Next time travel takes you to New York City, make for Midtown and settle into a tranquil space in the historic 1909 Clocktower building that once served as the offices of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. The spectacular space is now home to the New York EDITION, with 273 guestrooms, lofts and suites, plus meeting and event areas. Michelin-starred, The Clocktower dining room offers contemporary British cuisine with regional twists (like the Boston lobster cocktail and Brooklyn Burrata) under the direction of star chef Jason Atherton. There’s even a vegetarian menu featuring delicious options such as hazelnut risotto. With a classy-tavern vibe and a seductive décor worthy of your favorite classic spy novel, the restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and weekend brunch (see website for specific hours and days).

My recent stay was marked by seamless service and personalized touches that included an electric kettle in my room to feed my tea addiction. And despite the high energy unfolding on the city’s streets, my room was a peaceful haven in shades of cream, espresso and walnut. Along with an enormous bathroom and a spacious, stone-tiled walk-in shower, the host of lovely, comforting touches included the plush faux-fur blanket waiting to envelope me on the wide bed, complimentary WiFi and bespoke, temptingly scented toiletries created for EDITION by Le Labo Grasse – New York.

The 39^th-floor spa has a full menu of indulgences that include massages, oxygen therapy and reflexology. As a delightful bonus, the hotel is located at 5 Madison Ave., next to Madison Square Park, creating the sense there’s a giant private garden at my fingertips. The EDITION brand is part of legendary hotelier Ian Schrager’s portfolio, operated in partnership with Marriott International. Like each edition of EDITION, the Clocktower property exudes Schrager’s highly honed sense of luxury and lovely, customized comfort that creates a true home-like escape.