House & Hotel Magazine features this luxury nature resort in Las Isletas, the wonderful place is located near Granada in Lake Nicaragua. A short boat ride from the colonial town of Granada, Jicaro Island Ecolodge is set in Lake Nicaragua, the largest fresh water lake in Central America. Limited to no more than 20 guests, nine private casitas have been hand crafted using indigenous wood, with windowed walls that open up to the lake breezes, and spectacular sunrises and sunsets. The large yoga decks, patios,…Continue Reading “Jicaro Island Ecolodge / Las Isletas / Nicaragua”
We loves the world sexiest hotel!! Faena Hotel Buenos Aires is located in 445 Martha Salotti Street. It is a project of fashion designer Alan Faena, courtesy of a rather familiar name: Philippe Starck. Largely absent, though, is the signature look that defined Starck’s work for Ian Schrager in the Nineties, the white and airy minimalism of the guest rooms and the light-hearted whimsy of the public spaces. Faena is an entirely more serious-looking place, on the gentrifying Puerto Madero Este waterfront, converted from a…Continue Reading “Me gusta Hotel Faena in Buenos Aires”
House & Hotel Magazine loves extraordinary architecture and houses. So take a look, at Gervasutti Refuge in Italy ia Prefab Tubular Alpine Pod Home. A solar-powered tubular mountain cabin that was installed on Mt. Blanc – by helicopters! This energy-efficient prefabricated pod was built out of high-quality materials that have zero impact on the sensitive environment in which it was placed. Since it is a temporary structure and fully recoverable, mountain climbers who brave the 9,300 foot summit can use it to take shelter from…Continue Reading “House Gervasutti Refuge / Courmayeur / Italy”
It is always great to be in China, House & Hotel Magazine made a presstrip to Shanghai, Mandarin Oriental. The hotel is spectacularly located on the banks of the Huangpu River, lying in the heart of Pudong’s central financial district. It is surrounded by the skyscrapers of Lujiazui. I got a unique blend of style with a stunning design, world-class restaurants, serene spa and Mandarin Oriental’s legendary service. It’s only a few minutes from Shanghai IFC and Shanghai World Financial centre, and ten minutes from…Continue Reading “Land of dragons – Hotel Mandarin Oriental / Shanghai / China”
San Diego The Del. It was the film location of the movie “Some like it hot”, a great beachfront luxury hotel in the city of Coronado. Not far away from San Diego Bay in California. We like the architecture of the wooden Victorian beach resort, one of the oldest all-wooden buildings in California and in 1888, it was the largest resort hotel in the world. We took a vacation along the California coast, the Coronado Island is located 5 km from downtown San Diego and…Continue Reading “Some like it hot – Hotel Del Coronado / San Diego / USA”
It starts when you arrive @ CDG. I had my first airport moto taxi in Paris, it was a nice scooter ride and I killed the rush hour queu. By the way really different I had it before in Thailand and Cambodia. If you arrive at Shangri-La Hotel, its elegant façade brings to mind its legacy as the former home of Napoleon Bonaparte’s grandnephew, Prince Roland Bonaparte. Attentive staff and a pleasantly discret check-in ensure that you receive the royal treatment right from the start….Continue Reading “Vie en rose – Hotel Shangri-La / Paris / France”
House & Hotel Magazine likes “Fallingwater”. We just found it by accident. It is a very special house that is built over a waterfall. Today it is a National Historic Landmark. The house, that doesn’t even appear to stand on solid ground, but instead stretches out over a waterfall. Such structure captured everyone minds right after first publications about it. It was designed as weekend retreat for the Kaufmann family and finished in 1934. Since 1963 it is opened to the public. Nowadays, there are…Continue Reading “House Fallingwater / Pittsburgh / USA”
Paris Hotel Prince de Galles Last time we stayed in “The Shelter”, this time we will be in the Prince de Galles for the “Meedex”. Built on the Chaillot quarries, from which were extracted the stones that were used to build the foundations of the Arc de Triomphe, the Prince de Galles, a Luxury Collection Hotel was built in 1928 by Arfvidson, inspired by the style of the Decorative Arts exhibition of 1925 with a classical yet modern frontage and a magnificent patio in mosaic….Continue Reading “Mon amour – Hotel Prince de Galles / Paris / France”
House & Hotel Magazine features the Stanley Hotel. Everyone knows this great georgian hotel, worldfamous because of the movie Shining with Jack Nicholson. The Stanley Hotel, known for its architecture, magnificent setting, and famous visitors, may possibly be best known today for its inspirational role in the Stephen King’s novel, “The Shining.” This Colorado hotel has been featured as one of America’s most haunted hotels and with the numerous stories from visitors and staff. Forced by poor health to move West, F.O. Stanley arrived in…Continue Reading “Movie “Shining” – Hotel Stanley / Colorado / USA”
House & Hotel Magazine features the Lake Palace Hotel in India. Its like a floating apparition, on four acres of rock in the middle of Lake Pichola in Udaipur, India’s City of Sunrise. Built by the Mewar ruler Singh I in 1628 as a private residence, the marble and granite structure was more recently converted to a luxury hotel by Maharana Bhagwat Singh due to financial constraints and a changing political state at the time. Besides necessary structural changes, neither the style nor the atmosphere…Continue Reading “Movie hotel James Bond “007 Octopussy” – The Lake Palace Hotel / Udaipur / India”
We landed at Istanbuls International Atatürk Airport, took a taxi straight to the Hotel Witt, located on Istanbul’s European side in a chic bohemian neighborhood of designer boutiques. The Witt Istanbul Hotel occupies an unassuming corner building on a residential street. Owner and Istanbul native Tuncel Toprak chose the Witt’s location in Cihangir for its connection to a charmingly authentic local community. The Witt’s stylish yet domestic atmosphere, nice rooms and Toprak’s extensive network afford guests an nice stay in the thriving metropolis, without sacrificing…Continue Reading “Lovely stay at the Bosporus – Hotel Witt / Istanbul / Turkey”
House & Hotel Magazine likes the Fjällnäs, its Sweden’s oldest mountain hotel in an exclusive sanctuary. Easy to experience continual, dramatic changes of nature. We live with this unspoilt wilderness right on our doorstep during eight totally different seasons. The air is pure and whenever you want, you can quench your thirst with water from the clear mountain lake. When Fjällnäs’s first visitors arrived more than 130 years ago, they were attracted by the pure, unspoilt, beauty – and this is still the same today….Continue Reading “Hotel Fjällnäs / Malmagen / Sweden”
