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Uptown boutiques and two grand old houses.

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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Uptown

The Ivey's Hotel

127 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
$$$ · Sophia's Lounge · 1924 building · Design-forward

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.

Uptown

The Dunhill Hotel

237 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
$$ · Open since 1929 · Historic · The Asbury

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.

Uptown

Grand Bohemian Charlotte, Autograph Collection

201 West Trade Street, Charlotte, NC
$$$ · Rooftop bar · Art everywhere · Museum block

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.

Uptown

Kimpton Tryon Park Hotel

303 South Church Street, Charlotte, NC
$$$ · Rooftop terrace · Merchant and Trade · Dress code

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.

Uptown

The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte

201 East Trade Street, Charlotte, NC
$$$$ · Rooftop garden · Spa · Uptown center

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.

Uptown

JW Marriott Charlotte

600 South College Street, Charlotte, NC
$$$ · Aura Rooftop · Pool and firepits · Skyline

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.

Uptown

Moxy Charlotte Downtown

125 South Brevard Street, Charlotte, NC
$$ · Rooftop lounge · Bar Moxy · Arena block

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.

SouthPark

Hyatt Centric Charlotte SouthPark

3100 Apex Drive, Charlotte, NC
$$$ · Pool · Apex SouthPark · New build

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.

SouthPark

AC Hotel Charlotte SouthPark

1824 Roxborough Road, Charlotte, NC
$$ · Cordial Rooftop · Tapas · Walkable

European restraint, dark wood and a small footprint, with Cordial Rooftop on the eighth floor for tapas and skyline. Quiet nights, walkable SouthPark days.

Myers Park

The Duke Mansion

400 Hermitage Road, Charlotte, NC
$$$ · 1915 mansion · Sleeping porches · Gardens

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.

Dilworth

The Morehead Inn

1122 East Morehead Street, Charlotte, NC
$$ · 1917 estate · Porches · Antiques

A 1917 estate turned inn on a Dilworth street lined with oaks: high ceilings, antiques, wide porches. Old Charlotte, ten minutes from Uptown.

Ballantyne

The Ballantyne, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Charlotte

10000 Ballantyne Commons Parkway, Charlotte, NC
$$$ · Spa · Golf · Resort grounds

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.

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