I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the location of your hotel can change how you experience a city. Yes, you want quality sheets and maybe a cappuccino machine in your room (who wouldn’t?), but you don’t want to be 22 minutes from the Old City or 45 minutes from the best restaurants. Most importantly, the location of your hotel determines what you’ll see when you open the curtains—and what you’ll hear when you wake up.

A skyline with domes and stone rooftops feels very different from traffic and delivery trucks outside your window.

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