What to expect: Elegance predominates in this downtown Atlanta hotel decorated with dark-wood paneling and chandeliers. The gracious staff members are eager to fulfill requests. Hotel clientele consists of business travelers attending conferences and vacationers who enjoy the location and the amenities of the Ritz-Carlton.

Amenity highlights: The hotel’s state-of-the art fitness center features cardio machines with TVs and headphones, resistance equipment, and free weights, along with chilled towels and complimentary fresh fruit. Women’s and men’s locker rooms include saunas and steam rooms. Along with a business center, the hotel offers a technology butler to provide technical solutions to any computer problem, any time of day.