Orange Blossom Bakery & Cafe

Upscale rooms & suites in a vintage-chic hotel with a high-end restaurant, a bar & a 24-hour gym. Set in a converted 1920s department store opposite the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, this refined hotel in the uptown district is a 6-minute walk from the Levine Museum of the New South, and 7 miles from Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Featuring art deco and mid-century furnishings, the vintage-chic rooms come with free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs, plus minibars and Nespresso machines. Some open onto an interior atrium. Suites add living areas and wet bars; upgraded suites have separate living rooms and balconies. Free evening drinks are served in a club lounge. There's also a lobby bar, a high-end restaurant and a 24-hour gym.

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