Best place to wear a bathrobe for 48 hours straight
The Water Club
One Renaissance Way
Atlantic City, N.J.
800-800-8817; thewaterclubatborgata.com
The Sopranos may have added a chapter or two to Jersey’s bad suburban rap—track suits and
slot-machine-obsessed seniors come to mind—but Atlantic City’s newly opened and completely
lavish Water Club (a Borgata hotel) is likely to erase all that in favor of something much more
authentically chic. This gleaming 43-story structure is reminiscent of vintage coastal getaways
(think Palm Beach or Miami in the ’60s), but a variety of contemporary luxuries transport The
Water Club to modern times. The 800 guest rooms and suites are smartly modeled after cool
and airy urban loft spaces. And, in addition to five heated pools, the hotel also houses a full-scale on-site spa and a mini luxury shopping “mall,” featuring Roberto Cavalli’s Just Cavalli,
among other top-tier designers ... Jersey, after all, does love its bling. Rooms from $300
