The Bar/Lounge at Arctic Club Hotel

"The lobby, with its fireplace, ornate Polar Bar, ceiling carvings, and billiard table, instantly transports you back to earlier decades of travel and adventure"

"The front of the bar features illuminated white panels with swirls of gray and Arctic blue, like a glacial landscape viewed from a floatplane high overhead, and complements a handsome pool table with a bright blue felt"

"The lobby's Polar Bar (with more than 25 mounted walrus heads) has a pool table and comfortable lounge area, and for active guests, there is a fitness center"

"There's "no better place to kick off an expedition" than this "unique" turn-of-the-century Downtown chain outpost (originally a club for Gold Rush explorers), which features "elegant" rooms "with lots of character" (think "vinatge" travel-inspired decor like trunks for bedside tables) and outstanding staffers who "genuinely care"; the "historic" charm extends to the art deco lobby/lounge (decorated with period furnishings and portraits of Arctic explorers), but it's not all about the past here – "modern" amenities include a business center and "excellent" restaurant"

"Modern amenities run to flat-screen TVs with DVD players, phones with voice mail, iHomes, minibars, coffeemakers stocked with Starbucks beans, Crabtree & Evelyn toiletries, irons and average-size closets"