Need to know
Rooms
46 rooms, including 23 suites.
Check–Out
11am, and check-in is at 3pm. Both are flexible within a one- to two-hour window, subject to availability.
More details
Rates don’t include breakfast, but you can order elevated brunchy bits for an additional charge.
Also
Two rooms are accessible – one Studio King and One-Bedroom Queen – each with a roll-in showers and grab rails. There are also ramps throughout and all communal areas have been adapted for guests with limited mobility; although, unfortunately the swimming pool only has staired access.
At the hotel
Gym, infrared sauna and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV with streaming, climate control, Tivoli radio and Bluetooth speaker, microwave, Nespresso machine, tea-making kit, minibar, yoga mat, clothes steamer (on request), organic-cotton bathrobes, Frette slippers and Le Labo bath products.
Our favourite rooms
Rooms at Anna & Bel aren’t cookie-cutter, which is part of the appeal — layouts shift, details change, so it’s worth choosing with a bit of intent. If you can, angle for a corner room: though not the largest, they have more windows, more light, and an overall airier feel.
For something more distinctive, the Bel Suite is a standout — and it’s the only room with a bath tub. Then there’s the more playful Anna Suite by Anthropologie, which brings the Philly-based brand’s signature mix of pattern, color and collected objects into the hotel’s otherwise more restrained palette. It’s a one-off — and understandably in demand.
Poolside
More Mediterranean escape than East Coast cool. Set in a tree-lined courtyard, the heated pool is framed by checkerboard tiles, sunloungers and parasols. It’s family-friendly but unsupervised (no lifeguard) and opens during between April and October from 8am until 8pm.
Spa
No spa, but do make use of the infrared sauna in the gym — which is open 24/7 — and the Wellness Room (must be booked in advance).
Packing tips
Easy layers for city wandering, something a touch polished for Bastia after dark, and swimwear for the courtyard pool. Bring one book from your reading list; if you need more, there’s that nook we mentioned.
Also
There’s a curtained reading nook tucked just off the hallway, with an armchair and a picture shelf lined with magazines and books — sourced from neighborhood bookstore Ulisis.
Pet‐friendly
Anna & Bel welcomes up to two small dogs (under 15 pounds) in each room for $150 per pup, per night. Dog-friendly rooms are limited and must be requested in advance; balcony rooms are excluded. See more pet-friendly hotels in Philadelphia.
Children
All ages are welcome. Complimentary pack-and-play cribs, baby toiletries, white-noise machines and toys are available on request — subject to availability.
Sustainability efforts
At Anna & Bel, sustainability is more quiet habit than headline act. Refillable full-size toiletries and filtered-water stations on every floor keep single-use plastics firmly off the guest list, while the building’s restoration favors preservation over rip-it-up reinvention (the grand wooden staircase by the lobby, fireplaces, wrought-iron balconies, are prime examples). Menus, meanwhile, champion local suppliers and seasonal produce.
