Grand Bohemian Hotel Orlando, Autograph Collection

Character and identity

The Grand Bohemian sits in the middle of downtown Orlando, a 250-room property that trades the city's theme-park associations for something more theatrical and grown-up. The exterior is unassuming, but the lobby announces the design language: gold-trimmed columns, large-scale sculpture and painting, and an on-site gallery showing local and international artists with everything for sale. Live jazz spills out of the Bösendorfer Lounge on select evenings. The Boheme handles the dining, with a Sunday brunch built around bottomless mimosas, raw oysters, snow crab and prime rib. A heated rooftop pool looks out over the skyline.

Who's it for

Bottom line

What sets this hotel apart is the art-forward, jazz-club sensibility dropped into a downtown business address, an antidote to Orlando's cartoon register. Book it if you're in town for a show, a game or meetings, not the parks. A higher-floor room makes the most of the skyline, and Sunday brunch at The Boheme is worth building the trip around.