The Touraine

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"The Touraine isn’t technically a hotel: It’s a landmark residential building on quiet Spruce Street in Center City. Fortunately for us, the building—which reportedly has a 10-year waitlist to get into—has converted two units (no. 105, a studio apartment, and no. 108, a one-bedroom apartment) into two hotel rooms. Each one feels like your super-chic friend’s apartment whose style you tried to copy but couldn’t pull off. (Cue the mix of contemporary and mid-century-modern-inspired furnishings, refinished wood floors, handmade ceramics, and super-comfy bed piled high with pillows and linen sheets.) Guests can expect upscale apartment-style finishes, such as a washer/dryer and brightly hued Smeg fridge, but it’s the small, thoughtful touches—aromatherapy and crystals in the bathroom, Rival Bros. coffee in the kitchen, daily newspaper delivery every morning—that make the hotel room feel like home." - Regan Stephens, Katie James Watkinson