House & Hotel Magazine features hedonism, dandys and playboys and legendary hotels. The Lido Palace is a perfect place, it has 111 rooms and you feel straight away like at home. Design by Alberto Cechetto. Lake Maggiore so called the big lake is the second largest in the Lake District. On the west shore in the small town of Baveno the mysteries of the past have been preserved by the fact that the Lakes used to have a water level many meters higher. This part…Continue Reading “Food experience @ Il Re della Busa @ Hotel Lido Palace / Garda lake / Italy”
House & Hotel thinks it belongs to the worlds top hotels. This hotel is a piece of paradise located in the shade of the Arenal volcano. Every room has a view of the hot spring pools and the volcano from generous sized balconies. It gives you a spa-like feel. History: Costa Rica is in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Caribbean Sea to the east. It means “Rich Coast” and the…Continue Reading “Hotel Royal Corin La Fortuna / Costa Rica”
House & Hotel Magazine was in Italia, Roma. We stayed for a couple of days in the capital and enjoyed hotel Cavalieri in the heart of lovely Rome. Overlooking the panorama that has inspired visitors for centuries is Rome’s most prestigious address – the Rome Cavalieri Hotel. Though only minutes from the city’s great monuments, the Rome Cavalieri has the tranquility of an oasis. Enclosed in fifteen acres of lush Mediterranean parklands, this luxury Hotel is a calm retreat in the heart of the Eternal…Continue Reading “36 hours in Rome – Hotel Cavalieri / Rome / Italy”
Contributed by Jens Hoffmann. Today we features this nice, historical hotel in the western part of booming Berlin. It is where Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington played in the legendary “Badewanne” club, where David Bowie, Romy Haag and Lou Reed celebrated, where heroes of the Ufa film studios – and later german TV stars as Günter “Pfitze” Pfitzmann and Edith Hancke – stood on the stage of the “Berliner Theater”; the building remodelled as the Ellington Hotel has a long, distinguished tradition. The…Continue Reading “David Bowie’s favourite location in the 70’s – Hotel Ellington / Berlin / Germany”
House & Hotel Magazine was in Lyon for a food & style report and met Jean Luc Mathias, one of the great Lyon hoteliers in the Villa Florentine. This hotel is a ”historical monument‘ sitted in Lyon. This great location offers an extraordinary panorama view of Lyon and amazing food. History: Lyon is a city in east central France. It is the third largest French city situated between Paris and Marseilles, and has a reputation as the French capital of gastronomy and a significant role…Continue Reading “Villa Florentine / Lyon / France”
Chicago, 2012. Contributed by Jens Hoffmann Today we feature the perfect musician hotel. The Hard Rock Hotel Chicago offers a unique accommodations in the heart of downtown Chicago. Frequented by musicians, celebrities, and fans alike, our downtown Chicago hotel on Michigan Avenue combines exceptional service standards and upscale surroundings to serve as a stylish oasis in the midst of Chicago’s vibrant city culture. Stretching stories tall in the heart of downtown Chicago near the famous Magnificent Mile, hotel guests will find a musically-inspired atmosphere where…Continue Reading “Windy city – Hotel Hard Rock / Chicago / USA”
A week-end in Stockholm Contributed by Jens Hoffmann The Swedish capital has long ranked among the loveliest in Europe, with an inner-city beauty characterized by stately architecture and graceful waterways. But openings in outlying neighborhoods — galleries in the north, boutiques in the south, a craft brewery in the suburbs, art in the archipelago — are expanding the limits of the city worth exploring. Add to that Stockholm’s exciting restaurant scene, born from the popular New Nordic food movement, and the hometown pride is perfectly…Continue Reading “A week-end in Stockholm”
House & Hotel Magazine likes the Plaza. It took part in 60 movies and is famous for all kind of stories. A few years ago an Israeli billionaire bought New York’s storied Plaza Hotel for $ 700 million, he envisioned turning the plucky grande dame with the globally recognized name into mainly a luxury condo tower that would cater to the world’s wealthiest buyers and offer stores to satisfy their every desire. Occupancy for the hotel has declined, although the rate rose up. But now…Continue Reading “Big apple – The Plaza Hotel / New York / USA”
Press trip India. House & Hotel Magazine tested “Kettuvalams”, besides the fact that it is a big tourist attraction in backwaters paradise “Venice of East” it is a perfect holiday destination. It has a huge network of backwater canals. The backwaters in Kerala are 1500 kms of canals both manmade and natural, 38 rivers and 5 big lakes extending from one end of Kerala to the other. http://www.karmakerala.com/houseboat-image-gallery/luxury-houseboats.html The Houseboats are giant country crafts, measuring up to 80 feet in length, retrieved from being lost…Continue Reading “Incredible India – 5 days on a house boat / Kerala / India”
House & Hotel Magazine likes the green city and ecoluxury projects. We like the Vancouver Olympic village. Here were hosted 3000 world-class athletes for the Vancouver Winter Games. The Millennium Group worked with the City of Vancouver to develop the village that is home to Vancouver’s last downtown waterfront community, framed with extraordinary views of the city’s downtown skyline with a dramatic backdrop of the North Shore mountains. The 14 acre landmark development, Millennium Water, is an urban centre for residential, commercial/retail and public use…Continue Reading “Vancouver / Canada”
House & Hotel Magazin love it to be in Brazil. Do you know there’s a place where beach related jobs generate 3 billion €. Do you know Rio? We like this beautiful place. Its on Avenida Vieira Souto in the heart of Ipanema beach, Rio. The 5 star hotel Fasano combines the glamour and sophistication of Rio’s most coveted address with the Fasano commitment to excellence and style. Its a bit poshy but always fun to touch down in Rio de Janeiro. So when we…Continue Reading “Get down to lovely Rio – Hotel Fasano Rio de Janeiro / Brazil”
House & Hotel Magazine likes the Winvian hotel, you will find this hotel in Morris, near the city of Litchfield, Connecticut, in the Unites States. The hotel is an actual luxurious mansion which remains loyal to its helicopter theme. The hotel has 18 cottages and a luxury suite available for its guests. Price per room in this rather exclusive hotel is around 500€ per night. The hotel is located around two hours away from New York City and two and a half hours away from…Continue Reading “Hotel Winvian / Morris / USA”








