Four Seasons, Singapore

Situated in a leafy enclave, this boutique property is one of the city's more intimate hotels. Its vast Asian art collection is generously distributed throughout all 225 rooms, while high ceilings and picture windows infuse a warm, residential feel. The hotel is just fifteen minutes from the Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore's largest museum dedicated to its rich Chinese lineage and Dempsey Hill, a shopping and dining center that was once a series of British army barracks. If you can't manage an entire meal at Jiang-Nan Chun, the luxurious Cantonese restaurant on-site, make sure you sample their lighter Tea and Dine menu, featuring rare tea varieties, like 8 Treasure and Spring King Tie Guan Yin, by the pot.