This eighteenth-century honey-colored mansion on a hillside is great surrounded by the lavender and cypress trees of its seven-acre garden. It’s nearby to the Cours Mirabeau. The Cours Mirabeau is a wide thoroughfare, planted with double rows of plane-trees, bordered by fine houses and decorated by fountains. It follows the line of the old city wall and divides the town into two sections. The new town extends to the south and west; the old town, with its wide but irregular streets and its old mansions…Continue Reading “Hotel Villa Gallici / Aix-en-Provence / France”
House & Hotel Magazin believes in Vancouver. The city has ranked highly in worldwide “liveable city” rankings for more than a decade according to a couple of magazines. It has hosted many international conferences and events, including the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Expo 86, and the World Police and Fire Games in 1989 and 2009. Besides this events you will find beautiful places like this. It is a single-family residence in the Dunbar neighborhood of Vancouver and was designed by Frits de Vries…Continue Reading “A bit of Asia in Vancouver / Canada”
House & Hotel Magazine loves the Golden Flower Hotel which is a beautiful location with a lot of hospitality, a feeling like coming home. Start with the history lesson. People’s Republic of China has a population of over 1.5 billion. Covering 10 million square kilometres, the East Asian state is the world’s second-largest country by land area and the third largest in total area, China’s landscape is vast and you feel always a bit lost. So, the Golden Flower is a five star hotel offering…Continue Reading “Hotel Golden Flower / Xian / China”
House & Hotel Magazine features the Met, we spend some lovely days in the north of Greece. As always it was great to be on the mainland, besides the perfect greek islands. We spend the night in a great 5 star design hotel – The Met. It was hot and just fabolous, our room was spacious, the air con worked well, it was 30 degrees. We loved it to be in the MET and felt just good. There was a nice swimming pool on the…Continue Reading “The Met Hotel / Thessaloniki / Greece”
Konnichi wa! House & Hotel Magazine features beautiful architecture in Japan. Take a look at this japanese house in Kyobate. Yes, you know, we love Japan, the great archipelago of 7000 islands. As you know the largest islands are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku and they accounting more than 90% of Japan’s land area. You will find lots of nice locations and lots of nice people, 127 million people. Wow, the greater Tokyo area, which includes Tokyo capital and several other prefectures, is the largest…Continue Reading “House / Kyobate / Japan”
NY City by Jens Hoffmann. House & Hotel Magazine met the Kemps in NY, they are already the darlings of the hotel world and have crossed the pond: the Crosby Street Hotel marks the first American venture of their celebrated Firmdale hotel group. The impressive 11-story construction was built from scratch on the site of a former parking lot in downtown New York, right in the heart of SoHo, famed epicentre of Manhattan chic. The interior look is classic Kit Kemp – elegant and quirky…Continue Reading “Big Apple – Hotel Crospy Street / New York / USA”
thats a special place, just in front of the pyramid of Giza. You will like it, since 1886 the hotel stands in front of the Great Pyramid in Cario, Egpyt – one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Lets go for a a room with a balcony facing the pyramid. You could also try the 18-hole golf course, which due to regular irrigation in the early hours of the day is like an oasis on the edge of the desert. A couple of…Continue Reading “Hotel Mena House / Cairo / Egypt”
House & Hotel Magazine features Switzerland an the great The Dolder Grand in Zurich. It is the perfect location for people who are looking for exclusivity and relaxation: 173 luxurious rooms and suites, exquisite cuisine and a perfect spa. The original “Curhaus” dating from 1899 presents itself anew as the luxury-class City Resort. The hotel’s elevated location, between the pulsating life of the city and a refreshingly natural green zone, provides a magnificent view of the city of Zurich, the lake and the Alps. The…Continue Reading “Swiss de luxe – Hotel Dolder Grand / Zurich / Switzerland”
St. Petersburg by F. Jobard. It was cold in Russia. -30 degrees, but at least fun. We checked in at the Hotel Softel So romanced by St Petersburg’s elegant traditions, lets say luxury meets cutting edge cool in Russia’s historical capital of glamour, fashion, and music Conceptualized by award-winning architects and designers, Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners. Saint Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 27 1703. From 1713 to 1728 and from 1732 to 1918, Saint Petersburg was the Imperial…Continue Reading “Venice of the North – St. Petersburg”
We travelled to Poland. The Dwor Oliwski is the star and you will fall in love straight away. What is luxury? Luxury used to mean the best money could buy. Very simple. Today, it’s more complicated. Today luxury means different things to different people. Dwor Oliwski is a beautiful luxury location. Furthermore it was the base of the german soccer team during the Euro 2012 in Poland. So nearby you will find a lovely brand new football pitch tailormade for the german team. The staff…Continue Reading “Dzien Dobry – Hotel Dwor Oliwski / Gdansk /Poland”
Feature reporter: Jens Hoffmann The legendary Mandarin Oriental I used to live for three years in BKK, Sathorn. My favourite destination for joy & living, working and fresh starts. The Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok is renowned for the sheer extravagance of its rooms and suites – and for one of the world’s most beautiful spas. Take a look at the lovel Somerset Suite. Nearly 140 years old always been on the cutting edge: Situated on the banks of the Chao Phrya, the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok had…Continue Reading “The legend – The Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok / Thailand”
Hotel Circus. By Ben Harris. “Different strokes for different folks”, I was not sure what to expect from our stay at this unique woodland camp, and as we headed back to normality the following morning, the night before seemed so surreal that we were still not quite sure it had actually happened An eccentric cross between Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and children’s classics, Time Circus’s AirHotel offers a theatrical experience like no other. From the moment of our arriving, we became an integral part…Continue Reading “Hotel Time Circus / Belgium”
