In the heart of downtown Nancy, the Best Western Plus Crystal Hotel & Spa, Nancy, France, is the city's first hotel spa and the first to crown itself with a rooftop bar looking out over the rooftops; its interior draws on the decorative arts for which Nancy is famous: Art Deco and Art Nouveau.
The air-conditioned rooms come with free Wi-Fi, a coffee machine, and bathrobes for the spa, and the hotel bar offers three moods: a glass-roofed winter garden, a fireside lounge, and the rooftop for an evening cocktail. A spa with a heated pool, a sauna, and a hammam, and a 24-hour fitness room, complete the stay.
In the heart of the city, Place Stanislas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the most beautiful 18th-century squares in Europe, its neoclassical facades framed by the gilded wrought-iron gates that earned Nancy its nickname, the city with the golden gates, with the Art Nouveau villas and museums of the Ecole de Nancy close by.