Take a Staycation in Philadelphia

Visit France without leaving Philadelphia at this magnifique Francophile heaven, based you-know-where. Mange comme les Francais at the 1920's style Chez Collete, or go out for a boite at the lobby bar, La Bourse. Rooms are equipped with WiFi and mini-bar and guests are entitled to free access to fitness center.

10 Arts, one of the city's most acclaimed restaurants, serving organic American food and cocktails, is located within this Avenue of the Arts mainstay. See how the other half live while spending a night in one of the Ritz-Carlton's 300 rooms that come with perks like wireless Internet, flat-screen TVs, and 24-hour room service. Of course, no trip to a Ritz-Carlton would be complete without a massage or beauty treatment at the tasteful spa.

Get a room that overlooks Independence National Historical Park at the Euro-styled Omni Hotel. The Azalea Restaurant serves American-style breakfast, lunch and dinner, and Lux Spa and Fitness offers access to personal trainers, a heated indoor pool, whirlpool and sauna. If you actually want to leave, Old City's shops, restaurants, bars and historical attractions are literally steps away.

Each accommodation at the opulent Park Hyatt doubles as a resort-in-a-room, containing DVD players, lush robes, a well-stocked mini-bar, a cable/satellite TV, and high-speed Internet. The hotel restaurant, XIX Nineteen, ranks among the most revered in the city and plates up gourmet American cuisine. Guests have access to The Sporting Club at the Bellevue, which includes fitness options such as racquetball and squash courts, an indoor running track, tanning salons, Pilates, and yoga.

Getaway from life at The Gables Bed and Breakfast, where guests can start their day with a full homecooked breakfast of fruit, coffee, frittatas, blueberry pancakes, scrambled eggs and sausage. Rooms are equipped with private phones, a CD player, a cable TV, VCR, and wireless/dial up Internet. Each room sports a theme, such as the romantic Tower Room, complete with canopy bed and elegant furniture, and the Christmas Room, full of toys and decorated like it's Christmas.

Stay in the center of student life in practical yet pretty rooms that boast high-speed wireless Internet, refreshments, cable TV and even videogames. Although positioned as a business hotel, weekends allow for leisure travelers to take advantage of lower rates and amenities like the award-winning Penne Restaurant and Wine Bar, which serves pasta handmade on-site by Penne's female chef. Plus, shopping, dining and entertainment surround the hotel.

This hotel haven consists of 23 rooms located within a stately brick rowhouse on a quiet street that feels far from busy city life but is in fact, right next to Rittenhouse Square. Mixing the modern with the old-fashioned, all rooms are non-smoking and include CD players, iPod hookups, large-screen plasma TVs, and wireless Internet, yet are simply decorated in a country style. Complimentary wine is served every evening in the Drawing Room and a continental breakfast is served daily.

This is the hotel for those seeking entertainment. There is casino for those who enjoy the slots, The Music Box Theatre, where guests can enjoy musical performances, and a comedy club. There are also many restaurants inside the hotel, such Old Homestead, a steakhouse, Izakaya, a Japanese pub, Bobby Flay Steak, with American cuisine, and Sea Blue, a seafood restaurant. There are also a variety of high-end clubs for those interested in nightlife.