Talk about a great location close to everything oh so New York! The gothic Salisbury Hotel offers guests a great location across the street from Carnegie Hall and only short walks to Fifth Avenue shopping, Central Park, Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall and Broadway theaters. Patrons can hop nearby subways for easy access to other destinations. Outdoor enthusiasts are close to Central Park's 843 acres of meadows, woods, cliffs, gardens, paths and lakes perfect for walking, jogging, boating, bird watching, riding bikes, skating, and drinking in the views of the park and city.

The hotel, which opened in 1931, is still owned by Calvary Baptist Church, which is located on the first five floors. From the hotel's lobby, guests can catch snatches of the church choir practicing. The hotel does not have its own restaurant, but is within walking distance of some of Manhattan's best eateries. Room Service is available via delivery from nearby restaurants. For example, Shelly's New York, a dining institution, specializes in Stone Crab Claws flown in daily from Florida, seafood and steak delicacies. At discounted rates, the health conscious also can work out at two fitness centers. The Salisbury also offers concierges, limos and town cars, business services and dry cleaning.

Spacious guest rooms feature traditional ivory walls, cherry finish furniture, heavy curtains, floral patterned bedspreads, complimentary New York magazines, windows that open, cable TVs and safes. Suites have walk in closets and serving pantries with microwave ovens, coffee makers, refrigerators and sinks.

This modestly priced hotel in an upscale neighborhood is popular with Carnegie Hall performers as well as families and other travelers who love the ideal location and a rarity in the New York hotel world: spacious rooms.