• Discover The Raphael Hotel, Kansas City’s first all-suite boutique hotel, offering European-style elegance and charm. The ornate nine-story Italian Renaissance Revival structure was born in the 1920s as a luxury apartment building and converted to a hotel in 1975. The building remains Kansas City's most recognized example of that architectural style.

• Gaze out onto Brush Creek just steps beyond the hotel's front door. This majestic body of water is mere steps from several other cultural attractions, such as Frank A. Theis Park and Kauffman Legacy Park.

• Admire the tree-lined boulevard and visit Country Club Plaza, Kansas City's finest destination for shopping, dining, and nightlife since 1922. In addition to over 150 shops and dozens of fine restaurants, it's also a Moorish-influenced open-air public art gallery with fountains, murals, mosaics, and sculptures, and is host to special events and concerts year-round.