HotelITC Maratha Mumbai

The ITC Maratha is a "modern" hotel which is built in a "neoclassical style" and features "columns and a large palm-court atrium". It is located "about two kilometres from Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport" and is also near the Santa Cruz Domestic airport. The author states that check-in was "swift" and that within "five minutes" a butler arrived with "a welcome drink of fresh orange or lime juice and a cold towel". The hotel offers "four room categories". The Upper Crust Lounge, which is open "24 hours a day", is "spacious" and offers "lots of seating, a bar, a TV and a dining roo [more]

Joe Bindloss, who writes this review, says of the ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton, that it's the "ultimate in luxury". "At this price, you expect luxury", he states, "standards are sky-high ". He reckons that the hotel has "arguably the best interior design in Mumbai" as well as having the "best spa" and restaurants, which serve "sublime north and south Indian and Asian cuisine". Lonely Planets describe the exterior as a "handsome, dome-topped building", "full of imaginative design features". The guestrooms are "full of sumptuous fabrics", the beds "draped in embroidered silks", with " all the mod [more]

That hotel is relativly new as it was build just in 2001, nevertheless it was already rewarded as one the country´s best hotels. The architecture is remarkable, the hotel is an imposing pink sandstone neoclasicial building with a "futuristic" dome on the top, furthermore elements of the Indian architecture can be found like for example "imposing" contours and thick columns. According to Frommers, the rooms are also very nice. The beds are "fabulously comfy", and the interior of the rooms is brightly colored and designed by the London based designer Francesca Basu. Frommers recommands especiall [more]