Park Avenue Place, New York (Exclusive Resorts)

These 15 contemporary apartments offer quintessential Manhattan living in the heart of New York. The residences are housed in a 38-storey luxury development, and also benefit from access to nearby Peninsula Hotel's gym, spa, glass-enclosed pool and a terrace where you can order a glass of champagne and healthy nibbles.

The décor in each of the apartments is pared-down, with a mix of leather, wood and glass furniture. Sleek and sophisticated, each residence is furnished with ebonised hardwood floors, bespoke rugs, contemporary artwork and Italian lighting.

Book into the Manhattan 205, the largest of the apartments, perched on the 25th floor of the building. It has expansive skyline views, grand ceilings and two private balconies from which to survey the bustling city below.

Park Avenue Place is right in the heart of where all the action is. The world's finest restaurants, museums, fashion, music and theatre are right on the doorstep. Book a table at Eric Ripert's legendary Le Bernardin and enlist the help of one of the four sommeliers on the floor to help you navigate what is arguably the most refined collection of white wines in the world. After dinner, head to the Village Vanguard for an evening of jazz. The walls are mounted with ancient brass horns, and the maroon-swathed atmosphere manages to evoke the smoky jazz clubs of the past.

There's plenty to do after hours in the City That Never Sleeps. But if you need to rest, back at home, you'll sleep soundly, wrapped snuggly in the most sumptuous bed linen.