Sitting in the middle of the Theater District in New York, N.Y., The Muse, is only one half block from Broadway theaters and close to Restaurant Row, Times Square, Rockefeller Center and the elegant shops of Fifth Avenue.

With its arched limestone and brick faτade, this Manhattan hotel features a mahogany lined lobby with whimsical décor and a 15 foot vaulted ceiling featuring a commissioned Matisse inspired mural of the nine muses.

The theater motif spills over into the hotel's restaurant, District, which serves innovative American cuisine such as Grilled Chicken Focaccia Sandwiches and Warm Lobster and Spinach Salad.

Other amenities at this Theater District hotel include business services, limousine and Town Car arrangements, and room service.

Staff members can deliver exercise equipment to guestrooms, or patrons can visit the hotel's 24-hour fitness center.

At this New York City hotel, guestrooms are spacious and feature jewel toned accents that complement simple wood furnishings and contemporary lighting.

The 200 guestrooms have premium bedding with abstract print spreads, down comforters, and hyper allergenic bedding available. Cable television, CD players, high speed Internet access, and video game consoles are available. The in room safes can accommodate laptops.

Less than four blocks from The Muse is the International Center of Photography, a museum and school dedicated to the understanding and appreciation of photography. The museum contains more than 100,000 photographs with the strongest of its holdings being American and European documentary photography of the 1930s to the 1990s.