Twelve keys in a city that's gotten a lot better at this, Uptown boutiques like The Ivey's and the 1929 Dunhill, a Ritz and a JW on the same few blocks, SouthPark for shopping trips, and two historic manor houses in Dilworth and Myers Park.
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Forty two rooms in a 1924 department store, each done differently, with Sophia's Lounge downstairs under chandeliers and a lot of velvet. The most stylish night in Charlotte.
Pip’s Tip Forty-two rooms in a 1924 department store, each one done differently. Sophia's Lounge downstairs.
Charlotte's oldest hotel, running since 1929, with ten floors of traditional rooms and The Asbury off the lobby. Uptown history without the convention crowd.
Pip’s Tip Charlotte's oldest hotel, running since 1929, and the cheapest of the three Uptown picks.
Art on every wall and Buho on the sixteenth floor, with indoor and outdoor seating over Uptown. The Bechtler and the Mint Museum are across the street.
Pip’s Tip Buho is on the sixteenth floor. Art on every wall, and it sits on the museum block.
Merchant and Trade on the nineteenth floor is the reason to book: indoor and outdoor terrace, a lawn in the sky and a dress code they enforce. Rooms below are bright and calm.
Polished and properly run, with a rooftop garden and beehives feeding the kitchen. Steps from the Spectrum Center and Uptown's better tables, which matters on a game night.
A glass tower over Legacy Union with Aura Rooftop five floors up: pool, bar, firepits, skyline. Large rooms, good beds, and an easy walk down to South End.
Small smart rooms, a bar that doubles as the front desk and a rooftop lounge, a block off the Spectrum Center. Built for people who plan on being out.
A newer build at Apex SouthPark with a pool and a lobby that leans local. The right base if your Charlotte runs to Phillips Place, the mall and Sharon Road.
European restraint, dark wood and a small footprint, with Cordial Rooftop on the eighth floor for tapas and skyline. Quiet nights, walkable SouthPark days.
A 1915 white columned house with twenty rooms, shared sleeping porches and four and a half acres of gardens. Breakfast is included and nothing here is in a hurry.
A 1917 estate turned inn on a Dilworth street lined with oaks: high ceilings, antiques, wide porches. Old Charlotte, ten minutes from Uptown.
A big neoclassical resort in far south Charlotte with a serious spa, golf next door and a bar that fills with locals. Come for the grounds, not for the city.
Forty-two rooms above Tryon Street, done in French antiques and real quiet.
Group rates when the family travels. Members hear first.
Stays are one chapter of Pip's Lifestyle, find the lounges, rooftops, brunch spots and the Domino Club below.