Lounge entry is accessible too, for the traveler who desires to really feel unique whereas consuming olives at 4 p.m.
Eating: A Six-Act Culinary Opera
The lodge options six eating venues as a result of apparently 5 would have been far too modest.
• Azal – Persian-Qatari fusion the place the saffron alone prices greater than my first worldwide flight.
• Embers – An open-flame grill expertise—finest steaks on the town! Excellent for those who’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 lodge’s social coronary heart, which conveniently adjustments personalities relying on whether or not it’s breakfast or cocktail hour (relatable).
• L’Assiette – Daylight, teas, nourishing plates—mainly, the sort of place the place you whisper your meals order as a result of it feels sacred.
• Node Espresso – Artisanal pastries and brioche breakfasts, ideally suited 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 Achieved Proper
At Pürovel Spa & Sport, the health courses appear designed to remind you that though you might gather passport stamps like Pokémon playing cards, you aren’t, in reality, invincible.
There’s aero yoga, aqua biking, and aqua health, which I’m satisfied have 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, “Calm down, you’ve earned this,” even when all you’ve performed 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 one way or the other at all times know what you want earlier than you do
• Dwelling to rooms with floor-to-ceiling home windows, so you are feeling judged by the skyline
• Shut sufficient to the airport that your jet lag barely has time to unpack
And sure, the lodge may also kindly drive you to and from the airport, as a result of what’s Swiss hospitality if not the artwork of creating you are feeling gently escorted by way 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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