International House

A boutique hotel in a dramatic Beaux-Arts building in the CBD, walkable to everything — and home to the Loa Bar in its lobby, one of the city's great cocktail rooms, where a voodoo theme is handled with taste rather than kitsch. Come in the evening for the full effect: the lobby is theatrical, the craft cocktails are taken seriously, and the whole place trades on atmosphere done right. It is as much a destination for the bar as for the bed, and the architecture alone rewards the visit.