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Five things you should know about The Mansion on Peachtree are its female-friendly design style, some audio-visual limitations, the transient bar, the hidden TV in your guestroom and how to enjoy the exquisite English garden.

1. Art deco stylings and contemporary, sleek furnishings attract both genders, but there’s a nuanced style about The Mansion on Peachtree that perhaps appeals more to women. Year round, expertly tended orchids adorn the public areas, while pruned Hydrangeas paniculata in the garden add to the grown-up fairy land. Meanwhile, just a few paces away in The Mansion Lounge, sip away at femme-power martinis created by a mixologist. Try the signature Lady Sapphire, made with Bombay Sapphire Gin and Chamomile tea, settling into the eggplant purples and violets of The Mansion Lounge. Events at The Mansion on Peachtree also cater to women’s tastes. The last Thursday of every month, the hotel invites a local designer for a trunk show. Enjoy complimentary cocktails and small plates from The Café. For a full-on girls weekend, opt for the Girls’ Getaway Package, which includes accommodation, food and beverage credit, an Eternal Rose cocktail, lunch and a facial at 29 Spa.
2. You need no primer to enjoy the hotel’s English Garden. The beautifully pruned flowers, peaceful pond and greenery-laced archways are a perfect place to steal away. But in case you need another excuse to take in in its grandeur, enjoy a movie in the garden, two to three times each spring and fall. The hotel sets up a big screen over the pond, almost a dive-in movie.
3. The hotel’s bar has a bit of an identity crisis. Formerly housed in The Mansion Lounge, it has since moved to The Café, a lovely granite sprawl. While only a short distance away on the main level, The Mansion Lounge presents a great arena for social drinking, too, but it doesn’t have its own bar. It’s a dim, yet spacious room with semi-circular nooks, black leathers and eggplant velvet arm chairs, sofas and ottomans and verdant views of the garden. To order a signature martini, just get the attention of a cocktail server, who can run the drinks from The Café to you.
4. The Mansion on Peachtree is business-friendly in a basic sense. It offers fine conference, meeting and boardrooms, wireless access, videoconferencing, a work space in your guestroom, a modest business center, as well as last-minute presentation supplies and assistance. However, the audio-visual department does not loan out laptops or eReaders, and there is no fax machine in the business center, although you can seek assistance from the front desk for faxing.
5. When you first walk into your guestroom, you might be disappointed when you don’t see a TV. But then you’ll notice a remote by your bed with an up-down button—which controls a retractable oil-style painting on the wall facing your bed, revealing a 37-inch LCD TV. The TV is a perk, but if you need coffee to perk you up in the morning, you better ask the concierge for a coffee maker, as they do not come standard to rooms.