The Pool at Taleon Imperial Hotel

"The 29 rooms (to be joined by an additional 70 by the end of 2007) are designed to appeal to the high rollers; they have a Vegas sensibility, with brocade, polished walnut, gilding and molding, Italian marble and whirlpool tubs, and hand-painted reproductions of the best of the Hermitage, all in color schemes ranging from gold and cream to bordello red"

"A personal butler adds to the opulence, as do such modern luxuries such as hydromassage tubs and a covered rooftop pool, and the restaurant serves champagne-and-caviar fueled Russian meals that can be as over the top as the rest of the place"

"There's an excellent fitness centre on the roof, while the ground-floor health spa pampers guests with a range of treatments, three types of sauna (Finnish, Russian and Turkish) and 12m swimming pool"

" Facilities include an excellent rooftop spa with a glass-ceilinged pool, saunas, a healing salt room, and a gym"

"They also add whirlpools in the baths and marble fireplaces en suite"