If there’s one city where the Four Seasons hotel is aptly named, it’s the Big Apple, where each season of the year arrives with a vengeance – and can make or break a visit. You won’t have to worry about the weather at the I.M. Pei-designed Four Seasons, which offers luxurious refuge all year long, whether you’re here in the steamy summer or wicked winter. (If it’s spring, you’ll be outdoors as much as possible, frolicking with all the sun-starved New Yorkers who are just emerging from the nasty winter chill.) Upon entering the hotel’s magnificent lobby, with a soaring onyx ceiling, you know you’re in for some serious pampering. The large, contemporary rooms, done up in an opulent decor of beige and copper tones, have thick, luxurious carpeting, a separate sitting area with elegant furniture, large windows overlooking Central Park, and a well-appointed marble bathroom. Rising between Park and Madison, the Four Seasons is mere paces from the toniest boutiques and shops, so you can snap up all the latest fashions to impress the folks back home.