La Villa Duflot is a four star hotel and gourmet restaurant outside of central Perpignan. The hotel has a very relaxed feel and is decorated comfortably and stylishly. It’s a very serene place to stay and enjoy some peace and quiet. The rooms have a pleasant art-deco look, the restaurant serves great local food and…
The Clarence is a simple but stylish boutique hotel overlooking the River Liffey in Dublin. It is well known for being owned by Bono and The Edge from U2 but is also a quality hotel in it’s own right. It’s decoration is very traditional and quite basic, maybe even slightly dull, compared to some other hotels…
The Michelberger Hotel has one of the strangest websites for a hotel you are likely to find. Rather than sticking to one of the basic formats used by most hotels it has a giant cartoon space ship to explore. It’s all quite surreal but it all fits in with the style and vision of the…
A member of Design Hotels, the Duomo Hotel in Rimini is built to stand out. As soon as you enter the building you go from the old streets of central Rimini to a reception area with a desk that looks like something from a spaceship. The hotel’s website says that they use ‘alternative materials, bright colours…
The Dolder Grand is a multi-award winning 5-star hotel in the outskirts of Zurich. It overlooks the city on one side and the Swiss countryside on the other. It is a member of Design Hotels which describes it as ‘a historic landmark and a testament to contemporary architecture’. It is based around a 19th century…
The Hotel de Sers is a five-star luxury hotel ideally situated near to the Champs-Élysées. World Hotels describes the hotel as ‘one of the most magnificent boutique hotels Paris has to offer.’ It has a very trendy bar, a relaxing courtyard garden and a cosy restaurant serving gourmet food. By all accounts the hotel provides friendly service…
The Crillon Le Brave is a peaceful hotel situated on top of a hill overlooking the lavender fields and vineyards of Provence. It describes itself as a sort of refuge – a very relaxing hotel with wonderful views and an excellent restaurant. The look of the hotel is very simply and traditionally stylish. Because the…
If you’ve seen our previous posts we’re going to Liverpool as finalists in the Pitch competition. So we’re doing a recce of Liverpool while we’re there. They are also the only entry in Hip Hotels for Liverpool. Also having dinner at the London Carriage Works which I will also update on. Wish us luck?!
Hotel Okura houses the 2 Michelin Star Ciel Bleu restaurant, previously reviewed by the Musical Lieutenant on her vsit to Amsterdam. They have since informed us that they have a fully accessible bedroom with all the facilities you need being disabled. It has a bigger door, walk-in shower with grab rails and everything including wardrobe rails are…