SWITZERLAND

This summer, Alpine beauty meets Ayurvedic rejuvenation at the legendary Badrutt’s Palace Hotel in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Guests who participate in the Ayurveda Health and Beauty Week, available from August 5 to 12, will receive individually tailored expert consultations based on the ancient Hindu philosophy of healing and life, movement classes, restorative nutrition, and spa treatments. The package includes seven nights in a deluxe room with breakfast buffet, six hours of spa treatments a person, daily yoga, pranayama, and meditation classes, and Ayurvedic lunch and dinner daily. The week costs $3,587 for a single room.

For more information or to make reservations, call 011-41-81-837-11-00 or visit www.badruttspalace.com.

CHICAGO

For the weekend of July 22 to 24, Chicago’s Sofitel Water Tower is offering an “Architecture and Design” package. The weekend includes a cocktail reception at the hotel’s Cafe des Architectes, a flower-arranging class with floral designer Colin Collette, a food-design class with the hotel’s executive chef, Frederic Castan, a private viewing of the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago, a four course dinner prepared by Mr. Castan, and an architectural tour of the Windy City. The program is priced at $800 a person or $1,400 a room (based on double occupancy) and includes accommodations, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch, exclusive of taxes and gratuities.

For reservations, contact the hotel at 877-813-7700.

MANHATTAN

If your out-of-town friends and family want to visit but are nervous about driving – and parking – in the city, the “Road Warrior” package at Manhattan’s 70 Park Avenue Hotel may ease their minds. In addition to deluxe room accommodation, the package includes a $20 gas card, overnight garage parking, an insulated travel bag with two bottles of water, a tire pressure gauge, and adjustable flashlight. The package rate of $295 a day is valid from June 24 to September 6.

For reservations, call 212-973-2400 or 877-707-2752, or visit www.70parkavehotel.com.